Danish Originals
Episodes
S9E5. David Heinemeier Hansson
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his home office in Nordhavn, Brønshoj-born Danish tech entrepreneur, author, podcaster, investor, and racing driver DAVID HEINEMEIER HANSSON tal...
S9E4. Louise "Lulu" Eschelman
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a visit to Los Angeles, Skagen-born, Silicon Valley-based Danish designer and creative consultant LOUISE "LULU" ESCHELMAN recalls arriving ...
S9E3. Søren Meibom
27 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his home in Winchester, Massachusetts, Odense-born Danish astrophysicist, former soccer player, and artist SØREN MEIBOM came to the US in 1999 f...
S9E2. Anne-Kathrine Schjerbeck
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her home in Healdsburg, California, Hørsholm-born Danish gallerist ANNE-KATHRINE SCHJERBECK talks about the beginnings as well as latest collabo...
S9E1. Jacob Sten Petersen
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the research facilities of Novo Nordisk, Copenhagen-born, Lexington, Massachusetts-based Danish scientist and senior vice president JACOB STEN PE...
S8E10. Marie Brock
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Fredensborg-born, West Hollywood, Los Angeles-based Danish actress, voiceover artist, and writer MARIE BROCK talks about a creative life in the entert...
S8E9. Marie Foegh
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her new apartment in Miami, Florida, Sønderborg-born and recent New Yorker Danish scientist and gynecologist MARIE FOEGH shares her research fin...
S8E8. Frederik Bokkenheuser
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vesterbro-born and Beachwood Canyon, Los Angeles-based Danish tv and film colorist FREDERIK BOKKENHEUSER recalls his path from Denmark to LA as a drum...
S8E7. Michael Møller Pedersen
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From the renovated Gensler offices in Downtown Los Angeles, Århus-born Danish architect MICHAEL MØLLER PEDERSEN recalls his plan to move to LA with ...
S8E6. Sarah Holm Johansen
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From Bloomberg Originals in Midtown Manhattan, Horsens-born, Brooklyn-based Emmy-nominated Danish documentary director and producer SARAH HOLM JOHANSE...
S8E5. Claus Toksvig Kjær
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his Nørlum office in Viborg, South Korea-born Danish animation producer and studio CEO CLAUS TOKSVIG KJÆR recalls how the trajectory of his com...
S8E4. Louise Rosager
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gentofte-born and Santa Monica, Los Angeles-based Danish creative coach and dream tender LOUISE ROSAGER describes her multilayered approach working wi...
S8E3. Jan Gehl
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his home studio in Copenhagen, Copenhagen-born Danish architect and urban planner JAN GEHL recalls the start of his 65-year-long career focused o...
S8E2. Sebastian Perez
04 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn, New York, Gentofte-born Danish-Spanish-Brazilian restaurateur SEBASTIAN PEREZ recalls growing up...
S8E1. Christian Winther
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On the 20th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, from his home in the Garden District of New Orleans, Holbæk-born Danish tenor saxophonist and composer ...
S7E10. Vanessa Johansson
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her home studio in the West Village in Manhattan, New York-born American-Danish theater and voice actress VANESSA JOHANSSON reflects on growing u...
S7E9. Kenneth Vinther
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his home in Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Hobro-born Danish professional rider and horse trainer and abstract painter KENNETH VINTHER reflects on ...
S7E8. Alex Højrup Munch
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his home in Silkeborg, Aalborg-born Danish whisky maker and co-founder of Stauning Whisky ALEX HØJRUP MUNCH talks about the award-winning New Wo...
S7E7. Line Langebek
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her home in London, Funen-born, Danish screenwriter LINE LANGEBEK talks about her widely celebrated Oscar-nominated film The Girl with the Nee...
S7E6. Jeppe Jarnit-Bjergsø
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his home in Thousand Oaks, California, Nivå-born Danish craft brewer JEPPE JARNIT-BJERGSØ recalls his start as a schoolteacher to kids with spe...
S7E5. Camilla Stærk
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a visit to Los Angeles to meet with Twentieth Gallery about her new creations, Bonderup-born, London-trained, New York-based Danish designer CAMILL...
S7E4. Kristian Thomassen
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his apartment in Greenwich Village, New York, Odense-born Danish creative marketer KRISTIAN THOMASSEN recalls leaving home immediately after high...
S7E3. David Posey
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his Michelin-Starred restaurant Elske he co-owns with his wife Anna Posey in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood, California-born Danish-America...
S7E2. Kristina Haslund
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her home in Bel-Air, London-born British-Danish interior designer and stylist KRISTINA HASLUND talks about her namesake Studio Haslund that bl...
S7E1. Nikolaj Hess
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From Dumbo, Brooklyn, Frederiksberg-born, Vejle-raised, Copenhagen- and New York-based Danish pianist and composer NIKOLAJ HESS gets ready for his upc...
S6E10. Birgitte Moos Chalcraft
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her home in Nørrebro in Copenhagen, Haderslev-born Danish-English multidisciplinary artist BIRGITTE MOOS CHALCRAFT talks about her time in...
S6E9. Nicolai Rottbøll
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In his home in Winchester outside of Boston, Aalborg-born Danish entrepreneur NICOLAI ROTTBØLL is excited about life in the US where he continues his...
S6E8. Mus White
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In her home in Studio City, Los Angeles, Christianshavn-born Danish author, collector, and gallerist MUS WHITE recalls moments from the 60 years she h...
S6E7. Søren Fleng
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In Los Angeles for the Annie Awards with his nominated short film, Hans Christian Andersen's The Swineherd (2023), Viborg-based Danish producer SØ...
S6E6. Simone Fabricius
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her home in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Danish creative director SIMONE FABRICIUS reflects on having loved New York City since seeing it on the movie s...
S6E5. Louise Bokkenheuser
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her home in New York, Pulitzer finalist and Ebbe Munck Prize-winning Danish writer and editor LOUISE BOKKENHEUSER talks her upcoming novel How to...
S6E4. Henrik Rehr
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his apartment in Battery Park City in Manhattan, where he's called home since 1992, award-winning Odense-born Danish cartoonist and graphic n...
S6E3. Merete Angelica Baird
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her home in Manhattan, Hellerup-born Danish journalist, writer, and tv personality MERETE ANGELICA BAIRD talks about her current projects, a memo...
S6E2. Marc Hom
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his home in Cooperstown in upstate New York, Danish photographer MARC HOM recalls moving to New York City when he was 21, and cutting his teeth w...
S6E1. Amanda Collin
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her home in Copenhagen, Danish actress AMANDA COLLIN recalls her first acting seminar in New York at 23, which led to her iconic roles today in D...
S5E10. Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg
13 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her home in Gentofte outside of Copenhagen, Danish director and former child star BARBARA TOPSØE-ROTHENBORG revisits her 11-year stay in Los Ang...
S5E9. Jamil GS
06 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his home in Nordvest, Copenhagen, Danish-American photographer JAMIL GS recalls his time living in Los Angeles as a child, growing up bi-cultural...
S5E8. Signe Byrge Sørensen
27 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her production company on Vesterbrogade, Copenhagen-born Oscar-nominated Danish film producer SIGNE BYRGE SØRENSEN shares her thoughts on what s...
S5E7. Joshua Oppenheimer
20 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From his home in Copenhagen, a city he's called home for more than a decade, Texas-born Oscar-nominated American-Danish filmmaker JOSHUA OPPENHEIM...
S5E6. Tonny Sørensen
13 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a stay in Los Angeles from Copenhagen, Søborg-born Danish entrepreneur and artist TONNY SØRENSEN recalls his 32-year-long stay in Los Angeles, in...
S5E5. Lasse Elkjær
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After three years in Denmark, Lolland Falster-born Danish film composer and orchestrator LASSE ELKJAER has returned to Los Angeles, his home since 201...
S5E4. Sharin Foo
30 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a visit to Los Angeles, Djursland-born Danish musician and singer SHARIN FOO recalls her start with her band The Raveonettes, being signed by Colum...
S5E3. Eva Jensen
23 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From her studio in New York City, Roskilde-born Danish architect EVA JENSEN shares her beginnings traveling the world, starting out professionally in ...
S5E2. Thomas Dambo
16 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On a visit to Los Angeles, Odense-born Danish recycle artist THOMAS DAMBO explains his personal mission, "waste no more." He describes his ear...
S5E1. Kirsten Justesen
09 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From Frederiksberg outside of Copenhagen, Funen-born Danish artist KIRSTEN JUSTESEN talks about the iconic 1970 exhibition Damebilleder (Women's I...
S4E10. Khurram Jamil
19 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In his art-filled home in Hellerup, Danish-Pakistani art collector and education entrepreneur KHURRAM JAMIL introduces MILAAP, his exhibition space th...
S4E9. Peder Hansen
12 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Omaha, Nebraska where he's called home for 20 years, Lem-raised Danish wind turbine engineer PEDER HANSEN reminisces about his family's r...
S4E8. Clara Rugaard
05 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From her West London flat, Danish-Irish actress CLARA RUGAARD, known especially for her roles in I Am Mother (2019) and Black Mirror (2023), talks abo...
S4E7. Jens Faurschou
28 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In his home in Humlebaek in northern Copenhagen, art collector and advisor JENS FAURSCHOU recalls opening his namesake gallery in 1986, which was foll...
S4E6. Trine C. Jensen
21 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bagsværd-born and raised Danish voiceover and performance capture director and coach TRINE C. JENSEN left Denmark 35 years ago to pursue her art, fir...
S4E5. Connie Nielsen
14 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On the eve of the release of Gladiator II, Elling-born Danish actress CONNIE NIELSEN recalls leaving home at 18 for Paris and Milan, moving later in N...
S4E4. Nicolai Wallner
07 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From his home in Charlottenlund in Copenhagen, Danish founder of his namesake art gallery NICOLAI WALLNER describes his passion, activated when a high...
S4E3. Rachelle Keck
31 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From her home office, Des Moines, Iowa's Grandview University's American president and former prosecutor RACHELLE KECK talks about discovering...
S4E2. Kristian Riis
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From his studio on Nansensgade in Copenhagen, Nordjylland-born Danish musician and cultural entrepreneur KRISTIAN RIIS talks about his half decade liv...
S4E1. Carsten "Soulshock" Schack
17 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gug-born Los Angeles-based Danish DJ and music producer CARSTEN "SOULSHOCK" SCHACK talks about his journey in hip hop, R&B, and Pop from A...
S3E10. Tal R
03 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From his studio in Copenhagen, Tel Aviv-born Danish-Israeli artist TAL R covers a wide range of topics, from the importance of developing a language f...
S3E9. Jesper Bæhrenz
26 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From his home in Copenhagen, Herning-born Danish writer, producer, radio and tv host JESPER BÆHRENZ recalls his 12-year stay in Los Angeles in the hi...
S3E8. Anni Holm
19 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From her hometown in Randers, Chicago-based Danish artist ANNI HOLM talks about her two-year residency with the departments of garbage and recycling, ...
S3E7. Peter Work
12 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From his and his wife and partner Rebecca Work's vineyard Ampelos Cellars in Lompoc, Santa Barbara County, California, Copenhagen-born and Aalborg...
S3E6. Anna Eckhoff
05 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Los Angeles as part of her US tour for her new book, A New Beginning: Life on the Frontlines, Nakskov-born Danish author ANNA ECKHOFF talks about l...
S3E5. Caspar Phillipson
01 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On a visit to Los Angeles, which he called home for one year, Copenhagen-based Danish actor CASPAR PHILLIPSON recalls visiting LA for the first time f...
S3E4. Julie Reumert
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From her home in New York, Danish soprano JULIE REUMERT prepares for the world premiere of the photographic oratorio Number Our Days at the Perelman P...
S3E3. Asger Hussain
18 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Gladsaxe-born-and-raised Danish-Pakistani film and television producer ASGER HUSSAIN shares his path from Copenhagen to New York to Los Angeles, where...
S3E2. Gregers Heering
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Los Angeles-based Danish photographer GREGERS HEERING arrived in Los Angeles in the 2000s for the American Film Institute, and found his artistic call...
S3E1. Agnete Oernsholt
04 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Århus-born, Los-Angeles-based Danish Group Design Director AGNETE OERNSHOLT retraces her Graphic Design journey from her namesake Design studio and L...
S2E10. Maria Sten
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Los Angeles to meet up with her management team, Wyoming-based Danish-Congolese actor, writer, producer, dancer and 2008 Miss Denmark, MARIA STEN p...
S2E9. Bjørnstjerne Christiansen
13 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From his Copenhagen studio, Møn-born Danish artist BJØRNSTJERNE CHRISTIANSEN recalls growing up with two experimental artists as his parents. Bjørn...
S2E8. Jørgen Klubien
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From Glendale, Los Angeles, in his home where he has lived since 2005, Danish musician and animator JØRGEN KLUBIEN talks about his parallel artistic ...
S2E7. Finn-Olaf Jones
30 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From his home in the Pacific Palisades in Los Angeles, Danish-American mountaineer and writer FINN-OLAF JONES describes growing up in Stevns, Denmark ...
S2E6. Mette Lisby
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From her home in Copenhagen, Robert-nominated Danish actor, writer, stand-up comedian, television host, and author METTE LISBY recalls her 12-year res...
S2E5. Benni Korzen
16 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From his Los Angeles home, Danish artist and Oscar-winning film producer BENNI KORZEN, who left Copenhagen for New York in 1964, talks first about his...
S2E4. Lilibeth Cuenca Rasmussen
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From her home studio in the middle of Nørrebro in Copenhagen, Manila-born Danish-Filipino artist LILIBETH CUENCA RASMUSSEN recalls falling in love wi...
S2E3. Mads Refslund
02 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From his new restaurant Ilis in Greenpoint, Brooklyn in New York City, Michelin-starred Danish chef MADS REFSLUND talks about the central role of the ...
S2E2. Josefine Lindegaard
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Danish actress JOSEFINE LINDEGAARD talks about her latest role as Greta on Zack Synder's Rebel Moon — Part 2, The Scargiver (2024), filmed in Sa...
S2E1. Claes Bang
18 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From his summer house and studio outside of Copenhagen, Odense-born Danish actor CLAES BANG recalls his experience making the satirical black comedy T...
S1E10. Dan Laustsen
04 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Coming off of The Color Purple (2023), Helsingør-born Oscar-nominated Danish cinematographer DAN LAUSTSEN talks about shooting the musical in Savanna...
S1E9. Trine Dahl Klubien
28 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
From her studio in Glendale, Los Angeles, where she made her home about 10 years ago, Danish florist TRINE DAHL KLUBIEN talks about her path from a fl...
S1E8. Joachim Svare
21 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Los Angeles-based, Emmy-winning Danish musician and music producer JOACHIM SVARE has seen the changes in the music industry, and especially the record...
S1E7. Henrik Fisker
14 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Allerød-born Danish car designer and entrepreneur HENRIK FISKER left Denmark at age 20 to pursue his dream of becoming a car designer. He trained in ...
S1E6. Anne-Grethe Krogh Nielsen
07 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
At the Honorary Danish Consulate in Los Angeles, Funen-born Danish pastor ANNE-GRETHE KROGH NIELSEN, who first arrived in 2004, talks about being incl...
S1E5. Aka Niviâna
28 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In Los Angeles for the premiere of True Detective: Night Country, season four of the popular series, Upernavik-born Greenlandic activist and actress A...
S1E4. Kim Magnusson
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On a trip to Los Angeles for the Oscars luncheon to honor the nomination of Knight of Fortune (2022), Danish producer and Oscar winner KIM MAGNUSSON d...
S1E3. Sigrid Dyekjær
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On a trip to Los Angeles to screen Apolonia, Apolonia (2022), Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning Danish-Icelandic documentary film producer SIGRID DYEKJ...
S1E2. Nikolaj Arcel
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On a visit to Los Angeles, Copenhagen-based Oscar- and Golden Globes-nominated Danish-Greek director NIKOLAJ ARCEL talks about his new film The Promis...
S1E1. Ole Henriksen
22 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Award-winning Danish founder and creative director of his eponymous skincare brand, OLE HENRIKSEN, kicks off the series from his home in Los Angeles, ...
Introducing Danish Originals
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to Danish Originals! It is a podcast series, in English, that features Danish creatives who have made a mark in the US. We hope you will join ...