Articles about Kim Fupz Aakeson
Scandi best
As the winner of the Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award is announced, read DQ’s interviews with all five nominees, whose work includes the series Descendants, Estonia, Painkiller, Power Play and Prisoner.
Real time
Danish star Sofie Grãbøl, writer Kim Fupz Aakeson and directors Frederik Louis Hviid and Michael Noer reveal how filming inside a real disused prison helped to inform the authenticity and truth behind six-part drama Huset (Prisoner).
Reading the writers
As the winner of the Nordic TV Drama Screenplay Award is announced, read DQ’s interviews with all five nominees, whose work includes series Cry Wolf, Sisterhood, Cargo, Thin Blue Line and Welcome to Utmark.
Wild north
Kim Fupz Aakeson, the writer of Norwegian comedy-drama Velkommen til Utmark (Welcome to Utmark), speaks to DQ about the film origins of his quirky series and the open landscapes that make it a Nordic western.



