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5 min readPeter Mygind on Choosing to Believe in the Good
Peter Mygind, the Danish actor known for roles in Nikolaj & Julie and Lars von Trier's Riget, lost his mother Jytte Appelstrøm on January 2nd. In the hospice, during their last month together, she would say "there's sun skin" every time he walked through the door. "Our last trip together with our mother was so peaceful and happy, as if anything could happen," Mygind says. "She felt like she had come to heaven at that hospital, and now she just wanted to go up into heaven, up into the real heaven. And she did."
The Lonely Child Who Became a Warrior
Mygind grew up in a house full of people. His mother, a famous actress and theater director, and his father, a businessman, were both strong personalities who drew crowds. Yet what filled Mygind most as a child was loneliness. "When your main attention is on a hired babysitter, the host does his job, but there is perhaps just that extra," he explains. His grandparents came every Wednesday and "saw me" — once a week, he had two adults who truly noticed him.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:01) **Introduction and Guest Welcome** - Host Sørine Godfredsen introduces Peter Mygind, an actor known for roles in *Nikolaj & Julie* and *Sommerdal*, who also travels with an anti-bullying lecture about social responsibility
- 2 (02:41) **The Harm of Casual Cruelty** - Mygind recounts being told "you sing like hell" after a wedding performance, and how he responded by asking the man to promise never to say that to anyone again
- 3 (05:28) **Childhood Loneliness Amidst Crowds** - Mygind describes growing up in a home full of people but feeling profoundly lonely, because his parents (a famous actress mother and businessman father) were often absent
- 4 (08:59) **Reconciliation with His Mother** - In her final month at a hospice, Mygind had deep conversations with his mother, who apologized for her choices; he told her he had forgiven her long ago
- 5 (13:29) **Sent to Boarding School in Switzerland at 14** - At age 14, Mygind was sent to a strict boarding school in the Swiss Alps, unable to speak German, with no escape route
- 6 (17:24) **Punishing His Parents Through Silence** - Mygind deliberately refused to write letters or call home for months, punishing his parents for sending him away
- 7 (20:36) **The Warrior vs. the Victim** - Mygind explains his core philosophy: a warrior is someone who takes a stand and moves on, not through violence but through active choice
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Skuespiller Peter Mygind mistede sin mor, Jytte Abildstrøm, på årets anden dag. Han var ved hendes side, da hun døde. I dagens afsnit forholder Mygind sig til et liv på jorden uden sin mor, og om hun lever videre, selvom hun er taget herfra. Han fortæller også om den ensomhed, han oplevede som barn. For mens moderen prædikede solidaritet og kærlighed på tv, sad han derhjemme og følte sig ensom. Noget, der kun blev forstærket, da forældrene sendte ham på drengekostskole i Schweiz og ikke ringede til ham den første måned. På kostskolen fandt han dog en indre styrke ved et simpelt trick, og det har han brugt lige siden.
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