How many episodes are in Sygeplejeskolen?

Sygeplejeskolen has 6 episodes in this listed season.

When does Sygeplejeskolen premiere?

Sygeplejeskolen premieres on 2025-09-14.

Is Sygeplejeskolen a new series?

Sygeplejeskolen is a returning series (Season 7).

Sygeplejeskolen(2018)

Also known as The New Nurses • Die Schwesternschule • The New Nurses Die Schwesternschule

Archived · TV 2 Charlie

7.5126 eps

S07

DramaMedicalFamily

ON AIR: SEP 14Season 7Archived listing

What to Expect

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Set in 1952 Denmark, Sygeplejeskolen builds its drama around a single institutional decision: Fredenslund Hospital begins training male nurses for the first time. That policy change sends friction through every level of the hierarchy, from the headmistress down through students and staff, and the show stays rooted in that slow-burning professional resistance rather than reaching for medical emergencies or procedural urgency.

The 1950s setting is not decorative. Gender roles carry genuine professional weight here, and the cost of crossing them lands on characters personally as much as professionally. Family obligations and personal sacrifice run alongside the workplace conflict, so the pressure accumulates across both the institution and the lives people are quietly rearranging to survive inside it.

Best for

1950s danish drama, workplace rivalry and Drama

Story lane

Drama and Medical

Commitment

Season 7 · 6 episodes

Where

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Official Premise

The year is 1952. Denmark is experiencing a great shortage of nurses, and therefore the headmistress at Fredenslund Hospital has started a controversial trial. For the first time, the hospital will also be training men.

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Why this pick

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