Danish Originals

From her home in Copenhagen, Fulgebjerg-born Danish independent consultant FREDERIKKE MØLLER talks about her recent role as cultural advisor with the Danish Embassy in Washington, D.C. and her passion facilitating Danish art and culture in the US. Frederikke shares her thoughts on the changing US cultural scene under the Trump administration, and describes her current projects with the Seattle's National Nordic Museum and her dream to work on collaborations among Nordic cultures.
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For today's episode, Frederikke Møller chose Jakob Kudsk Steensen's Primal Tourism from 2016 from the collection of the National Gallery of Denmark.
https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS8931
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Photographer: Per Sommer
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This conversation with Gregers Heering occurred on March 11, 2026.
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From his home in Concord, Massachusetts, New England-born former US Ambassador to Denmark RUFUS GIFFORD recalls his start in politics, his ongoing connection to Denmark, and his work under Barack Obama and Joe Biden. He describes the current problematic chapter in transatlantic relationships, exemplified by the tensions with Denmark and Greenland, the MAGA movement in the US, and his passion to help elect a transformational US leader in 2028 in the post-Trump world order.
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For today's episode, Rufus Gifford chose C.W. Eckersberg's En sejlads til Charlottenlund, or Sailing from Copenhagen to Charlottenlund, from 1824 from the collection of the National Gallery of Denmark.
https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS8684
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Photograph Source: Rufus Gifford
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This conversation with Nicolai Rottbøll occurred on March 18, 2026.
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From her home in Østerbro, Copenhagen- and Madison, Wisconsin-based Danish author PERNILLE IPSEN talks about her book and collective memoir My Seven Mothers: Making a Family in the Danish Women's Movement which is an English translation and adaptation of the 2020 Montana Prize Danish original. She describes her mothers' roles in the 1970s Red Stockings and Lesbian Movements, and traces the differences between writing in English as a historian and in Danish as a nonfiction author.
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For today's episode, Pernille Ipsen chose Dea Trier Mørch's Fødsel, or Birth, from 1978 from the collection of the National Gallery of Denmark.
https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KKS2009-19
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Photographer: Bobbie Harte
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This conversation with Christian D. Bruun occurred on December 2, 2025.
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From her home in Mar Vista, Los Angeles, Ølstykke-born, Málaga, Spain-raised Danish photojournalist METTE LAMPCOV discusses her work in California documenting climate change and the work of undocumented agricultural workers. With expertise in water, forest, and fire ecology, she revisits her work on the Salton Sea and the Sequoia National Forest. Throughout, Mette shares her thoughts on the state of journalism and photojournalism, AI, and the effects of current US politics on her work.
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For today's episode, Mette Lampcov chose Anna Bjerger's Square from 2019 from the collection of the National Gallery of Denmark.
https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS8948   
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Photographer: Bruce Lampcov
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This conversation with Gregers Heering occurred on January 7, 2026.
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From a recording studio in downtown Copenhagen, Siberian-born Danish journalist and author of I, Putin, SAMUEL RACHLIN recalls his parents' journey back to Denmark from exile, when he was ten. He talks about his natural urge to understand Russia, discovering the US in 1976, and his roles as the first news anchor for TV2 in 1988 and the first Washington Correspondent for TV2 in 1990. Returning from the US after 35 years, Samuel offers insights on the current absence of a rule-based world order.
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For today's episode, Samuel Rachlin chose Gerhard Henning's Stående nøgen pige, or Standing Nude Girl, from 1928–1929 from the collection of the National Gallery of Denmark.
https://open.smk.dk/en/artwork/image/KMS5856 
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Photographer: Balazs Veress
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This conversation with Asger Hussain occurred on January 27, 2026.
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