8.5/10578 votesLoading...#1 - Them and Us
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/30/2011
Kasper's past returns to haunt him as he clears out his parents former home, whilst the Freedom Party suggest lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 12. A move that reveals fundamental differences in the coalition parties.
Director: Louise Friedberg
Writer: Jeppe Gjervig Gram
8.4/10467 votesLoading...#2 - The Election
Season 3 Episode 10 - Aired 3/10/2013
Kruse's outburst in the pre-election debate proves fatal to the Moderates and the New Democrats pick up more than double the predicted seats. Suddenly, Birgitte is being courted by both the left and right wing coalition groups.
Director: Jesper W. Nielsen
Writer: Maja Jul Larsen
8.2/10553 votesLoading...#3 - Divide and Rule
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/21/2010
Allegations of corruption in connection with military spending has consequences even for the prime minister's husband, who has accepted a new job.
Director: Annette K. Olesen
Writer: Tobias Lindholm
8.2/10501 votesLoading...#4 - Battle Ready
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/16/2011
Troels Höxenhaven exploits the hijack of a Danish ship by Somali pirates to try and raise his profile. However, compromising photos of Höxenhaven turn up at the Ekspres.
Director: Jesper W. Nielsen
Writer: Jeppe Gjervig Gram
8.2/10490 votesLoading...#5 - An Extraordinary Remark
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/2011
In the season finale, Birgitte is on a month leave from her post as prime minister to focus on family, and Hans-Christian Thorsen, Labor Party chairman, has positioned himself to be her possible successor. Birgitte is torn about whether or not she will return to work. Meanwhile, as Kasper and Katrine hunt for apartments together, their plan is derailed by an argument about the possibility of having children. Will one of them relent?
Director: Louise Friedberg
Writer: Tobias Lindholm
8.2/10421 votesLoading...#6 - Sense and Sensibility
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 3/3/2013
After the leaks to the Moderates, Birgitte decides that the New Democrats need to distinguish themselves from the Moderates. So in a debate she launches a bold attack on their leader Jacob Kruse - will her strategy work?
Director: Jesper W. Nielsen
Writer: Maren Louise Käehne
8.1/10545 votesLoading...#7 - The First Tuesday in October
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/2010
A year after taking office, the prime minister's approval ratings are low, her government is in internal conflict, and her marriage is hanging by a thread. As she prepares for another year in parliament, what can be saved?
Director: Annette K. Olesen
Writer: Tobias Lindholm, Jeppe Gjervig Gram
8.1/10503 votesLoading...#8 - In Brussels No One Can Hear You Scream
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 10/2/2011
Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg must appoint a new EU Commissioner. Sejro would seem the obvious choice, but Birgitte is surprised when he not only turns down the post but sees it as a personal slight. Who can she appoint?
Director: Jannik Johansen
Writer: Jeppe Gjervig Gram
8.1/10483 votesLoading...#9 - What is Lost Inwardly Must Be Gained Outwardly (Part II)
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2011
The eyes of the world are on Copenhagen and Birgitte Nyborg as peace talks draw near between North and South Kharun. Everyone has been working around the clock, and although Kasper is now living with Katrine, they rarely see each other. When Birgitte realizes Denmark is only a small piece in a major international power game, her negotiation skills are put to the test. Can she end the bloody civil war?
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard
Writer: Tobias Lindholm
8.1/10470 votesLoading...#10 - The Sanctity of Private Life
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2011
Laura's illness has worsened over the past few months, and Birgitte now feels terrible about failing to recognize it. When Laura's psychiatrist suggests admitting her to a private psychiatric hospital, Birgitte and Phillip immediately agree. This move becomes problematic when Birgitte's own tax reforms force her to pay out of pocket for the hospital cost. At home, Birgitte and Phillip are rediscovering some of their lost love, despite Philip's continued relationship with Cecilie.
Director: Louise Friedberg
Writer: Tobias Lindholm
8.0/10803 votesLoading...#11 - Decency in the Middle
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/26/2010
Three days before an election, party leader Birgitte Nyborg shakes up her campaign by denouncing her closest ally, sensitive information about the prime minister's shopping expenses lands in the wrong hands, and the rising star of the evening news is shaken by an unexpected death.
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Writer: N/A
8.0/10658 votesLoading...#12 - Count to 90
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2010
After a successful election, Birgitte Nyborg looks set to become Denmark's first female prime minister, but allies and opponents do their best to block her way.
Director: Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
Writer: Tobias Lindholm
8.0/10612 votesLoading...#13 - 100 Days
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/17/2010
The revelation of an American prisoner transport in Greenland causes scandal upon the new government's first one hundred days in office.
Director: Rumle Hammerich
Writer: Jeppe Gjervig Gram
8.0/10435 votesLoading...#14 - If You Never Change Your Mind
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 2/24/2013
Birgitte quickly realizes that the New Democrats are now minor players in the opposition coalition and she pulls them out of it. The Moderates seem to be proposing things that Birgitte has privately discussed - is there a mole?
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz
Writer: Jannik Tai Mosholt
7.9/10569 votesLoading...#15 - Men Who Love Women
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2010
The government's agenda on equal opportunities in corporate business brings pressure from the media as well as the country's most powerful businessman.
Director: Annette K. Olesen
Writer: Tobias Lindholm
7.9/10538 votesLoading...#16 - See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/2010
The discovery of illegal surveillance of a left-wing party brings into question the prime minister's friendship with the party's spokeswoman as well as her faith in her own minister of justice.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard
Writer: Jeppe Gjervig Gram
7.9/10540 votesLoading...#17 - The Silly Season
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/14/2010
While the prime minister tries to take a family vacation, the publication of a tell-all by a former politician puts spin doctor Kasper Juul on the edge.
Director: Mikkel Nørgaard
Writer: Jeppe Gjervig Gram
7.9/10474 votesLoading...#18 - The Last Worker
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/9/2011
The coalition government is preparing to introduce a new reform package - "A Common Future". But attempts to get agreement on the reforms causes Labour leader Bjørn Marrot serious problems - in the media and within his own party.
Director: Jesper W. Nielsen
Writer: Tobias Lindholm
7.9/10440 votesLoading...#19 - Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 2/3/2013
Being accepted as a political party, New Democrats must take a stand on a controversial issue of banning buying sex. Through learning about the issue both Birgitte and Kathrine face their prejudices and their views on the issue change as they get personally more involved. It also affects their personal relations.
Director: Louise Friedberg
Writer: Maja Jul Larsen
7.8/10561 votesLoading...#20 - State Visit
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/2010
An official visit by the president of a former Soviet republic makes headlines when the president demands the arrest of a prominent political activist visiting Denmark at the same time.
Director: Annette K. Olesen
Writer: Tobias Lindholm
7.8/10542 votesLoading...#21 - 89,000 Children
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/25/2011
A year has passed since we last saw Prime Minister Birgitte Nyborg. In the season opener, Birgitte is visiting soldiers stationed in Afghanistan when their encampment is attacked, and several soldiers are killed. Now she must choose: send the troops home or stage a counterattack?
Director: Jannik Johansen
Writer: Tobias Lindholm
7.8/10474 votesLoading...#22 - Plant a Tree
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/23/2011
Birgitte Nyborg is about to negotiate the environmental element of the new reform package, but she must face the reality of parties unwilling to compromise. Kasper convinces her that underhanded tactics can help win her a majority for the reform. Meanwhile, Katrine receives an unusual job offer that tests her personal beliefs. And at home, Birgitte's children are clearly affected by their mother's stress; Laura in particular.
Director: Louise Friedberg
Writer: Tobias Lindholm
7.8/10449 votesLoading...#23 - The Land is Built on Law
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 1/6/2013
Birgitte is keeping her plan to herself initially, but one by one she involves people. While some are enthusiastic, Sejro does not take the news well, even calling Birgitte a traitor. Meanwhile, Kathrine is struggling with the role of being a (working) mother.
Director: Charlotte Sieling
Writer: Maja Jul Larsen
7.8/10429 votesLoading...#24 - The Fall
Season 3 Episode 7 - Aired 2/17/2013
When the New Democrats are invited to join a broad coalition of opposition parties they think it is the recognition they have been seeking. But Birgitte soon finds she has no bargaining power whatsoever, much to Nete's disgust.
Director: Henrik Ruben Genz
Writer: Jeppe Gjervig Gram
7.7/10617 votesLoading...#25 - The Art of the Possible
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/10/2010
A few months into her term the new prime minister faces her first political crisis, and journalist Katrine Fønsmark considers how to deal with her unexpected pregnancy.
Director: Rumle Hammerich
Writer: Jeppe Gjervig Gram
The Best Episodes of Borgen
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40-year old political leader Birgitte Nyborg secures her party a landslide victory through her idealism and huge effort, then faces the biggest challenge of her...
Genre:Drama
Network:DR1
Best Episodes Summary
"Them and Us" is the best rated episode of "Borgen". It scored 8.5/10 based on 578 votes. Directed by Louise Friedberg and written by Jeppe Gjervig Gram, it aired on 10/30/2011. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Election".