Margrete: Queen of the North

Synopsis

The year is 1402. Queen Margareta has achieved what no man has done before her. She has united Denmark, Norway, and Sweden in a peaceful union which she alone governs through her young, adopted son Erik. The union is surrounded by enemies, and Margareta is planning a marriage between Erik and Princess Philippa of England. An alliance with England is intended to secure the union’s position as a new European power and prevent attacks, but a staggering conspiracy is underway that places Margareta in an impossible dilemma that could cost her everything.

The story of Queen Margareta, the woman who united the Nordic countries into a single kingdom, has never before been told on film. The film highlights the story of a woman who created something extraordinarily significant with enormous consequences for her life and identity. She was a woman ahead of her time who sacrificed herself for the North. Queen Margareta finds herself at the center of power when a shocking rumor reaches the castle walls and places her in an inhuman dilemma where one wrong choice could destroy everything.

Production Facts

The Nordic epic "Margrete: Queen of the North" is directed by Charlotte Sieling. In the film, Danish film star Trine Dyrholm plays the leading role as Queen Margareta, ruler of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, and one of the most powerful monarchs in Scandinavian history. The film is produced by SF Studios (Birgitte Skov and Lars Bredo Rahbek) in co-production with Film i Väst. Parts of the post-production were carried out in Region Västra Götaland.

SF Studios distributes the film in the Nordic countries, and REinvent International Sales handles international sales.

Charlotte Sieling has had a long career as one of Denmark’s most acclaimed TV directors, with credits including "Brottet" (2009), "Bron" (2011), and "Borgen" (2015), while also becoming one of Europe’s most sought-after directors for American hit series such as "Homeland" (2014).

"Margrete: Queen of the North" features, in addition to Danish film star Trine Dyrholm ("Hjärter dam") in the leading role, an impressive ensemble including Søren Malling, Morten Hee Andersen, Jakob Oftebro, Bjørn Floberg, Magnus Krepper, Thomas W. Gabrielsson, Agnes Rase, Simon J. Berger, and Paul Blackthorne.

Charlotte Sieling wrote the script together with Jesper Fink and Maya Ilsøe. Rasmus Videbæk was the cinematographer, Søren Schwartzberg the production designer, and Manon Rasmussen the costume designer. Makeup and hair design by AnnaCarin Lock, casting by Anja Philip, editing by Sverrir Kristjánsson, sound design by Rune Palving, VFX design by Thomas Dyg, and music by composer Jon Ekstrand.

The film is produced by SF Studios with Birgitte Skov and Lars Bredo Rahbek as producers and Jon Nohrstedt as co-producer, alongside Filmkameratene (Norway), Truenorth (Iceland), Sirena Film (Czech Republic), and Film i Väst (Sweden), with support from the Danish Film Institute, TV 2 DANMARK, Swedish Film Institute, Norwegian Film Institute, Icelandic Film Center, Nordisk Film & TV Fond, Eurimages, Czech Film Fund, Polish Film Institute, Dronning Margrethes og Prins Henriks Fond, Augustinus Fonden, Carlsbergsfondet, A.P. Møller og Hustru Chastine Mc-Kinney Møllers Fond til almene Formaal, and Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union.

SF Studios distributes the film in the Nordic countries and REinvent International Sales handles international sales.