- Denmark's news in English
April 14, 2015
Between 2004-2014, Denmark struggled to fill tourist boats and hotel beds. Photo: Colourbox
Danish tourism suffers sluggish growth
Driven by a decrease in the number of German tourists, Denmark's tourism has been stagnant over the past decade while neighbouring countries have experienced strong growth. READ
The study was the first to put a concrete number on how many children suffer from allergies, eczema and asthma. Photo: Colourbox
One in three Danish kids has asthma or allergies
A study of one million children in Denmark showed that while common ailments are widespread, they have slowed over the past decade.READ
Photo: Imgur.com
Danish Conservatives go after 'Nazi Islamism'
Radical Islam is "in the same family" as Nazism and must be "fought and eliminated", Conservative leaders said in launching an attention-grabbing campaign. READ
Membership in the Church of Denmark has been falling steadily, but Danes are still far more likely to be religious than Swedes. Photo: Colourbox
Denmark ‘more religious’ than neighbour countries
Although six out of ten Danes are either “not religious” or “convinced atheists”, more of them identify as religious than the Swedes or Germans. READ 3 Comments
Shi'ite paramilitary fighters hold an Islamist State flag which they pulled down during victory celebrations after returning from Tikrit. Photo: Mushtaq Muhammed/Reuters/Scanpix
More than 6,000 have left Europe for Isis jihad: EU
The EU justice commissioner said on Monday that countries should focus on prevention to slow the stream of European citizens headed for Syria. READ
Crown Prince Frederik, shown attending a 2014 Justin Timberlake concert with Crown Princess Mary and their son Prince Christian. Photo: Martin Sylvest/Scanpix
Agent charged for Prince Frederik's bridge trip
Crown Prince Frederik’s trip over the closed Great Belt Fixed Link in January, which created a media frenzy, has now led to charges against one of the prince’s bodyguards. READ
Greenpeace activists and supporters at the Total exploration site on Monday. Photo: Greenpeace
Greenpeace targets Danish fracking site
Supporters of the environmental organization Greenpeace scaled the boring machine at the site of Denmark’s first ever shale gas exploration site on Monday. READ
Denmark may be getting greener by the day, but Monday morning provided a reminder that summer is still far off. Photo: Justin Cremer
Denmark in for a week of mixed spring weather
April’s weather always keeps one guessing. Here’s what’s in store for this week, according to the meteorologists. READ
Queen Margrethe II's 75th birthday
The queen said immigrants need to know what they're getting into when they come to Denmark. Photo: Henrik Rasmussen/Scanpix
Queen Margrethe wades in to immigration debate
Ahead of her 75th birthday on April 16, Queen Margrethe II made a rare forray into political matters in a Sunday interview with Berlingske newspaper. READ 7 Comments
A mosque in Dakhla, Western Sahara. Photo: David Stanley/Flickr
Danes demand human rights in Western Sahara
With the backing of a majority of parliament, the Danish organization Afrika Kontakt is calling on the UN to step up human rights efforts and protect the native people of Western Sahara. READ
Features
In Time Travel Aarhus, Ripudaman Singh blends the city's past and present. Photo: Submitted
Indian expat takes 'time travel' through Aarhus
Ripudaman Singh combined his twin passions for photography and Aarhus into an exhibition that brings the city's past alive. READ
The Local List
A bird's eye view of the true capital of Scandinavia. Photo: Colourbox
Ten ways Copenhagen beats Stockholm
Stockholm often claims to lead the way when it comes to all things tech, culture and equality, but here at The Local Denmark, we're convinced Copenhagen trumps the Swedish city as the true capital of Scandinavia. READ 12 Comments
Working in Denmark
As if settling into a new job wasn't enough, you'll also need to figure out whether you want to join a union and/or an A-kasse. Photo: Colourbox
Working in Denmark: Unions and A-kasse
Human resources expert Nancy Rasmussen gives an introduction to picking the union that is right for you and how to protect your finances through private unemployment insurance. READ
Opinion
The author argues that Americans would be better off if they ditched their dreams of a big house and SUV and instead adopted 'the Danish way'. Photo: Kasper Thye/Copenhagen Media Center
'The Danish way' trumps the American dream
The American author of a new book about Danish parenting writes that the Danes' focus on empathy makes them much happier than Americans who pursue material goods. READ 31 Comments
Copenhagen shootings
Many prominent Danish voices have remained defiant in the wake of the Copenhagen shootings. Photo: Søren Bidstrup/Scanpix
Danish free speech fight continues after attacks
Prominent Danish free speech advocates like Flemming Rose remain defiant in the aftermath of the Copenhagen attacks, but an opinion poll reveals that Danes' support for publishing potentially offensive material has decreased. READ
More News
A family researcher said that technology is a major reason why parents spend less time with their kids. Photo: Colourbox
Danish parents 'too busy' for their children
In every second Danish home, families don't eat, play or read together, the results of a new "frightening" parenting survey showed over the weekend. READ
Denmark scored eighth worldwide in a ranking of social progress. Photo: Shutterstock
Denmark in top ten for 'social progress'
Denmark ranks eighth in the world in an index released on Thursday measuring what makes a country a good place to live, falling behind fellow Scandinavian countries Norway, in first place, and Sweden in second. READ 2 Comments
Danish whistleblower Hans Bøgesvang Riis was fired two years ago and had difficulties finding a new job. Friday a goverment report suggested, however, that no law is needed. Photo: David Leth Williams
Danish report: No need for whistleblower law
Denmark does not need a special whistleblower law for public authorities, an expert committee has concluded. READ
Danish police are warning hopeful Danes of "romance scams" when dating online. Photo: Colourbox
Police warn of online 'romance scams'
Police are warning Danes visiting internet dating sites of ‘romance scams’ after love-seeking Danes have reported being robbed of thousands of Danish kroner by online suitors. READ
Danish police has for the first time enforced a new passport law, seizing the passport and issuing a travel ban on a man suspected of planning to go to presumably Syria to fight. Photo: Colourbox
Police seize passport from 'foreign fighter'
Danish police have used a new law to seize a passport and issue a travel ban on a man suspected of planning to travel to an armed conflict to fight. READ 2 Comments
Swedish Defence Minister Peter Hultqvist. Photo: Pontus Lundahl/TT
Nordic ministers respond to Russian 'aggression'
Sweden and four of its Nordic neighbours announced far-reaching plans on Friday to extend their military cooperation. But one defence analyst has warned that Russia will perceive the message as aggressive. READ 2 Comments
Ryanair got green light from a Copenhagen court on Thursday to file a case against Danish airport employees. Above, a previous demonstration at the airport. Photo: Jens Nørgaard Larsen/Scanpix
Ryanair gets OK in case against airport workers
Low-cost airline Ryanair got the green light on Thursday from a Copenhagen court to start a case against employees at Copenhagen Airport, who prevented the airline's first flight at the airport from taking off last month. READ
'I didn’t know armpit hair was embarrassing'
Women in Denmark may have got the right to vote 100 years ago but they still let others decide on their bodies, magazine editor Camilla Kjems tells The Local as she launches a new warts-and-all campaign.READ 5 Comments
This day in history
Armoured German troops ride through the Danish city of Viborg following the invasion in 1940. Photo:German Bundesarchiv/Tryphon: Wikipedia Commons.
Denmark remembers 75 years since Nazi invasion
On April 9th 1940, German Nazi troops launched an invasion into both Denmark and Norway, seizing Danish cities including the capital Copenhagen and causing the Danish King Christian X to surrender almost immediately. READ
A Jewish store in Østerbro in Copenhagen was vandalized in the early hours of Thursday morning. Photo: Nils Meilvang/Scanpix
Jewish store vandalized in Copenhagen
A Jewish store in Copenhagen had a window broken and an anti-Semitic slur scrawled on its walls in an act of vandalism that comes less than two months after the shooting dead of a guard outside a synagogue. READ 12 Comments
From our other editions:
Photo: Rinspeed
Swiss auto with Austrian brain turns heads
Swiss tuning specialist Rinspeed has developed a concept for the future of cars, together with boffins from the small Austrian town of Gratkorn. READ
The Globe of Science and Innovation at CERN. Photo: Adam Nieman/Flickr
CERN 'in shock' over fatal Valais avalanche
UPDATE: An official from the Geneva-based European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) said on Monday the organization was in shock over an avalanche that killed one of its employees and critically injured another in the canton of Valais on Sunday. READ
Alps Plane Crash
A specially laid-on Lufthansa plane leaves Düsseldorf for the crash site, carrying victims' relatives, on March 26th. Photo: DPA
Woman faked plane crash link for free flights
A woman who obtained multiple free flights to southern France by pretending to be the cousin of a Germanwings flight 4U9525 victim now faces legal action by the airline's parent company Lufthansa.READ
Albert Rivera speaking during a presentation of Ciudadanos' economic programme on April 7th. Photo: Javier Soriano/AFP
Spain's 'Citizens' party fires up voters
In the midst of a battle of the big old forces against surging left-wing party Podemos, another young challenger has emerged: centrist party Ciudadanos. READ
Where's the handle? The French love to drink out of a bowl. Photo: Su-May/Flickr
My French habits that foreigners just don't get
Do the French have certain habits you just can't work out? Here, UK-based French journalist Chloé Farand lists a number of her typical Gallic traits or customs that leave her Anglo friends bemused or, if bread, jam and coffee are involved, even disgusted. READ
Italian with scarf in summer photo: Shutterstock
My Italian habits that foreigners just don’t get
Do Italians have certain habits you just can't work out? Here, Anna Pujol-Mazzini lists a number of typical traits or customs that leave her Anglo friends bemused. READ
Video
A screen grab of the girls gyrating in their farming gear. Photo: YouTube
Norway farming song is surprise YouTube hit
A protest song about farming in Norway has become a surprise hit on YouTube, although its success may hang more on the spectacle of young women prancing about in green overalls than from its political message. READ
Rear Admiral Anders Grenstad at a press conference after Sweden's October submarine hunt. Photo: Claudio Bresciani/TT
'Submarine' in Sweden was only civilian boat
UPDATED: A suspected submarine spotted in the Stockholm archipelago a week after Sweden's extensive hunt for Russian underwater vessels last autumn was only a civilian boat, Sweden's Armed Forces have now said. But they remain convinced that the first sighting was a small foreign sub. READ
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