Series synopsis
Carmen Curlers is a drama television series that premiered on DR1 on September 30, 2022. It was created by Mette Heeno. It stars Morten Hee Andersen, Maria Rossing, Rosalinde Mynster and Nicolai Jørgensen.
In 1963, a business adventure begins in a basement in a small Danish town. Within a few years, the company has 3500 employees, many of them women who are experiencing for the first time the joys and challenges of earning their own money.
Premise
In 1963, a business adventure begins in a basement in a small Danish town. Within a few years, the company has 3500 employees, many of them women who are experiencing for the first time the joys and challenges of earning their own money.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Morten Hee Andersen as Axel
- Maria Rossing as Birthe
- Rosalinde Mynster as Tove
- Nicolai Jørgensen as Frans
- Fanny Leander Bornedal as Kathrine
- Christian Tafdrup as Poul
- Lars Ranthe as Jørgen
- Mille Lehfeldt as Vita
Supporting cast
- Garance Chansigaud as Giselle
- Paw Henriksen as Bo
- Jeppe Sand as Erik
- Thor Lindskov as Finn
- Tom Jensen as Holger
- Caspar Phillipson as Ivan
- Marie Mondrup as Judith
- Søren Bang Jensen as Nielsen
- Jakob Højlev Jørgensen as Johannes
- Jesper Ole Feit Andersen as Carl
- Joachim Knop as Højfjeldssol-sælger
- Anja Owe as Lægesekretær
Guest cast
- Paw Henriksen as Bo
- Jeppe Sand as Erik
- Thor Lindskov as Finn
- Tom Jensen as Holger
- Caspar Phillipson as Ivan
- Marie Mondrup as Judith
- Søren Bang Jensen as Nielsen
- Jakob Højlev Jørgensen as Johannes
- Jesper Ole Feit Andersen as Carl
- Joachim Knop as Højfjeldssol-sælger
- Anja Owe as Lægesekretær
- Carsten Kressner as Overlæge
Episodes
This series spans 3 seasons with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 8 | September 30, 2022 | November 18, 2022 |
| Season 2 | 7 | October 15, 2023 | November 26, 2023 |
| Season 3 | 9 | September 26, 2025 | November 21, 2025 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Summer (August 1963) Axel Byvang has an idea to work his way up from poor conditions: a device that can give modern women a smart hairstyle in 10 minutes. But the first experiments in a humble basement room go horribly wrong. |
September 30, 2022 |
| 2 |
Summer (August/September 1963) With the country's biggest beauty fair just around the corner, Axel enlists the help of Tove and Frans. Birthe's husband Jørgen is diagnosed with leukemia, which only an expensive new form of chemotherapy in Germany can cure. |
October 7, 2022 |
| 3 |
Summer/Fall (September 1963) The curler scandal at the beauty fair has gone around Denmark. Axel is out of business and now has 1000 defective curler sets that no one wants to buy. Birthe tries to raise money for Jørgen's chemotherapy. |
October 14, 2022 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Welcome to Carmen Axel's dream of exporting Carmen Curlers faces competition from Clarice Cosmetics. Birthe rallies factory workers, but a disgruntled group threatens to strike. Cooperation between the companies is a possibility. |
October 15, 2023 |
| 2 |
Where the trade is carried out... During an American visit, factory worker Else suffers an accident. Birthe and Axel scramble to hide safety lapses before contract signing. They face pressure from Else's mother and media scrutiny over worker conditions. |
October 22, 2023 |
| 3 |
The world's best place to work 50,000 sets of Carmen Curlers are on their way to the US, but now Europe also needs their supplies, so Axel expands and hires people for night shifts. Birthe is tasked with getting 70 ladies for the factory, but how do you do that when the whole of Denmark has a major labor shortage? Birthe recognizes that alternative methods must be used. Axel tries to enjoy his success but the loneliness begins to eat away at him. |
October 29, 2023 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | September 26, 2025 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | October 3, 2025 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | October 10, 2025 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | DR1 |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 30, 2022 |
| Last aired | November 21, 2025 |
| Status | continue |
| Schedule | Friday |