The successful Danish thriller series Oxen unfolds a tense new chapter with its upcoming second season, following ex-elite soldier Niels Oxen as he’s drawn deeper into a web of political conspiracies and deadly power struggles. The six new episodes launchon TV 2 and TV 2 Play in Denmark on Sunday, October 26, with a release on ZDF in Germany set for 2026.
With Jacob Lohman (The Promised Land) reprising his role as Niels Oxen, alongside Josephine Park (Doggystyle) as PET agent Margrethe Franck, Ellen Hillingsø (The Experiment) as the calculating PET chief Frigg Mossman, and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Kajsa Corfitzen (Automata), the highly anticipated new season plunges deeper into Danehof’s shadowy power struggles and hidden secrets, where political corruption, murder, and moral compromise threaten to unravel everything.
Jacob Hauberg Lohmann and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen in Oxen 2. Photo Thomas Howalt Andersen/TV 2
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“The Danes loved the first season, so I’m incredibly happy that we get to share a new season with them. The series’ focus on power and democracy is as always relevant and important, while season 2 also offers an action-packed story when Oxen leaves the forest and goes on the run”.
Pernille Bech Christensen, Senior Executive Producer, TV 2
Synopsis
In the second season of Oxen, former special forces soldier Niels Oxen (Jacob Lohman) is on the run, carrying a video that exposes the Justice Minister’s role in a brutal murder. Hunted by both the authorities and the secret power elite known as Danehof, Oxen must decide whom he can trust.
As business magnate Kajsa Corfitzen (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen) seeks revenge, and divisions emerge within Danehof’s leadership, Oxen and PET agent Margrethe Franck (Josephine Park) are drawn back into a fragile alliance—this time without the knowledge of PET chief Frigg Mossman (Ellen Hillingsø).
Murder, political betrayal, and a dark secret at the core of power fuel this new season, where the fight to expose Danehof becomes a battle for Denmark’s democracy itself.
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Characters
Niels Oxen (Jacob Hauberg Lohmann)
Oxen is forced to go on the run from both Kajsa and Danehof after coming into possession of the video proving that the Minister of Justice killed Virginia. Before disappearing underground, Oxen visits his son on his 13th birthday — a meeting that puts his family’s lives in danger and forces them to flee the country.
Haunted by guilt and the feeling of being a failing father unable to keep his promises, Oxen seeks refuge under a false identity at a fish farm run by a kindred spirit, Klaus-Ole, known as ‘Fisk’. But when Kajsa discovers his hiding place, the consequences are tragic. Realizing he can’t survive alone, Oxen reconnects with Margrethe to rebuild their trust, but circumstances soon force him to work with both her and Mossman to stop Danehof once and for all.
Margrethe Franck (Josephine ParK)
Margrethe is brought to safety in a remote rural location, hiding from Danehof. There, she is overcome by loneliness, trying to come to terms with isolation while haunted by the traumas of her past. She reconnects with her foster sister, Itana, a lead investigator who knows Margrethe better than she expected — and who tries to pressure her into revealing information about Oxen. Caught between her loyalty to Oxen and her duty to Mossman, Margrethe ultimately manages to unite them in a shared goal: to bring down Danehof.
Frigg Mossman (Ellen Hillingsø)
Frigg Mossman remains determined to dismantle Danehof, willing to use any means necessary to build an airtight case that will expose the organization. She pressures Margrethe to find Oxen, recover the video he possesses, and help complete his mission. When a tragic event indirectly results from her actions, Frigg’s professional pride is shaken — but she takes responsibility and delivers the difficult news herself. Operating in the shadows of Christiansborg, she surrounds herself with trusted allies — a strategy that becomes crucial when Danehof turns its sights on removing her from the game.
Kajsa Corfitzen (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen)
Driven by vengeance, Kajsa hunts Oxen like prey, determined to seize the incriminating video of the Justice Minister. Wherever Oxen or Mossman move, she is always one step ahead. Beneath her composed exterior, Kajsa harbors a deep hatred for her father and a traumatic childhood secret she’s desperate to keep buried. She envisions a new future for Danehof — one free of the shadows of the past — but not everyone shares her ambition, and internal divisions threaten to upend the balance of power within the organization’s inner circle.
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Additional Cast
Alongside the returning main cast, Oxen 2 features a strong ensemble of actors —including Johanne Louise Schmidt, Caspar Phillipson, Andreas Jebro, Kristian Halken, and Hanne Hedelund, among others — adding new depth and tension to the series.
Jacob Hauberg Lohmann receiving instructions by Søren Balle on set of Oxen 2. Photo by Mike Kollöffel/TV 2
Creative Team & Production
The new season is directed by Søren Balle (Equinox) and penned by triple Emmy-winning duo Maj Brostrøm and Peter Thorsboe, and is based on the bestselling Oxen novels by Jens Henrik Jensen. The series is produced by SF Studios for TV 2, in collaboration with ZDF and BriskPace Studios, and the production has received support from the West Danish Film Fund, FilmFyn, and Creative Europe Media.
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About TV 2
TV 2 Danmark A/S is the company behind Denmark’s most-watched streaming service, TV 2 Play, and most watched channel, TV 2. TV 2 Danmark A/S is owned by the Danish state and the public service channel TV 2 is operated on a commercial basis. Until 2004, TV 2’s main channel received a smaller share of the license fees. Since 2012, the main channel TV 2 has been partially funded by subscription.
TV 2 aired on October 1, 1988, and less than three years later TV 2 had become the largest TV channel in Denmark. TV 2’s range of programs includes news, sports, documentaries, lifestyle, entertainment, and drama series. Additionally, TV 2 Danmark operates the TV channels TV 2 News, TV 2 Echo, TV 2 Charlie, TV 2 Fri, TV 2 Sport, TV 2 Sport X as well as tv2.dk – Denmark’s most popular news website.
Source: TV 2 Denmark Photo credits: Thomas Howalt Andersen, Mike Kollöffel, TV 2
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The successful Danish thriller series Oxen unfolds a tense new chapter with its upcoming second season, following ex-elite soldier Niels Oxen as he’s drawn deeper into a web of political conspiracies and deadly power struggles. The six new episodes launch on TV 2 and TV 2 Play in Denmark on Sunday, October 26, with a release on ZDF in Germany set for 2026.
With Jacob Lohman (The Promised Land) reprising his role as Niels Oxen, alongside Josephine Park (Doggystyle) as PET agent Margrethe Franck, Ellen Hillingsø (The Experiment) as the calculating PET chief Frigg Mossman, and Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Kajsa Corfitzen (Automata), the highly anticipated new season plunges deeper into Danehof’s shadowy power struggles and hidden secrets, where political corruption, murder, and moral compromise threaten to unravel everything.
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Synopsis
In the second season of Oxen, former special forces soldier Niels Oxen (Jacob Lohman) is on the run, carrying a video that exposes the Justice Minister’s role in a brutal murder. Hunted by both the authorities and the secret power elite known as Danehof, Oxen must decide whom he can trust.
As business magnate Kajsa Corfitzen (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen) seeks revenge, and divisions emerge within Danehof’s leadership, Oxen and PET agent Margrethe Franck (Josephine Park) are drawn back into a fragile alliance—this time without the knowledge of PET chief Frigg Mossman (Ellen Hillingsø).
Murder, political betrayal, and a dark secret at the core of power fuel this new season, where the fight to expose Danehof becomes a battle for Denmark’s democracy itself.
Advertisement
Characters
Niels Oxen (Jacob Hauberg Lohmann)
Oxen is forced to go on the run from both Kajsa and Danehof after coming into possession of the video proving that the Minister of Justice killed Virginia. Before disappearing underground, Oxen visits his son on his 13th birthday — a meeting that puts his family’s lives in danger and forces them to flee the country.
Haunted by guilt and the feeling of being a failing father unable to keep his promises, Oxen seeks refuge under a false identity at a fish farm run by a kindred spirit, Klaus-Ole, known as ‘Fisk’. But when Kajsa discovers his hiding place, the consequences are tragic. Realizing he can’t survive alone, Oxen reconnects with Margrethe to rebuild their trust, but circumstances soon force him to work with both her and Mossman to stop Danehof once and for all.
Margrethe Franck (Josephine ParK)
Margrethe is brought to safety in a remote rural location, hiding from Danehof. There, she is overcome by loneliness, trying to come to terms with isolation while haunted by the traumas of her past. She reconnects with her foster sister, Itana, a lead investigator who knows Margrethe better than she expected — and who tries to pressure her into revealing information about Oxen. Caught between her loyalty to Oxen and her duty to Mossman, Margrethe ultimately manages to unite them in a shared goal: to bring down Danehof.
Frigg Mossman (Ellen Hillingsø)
Frigg Mossman remains determined to dismantle Danehof, willing to use any means necessary to build an airtight case that will expose the organization. She pressures Margrethe to find Oxen, recover the video he possesses, and help complete his mission. When a tragic event indirectly results from her actions, Frigg’s professional pride is shaken — but she takes responsibility and delivers the difficult news herself. Operating in the shadows of Christiansborg, she surrounds herself with trusted allies — a strategy that becomes crucial when Danehof turns its sights on removing her from the game.
Kajsa Corfitzen (Birgitte Hjort Sørensen)
Driven by vengeance, Kajsa hunts Oxen like prey, determined to seize the incriminating video of the Justice Minister. Wherever Oxen or Mossman move, she is always one step ahead. Beneath her composed exterior, Kajsa harbors a deep hatred for her father and a traumatic childhood secret she’s desperate to keep buried. She envisions a new future for Danehof — one free of the shadows of the past — but not everyone shares her ambition, and internal divisions threaten to upend the balance of power within the organization’s inner circle.
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Additional Cast
Alongside the returning main cast, Oxen 2 features a strong ensemble of actors —including Johanne Louise Schmidt, Caspar Phillipson, Andreas Jebro, Kristian Halken, and Hanne Hedelund, among others — adding new depth and tension to the series.
Creative Team & Production
The new season is directed by Søren Balle (Equinox) and penned by triple Emmy-winning duo Maj Brostrøm and Peter Thorsboe, and is based on the bestselling Oxen novels by Jens Henrik Jensen. The series is produced by SF Studios for TV 2, in collaboration with ZDF and BriskPace Studios, and the production has received support from the West Danish Film Fund, FilmFyn, and Creative Europe Media.
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About TV 2
TV 2 Danmark A/S is the company behind Denmark’s most-watched streaming service, TV 2 Play, and most watched channel, TV 2. TV 2 Danmark A/S is owned by the Danish state and the public service channel TV 2 is operated on a commercial basis. Until 2004, TV 2’s main channel received a smaller share of the license fees. Since 2012, the main channel TV 2 has been partially funded by subscription.
TV 2 aired on October 1, 1988, and less than three years later TV 2 had become the largest TV channel in Denmark. TV 2’s range of programs includes news, sports, documentaries, lifestyle, entertainment, and drama series. Additionally, TV 2 Danmark operates the TV channels TV 2 News, TV 2 Echo, TV 2 Charlie, TV 2 Fri, TV 2 Sport, TV 2 Sport X as well as tv2.dk – Denmark’s most popular news website.
Source: TV 2 Denmark Photo credits: Thomas Howalt Andersen, Mike Kollöffel, TV 2
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