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The Audio Long Read

The real Scandi noir: how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark’s self-image

The Audio Long Read

The Guardian

Society & Culture

4.32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2025

⏱️ 50 minutes

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The Black Swan follows a repentant master criminal as she sets up corrupt clients in front of hidden cameras. But is she really reformed – and is the director up to his own tricks? By Samanth Subramanian. Read by David Bateson. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/longreadpod

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Welcome to The Guardian Long Read, showcasing the best long-form journalism covering culture, politics and new thinking.

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The real Scandinano, how a filmmaker and a crooked lawyer, shattered Denmark's self-image by Samantha Subramanian, read by David Bateson.

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The trap was laid in a rented office, two rooms in downtown Copenhagen, furnished without a whisper of Scandy style.

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If it wasn't for a Frida Carlo print on one wall, the premises might have felt as impersonal and stark as a confessional.

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That, in any event, was what it became.

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For six months, beginning in mid-2020, a parade of people, members of motorcycle gangs, entrepreneurs, lawyers, real estate barons, politicians,

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