{"id":32627,"date":"2023-05-02T18:27:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T16:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1825297"},"modified":"2023-05-03T03:07:40","modified_gmt":"2023-05-03T01:07:40","slug":"netflixs-the-nurse-where-are-christina-aistrup-hansen-and-pernille-kurzman-now","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/netflixs-the-nurse-where-are-christina-aistrup-hansen-and-pernille-kurzman-now\/","title":{"rendered":"Netflix\u2019s The Nurse: Where are Christina Aistrup Hansen and Pernille Kurzman now?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Netflix drama chronicles the crimes of Christina Aistrup Hansen, but what happened to the real-life figure and where is she now? <\/p>

By Molly Moss\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 02 May 2023 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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Following hot on the heels of The Watcher<\/a>,\u00a0Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story<\/a>\u00a0and The Good Nurse<\/a>, another chilling true crime drama has just hit Netflix<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The Nurse, a Danish thriller series directed by Kasper Barfoed, t<\/span>ells the tale of Christina Aistrup Hansen (Josephine Park),<\/span> a nurse who is convicted of four counts of attempted manslaughter.<\/span><\/p>\n

The series follows Pernille Kurzmann (<\/span>Fanny Louis Bernth)<\/span> as she lands her first job straight out of nursing school <\/span>at the Nyk\u00f8bing Falster Hospital in Denmark, <\/span>where she soon befriends fellow nurse Christina who is popular and well-respected \u2013 but Pernille soon notices there\u2019s more to her co-worker than meets the eye.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kurzmann\u2019s discoveries about Hansen lead to one of the most troubling criminal trials in Denmark.<\/span><\/p>\n

While viewers may expect the horrifying events depicted in the series to be fictional, they are in fact based on a true story<\/a>, which Danish\u00a0journalist Kristian Corfixen\u00a0recorded<\/span>\u00a0in the book The Nurse: The True Story Behind One of Scandinavia\u2019s Most Notorious Criminal Trials.<\/span><\/p>

If you\u2019re wondering what happened to the two nurses at the heart of the true story and where they are now, read on to find out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Where is Christina Hansen now?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

After a trial that lasted almost a month, real-life Christina Aistrup Hansen was initially sentenced to life imprisonment in a Danish prison for <\/span>three counts of murder.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, the High Court court reduced her sentence to 12 years in prison after a review saw her charges changed from three counts of murder to four counts of attempted manslaughter. She also lost her licence to practise as a nurse. <\/span>Hansen is currently serving the 12-year sentence, and is set to be released in 2028.<\/span><\/p>\n

While writing the book upon which the series is based, Corfixen interviewed Hansen in prison, and wrote that Hansen told her (via Digital Spy<\/a>): <\/span>\u201cMany in here talk about one day reaching a point where you come to terms with your judgment. But I haven\u2019t gotten there yet.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Where is Pernille Kurzmann now?<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Fanny Louise Bernth as Pernille Kurzmann in The Nurse.<\/span><\/figcaption> Netflix<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Kurzmann still works at Nyk\u00f8bing Falster Hospital. <\/span>She changed her name when she married Dr Niels Lunden, who helped her uncover Hansen\u2019s crimes and also features in the series.<\/span><\/p>\n

Before the credits roll on the Netflix drama, <\/span>a paragraph of text reads: \u201cAll nurses from the ER at that time have moved on to different jobs. Except one. Pernille Kurzmann still works as a nurse at Nyk\u00f8bing Falster Hospital. Today her name is Pernille Kurzmann Lund\u00e9n.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In an interview with the <\/span>Danish Nursing Council<\/span> in 2020, Kurzmann said of her relationship with staff at the hospital following Hansen\u2019s trial and conviction: <\/span>\u201cI have the same bosses, and I actually like them quite a lot. I feel sorry for them because they had no tools or anything to do and intervene in the case.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI have no doubt that they did their best to support me and their department. They were also caught in the schism between having to take care of me and also taking care of Christina, because she was innocent until proven guilty.\u201d<\/span><\/p>