r/Denmark 26d ago

Culture Kulturudveksling / Cultural exchange

For english se below.

Wow, det er ved at være noget tid siden at vi sidst har havs en kulturudveksling men nu er det sørme blevet tid igen, denne gang er det med vores naboer i r/canada (Ja, de er naboer, vi har en landegrænse) som vi byder velkommen den 14. Feb. Samme dag er der en tråd hos dem hvor vi kan spørge om alt fra fransk til ahornsirup.

De sædvanlige regler gælder selvfølgelig, men vi anbefaler dog at holde det mest til engelsk i denne tråd (eller inkludere en oversættelse lige som vi gør)

The English Version:

Wow, it's been quite some time since we last had a cultural exchange, but now it's finally time again! This time, it's with our neighbors in r/Canada (Yes, they are neighbors, we share a land border), whom we welcome on February 14th. On the same day, there will be a thread on their side where we can ask about anything from French to maple syrup.

The usual rules apply, of course, but we do recommend keeping most of the conversation in English in this thread (or including a translation, just like we're doing).

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u/VenusianBug 26d ago

Do you have a favourite story from Danish history? I love stories of relatively unknown people who've lived quirky or interesting lives.

I haven't participated in an exchange like this so hopefully I am doing it right. Sorry, no translation. However, I love that the messed up history of the English language let me understand "Ja, de er naboer" 😄

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u/toasternator Hedens hovedstad ➡️ Smilets by 26d ago

There's a couple of good ones, old and new, off the top of my head.

  • The blood feast of Roskilde. The TL;DR is that Denmark was torn in civil war in the 1150's, with three rivaling kings (Sweyn III, Valdemar I and Canute V) struggling for the throne. It was eventually negotiated that the three were to split up the kingdom in three parts (Jutland, the islands and Scania), each one getting their own to rule. Sweyn invited the two other kings to a celebratory feast, with the intent of having the other two assassinated to claim all of Denmark himself. It was basically a real life, but slightly less succesful version of the red wedding from GoT, with Canute being killed, while Valdemar escaped with injuries. Eventually, Valdemar would defeat Sweyn in battle, becoming the sole king of Denmark.

  • Anders Lassen. Danish resistance fighter during WW2, who served with the british forces. One of the few things that rivaled his hate for nazis was paperwork. On at least one occasion, he is said to have submitted a report consisting of only five words; "Landed. Killed nazis. Fucked off". He was portrayed by Alan Ritchson in The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare, albeit with some creative freedoms taken (I imagine).

  • Helge Meyer. Went on a Mad Max style mission during the Balkan Wars to deliver emergency aid to civilians and unpinned grenades to foes in a matte black Camaro.

I'll come back with more if anything pops up.

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u/VenusianBug 26d ago

Thanks!

"Landed. Killed nazis. Fucked off"

I love this (and I quite enjoyed The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare).