Borgen: Power & Glory

Birgitte Nyborg is the newly appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs... More when oil is suddenly found in Greenland. Nyborg ran on a Green agenda, and for her there is no doubt that the oil project must be shut down as quickly as possible, but voices in Greenland - led by the Greenlandic Minister, Hans Eliassen - are, however, of a completely different opinion and so is Nyborg's boss, Prime Minister Signe Kragh.

Birgitte Nyborg receives crucial information about the Russian owners of... More the company which is drilling for oil in Greenland. Asger Holm Kirkegaard, who is now on Greenlandic soil, is trying to help his minister while also trying to keep Hans Eliassen in check. Nyborg is called to the Foreign Policy Board, and to help a close ally, Nyborg decides to use a bold tactic which turns out to have greater consequences than she could have ever imagined.

After her statements in the Foreign Policy Board, Birgitte Nyborg... More is threatened by a vote of no confidence, and when one of the Folketing's North Atlantic mandates expires, the government's majority begins to crumble. Nyborg now has two options: Either she must resign and stand by her ideals. Or she and thus also the government must change policy and suddenly advocate for the exploitation of oil. Moreover, she discovers that her son Magnus has suddenly become an additional political burden for her.

In the negotiations with Greenland regarding the distribution of oil... More revenues, Asger Holm Kirkegaard must play Birgitte Nyborg on the field, but the negotiation meeting with Nyborg is far from going as planned. Fønsmark has found decisive evidence that Nyborg lied to the Foreign Policy Board, and is trying with all her might to hold Nyborg responsible for her breach of the Ministerial Accountability Act. In his eagerness to achieve his journalistic goal, Fønsmark creates conflicts internally on TV1.