This is a list of episodes of the television series ''

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created by

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with co-writers Jeppe Gjervig Gram and

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and produced by DR, the Danish public broadcaster. ''Borgen'' is set in

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. Politician

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becomes the first female

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against all the odds. Four series have been made, three of which consist of ten episodes each, and the fourth one eight. The programme has also been broadcast in various countries outside Denmark, including the

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, the

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. In the UK, the first season was aired on

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during the first few weeks of 2012, and the second season was aired in January 2013. In the US,

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aired the first season in the fall of 2011 and the second in the summer of 2012.Link TV: ''Borgen''
Relinked 2013-12-14 Each episode of ''Borgen'' begins with an epigraph related to that episode's theme; these epigraphs are listed along with the episode summaries below.

Series overview

Episodes

Series 1 (2010)

Series 2 (2011)

Series 3 (2013)

Series 4 (2022) ''Borgen – Power & Glory''

References