“Carmen Curlers” series on Arte: the Danish king of curlers

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"Carmen Curlers," a Danish series by Mette Heeno, will be broadcast on Arte from July 3 and on Arte.tv from June 26. © Tine Harden
In 1960s Denmark, a television salesman made his fortune by revolutionizing hairdressing. A success story inspired by true events, it won the Best European Series award at the 2023 La Rochelle TV Fiction Festival.
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I subscribeAt first glance, the story may seem completely far-fetched, but it's true: the owner of a Danish radio and television store developed a revolutionary invention in the 1960s: the electric curler. After hearing women complain about the hours they spent in hair salons and stumbling across an inventor's classified ad, entrepreneur Arne Bybjerg Pedersen (1928-2022) embarked on the adventure. He went on to found an empire, Carmen Curlers, which, at its peak, had more than 3,000 employees.
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