For my Danish language & culture class, we did a presentation on why Danes are the happiest people in the world. My group mate found some really interesting facts from the Internet. What do you guys think? Copenhagen certainly makes me happier than any other cities in the world!
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Finn Juhl is considered the father of Danish Design. Born in 1912, he became world famous for designing the Trusteeship Council Chamber in the UN building in the 1940s.
Juhl was an architect, interior and industrial designer, but is by far known best for his innovative, modern furniture designs. He received several awards for his designs during his lifetime, many of which are now featured in modern art museums around the world. Today the Finn Juhl Prize is given to a designer who has “made a special effort in the field of furniture design–with special reference to chairs.”
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Exploring Denmark: Copenhagen and the Countryside
Denmark presents the visitor with an intriguing mix of civilized pleasures in Copenhagen and grand castles in a green countryside, both north in Zealand and west on the island of Funen.
In one week a traveler can glimpse the essential Danish character in this country of manageable size. May, June, and July are the choice months for a visit because the sun may be out, the days may be warm, and the hours of light are plentiful.
Copenhagen
You will, no doubt, want to begin in central Copenhagen. You can walk day and night in Copenhagen with less anxiety than most other world capitals. The prosperity of the Danes is universal and egalitarian.
Begin with the story of Danish royalty and their fabulous wealth, starting around 1500 A.D. The places to visit are the Rosenborg Palace and the Amalienborg Square. Gold paraphernalia of crowns and jewellery at Rosenborg, plus the silver lions of the throne room, find a parallel in the architectural grandeur of Amalienborg. The kings of note tend to be named Christian or Frederik. Equestrian statues of great leaders abound.
The kings’ wealth was based on the agricultural surplus produced in the fertile countryside since the time of Viking prominence, roughly 1000 A.D., plus the tolls that the Danes were able to extract from ships passing through the Baltic where the sea narrows to only four kilometres between Denmark and Sweden, at Helsingor. Denmark dominated Sweden and Norway for long periods of history.
For the commoner not on a royal budget, travel in this region can be expensive. But if you arrange a reasonable advance package of air and hotel for a week’s stay, you’ll have your major costs under control.
Within the central district of Copenhagen several aspects of the modern Danish sensibility can be sampled.
Danish modern design in furniture can be seen at a store titled Nyt-i-bo. The simplicity of line in typical Danish design can be viewed at this store, which has everything in furniture from chairs to cabinets. A parallel kitchen/dining Danish design emphasis, from glassware to cutlery, can be seen at other nearby shops.
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Law of Jante (Jantelagen) is a pattern of group behaviour towards individuals within Scandinavian communities, which negatively portrays and criticises individual success and achievement as unworthy and inappropriate.
(I hate it.)
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Danish a folk-law says: “Don’t think you are anything special – you are no better than the rest of us.”
SO my believing that everyone is special is now ruined…
what I love about this is that they don’t consider themselves any better either
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My Danish neighbour admit: I like fake people,till they pretend to be nice near my face.
Me: So you do not care that they talk about you under your back and pretend to be nice, even though they hate you?
Neighbour: I don’t.
Silence.
And when people wonder why the world is getting fake….
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Under Denmark’s hate speech law, it doesn’t matter if what you said was true. It doesn’t matter if it is factual - if it offends someone, you could be charged.
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Your Danish host simply doesn’t know how to handle unexpected guests, even if you are friends. Everything in Denmark is structured. If you want to meet your friend, you have to make an appointment at least a week in advance.
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Danes are called to be direct towards the discussions. However, it is opposite to the lectures in universities’ .Being direct in lectures is not the right answer. If you can answer with few words, make it to 10 sentences just when it will be perceived as right.
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First life, then spaces, then buildings— the other way around never works.
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Irish people don’t like pubs anymore. It’s as if Danish people stopped liking sleek, modern design.
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A handful of crowns - En håndfuld kroner (by Comrade Foot)
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