Margrete – Queen of the North is the untold story of a visionary woman who stands at the absolute center of power. She is an amazing woman, ahead of her time, who sacrifices herself completely for her vision, for her countries. She creates something extraordinarily grand with enormous consequences to her personal life. But then a shocking rumor reaches the castle walls, and one wrong choice can ruin everything.

Producer Lars Bredo Rahbek says: “The Nordic countries usually work closely together, but with Margrete – Queen of the North we have accelerated our collaboration to create a film about the dramatic events and the woman who made a family out of the Nordic region. That is also why we have collaborated with the Nordic Association at the gala premiere - to create an understanding of our common Nordic heritage and the special connection between us, which is largely due to one woman: Margrete I”.

Producer Birgitte Skov continues: “Margrete – Queen of the North is also a film about leadership and parenting, topics that are very relevant in the modern time we live in today, 600 years later. Margrete I was a woman completely unique to her time, who with great political talent wanted to create a peaceful and fair world. But her great achievements were not without cost. She had to pay a high price for being an incomparable head of state”.

Lars Bredo Rahbek and Birgitte Skov conclude: “We are very much looking forward to presenting Margrete – Queen of the North to the global audience and it was an incredible honor that Her Majesty the Queen attended the gala premiere yesterday.”

Synopsis
The year is 1402. Margrete I has achieved what no man has managed before. She has gathered Denmark, Norway and Sweden into a peace-oriented union, which she singlehandedly rules through her young, adopted son, Erik. The union is beset by enemies, however, and Margrete is therefore planning a marriage between Erik and Princess Philippa of England. An alliance with England should secure the union’s status as an emerging European power but a breathtaking conspiracy is under way that can tear Margrete and all she believes in apart.

Besides Trine Dyrholm (Queen of Hearts) the leading role as Margrete I, the cast also includes Søren Malling (The Investigation), Morten Hee Andersen (Ride Upon The Storm), Jakob Oftebro (Kon-tiki), Bjørn Floberg (Out Stealing Horses), Magnus Krepper (Queen of Hearts), Thomas W. Gabrielsson (A Royal Affair), Agnes Rase (Midsommar), Simon J. Berger (Exit) and Paul Blackthorne (Arrow).

Charlotte Sieling has co-written the script with Jesper Fink (Before the Frost) and Maya Ilsøe (The Legacy). Rasmus Videbæk (A Royal Affair) is director of photography, while Søren Schwarzberg (Before the Frost) is production designer and Manon Rasmussen (Melancholia) is costume designer. AnnaCarin Lock is makeup and hair designer (Quick), Anja Philip is casting director (Wildland), Sverrir Kristjánsson is editor (The Man), Rune Palving is sound designer (The Man), Thomas Dyg is VFX designer (Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2) and Jon Ekstrand is composer (Queen of Hearts).

Margrete – Queen of the North is produced by SF Studios with producers Birgitte Skov and Lars Bredo Rahbek and co-producer Jon Nohrstedt (SF Studios Sweden) in co-production with Filmkameratene (Norway), Truenorth (Iceland), Sirena Film (Czech Republic) and Film i Väst (Sweden), with support from the Danish Film Institute, TV 2 DANMARK (Denmark), Swedish Film Institute, Norwegian Film Institute, Icelandic Film Centre, Nordic Film & TV Fund, Eurimages, Czech Film Fund, Polish Film Institute, Queen Margrethe and Prince Henrik's Foundation, The Augustinus Foundation, The Carlsberg Foundation, The A.P. Moller Foundation and Creative Europe MEDIA Programme of the European Union.

SF Studios distributes the film in the Nordics. REinvent handles international sales. So far, REinvent International Sales has announced sales to Germany (Splendid) and the US (Samuel Goldwyn Films).

The film will premiere in cinemas in Denmark on September 16 followed by a theatrical release in the Nordics during fall 2021.

For more information, please contact:
Malin Strihagen, Vice President Brand & Communications, SF Studios, malin.strihagen@gmail.com,, +46 70 780 39 35
Helene Aurø, Sales & Marketing Director, Reinvent International Sales, helene.auro@reinvent.dk, +45 23 42 00 07

About SF Studios
SF Studios, established in 1919, is one of the world’s oldest film companies. Today SF Studios is the leading film studio in the Nordic region with its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden and offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, Helsinki and London. The company is producing and distributing feature films and TV series as well as providing the streaming service SF Anytime. SF Studios is part of the leading Nordic media company Bonnier.

About REinvent
REinvent is a packaging, sales and financing studio all in one. REinvent has extensive knowledge of original trends and sales opportunities in both the Scandinavian and international markets and works with high profile European production companies.