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Jeepers sleepers Night train to Berlin returns after absence

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FEATURE Sorry Sweden! Our biggest rival lies across the North Sea

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Anthem for doomed youth Cheating into university and not getting vaccinated

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Norway sneak up from nowhere to top the Scadinavian medal table CULTURE Research reveals Walt Disney’s fascination with HC Andersen

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HO SAW that coming?

With two golds on the final weekend of the Tokyo Olympics, Norway sneak up to top the Scandi medal table.

For Denmark, finishing 25th with three golds, four silvers and four bronzes was an improvement on its 28th, 30th and 30th places at the previous three games.

But they hadn’t reckoned on Norway, who finished 74th in 2016, surging up the table to 20th.

Sweden finished 23rd with the same number of golds but more silvers, and Finland 85th with just two bronzes.

Whipping boys MOVING into the final three days, it was neck and neck, with most pundits expecting the women’s football (Sweden vs Canada) or men’s handball (Denmark vs France) to determine the outcome.

But in the end, neither of the Scandi nations could prevail And while Denmark can now boast the world’s best men’s badminton player in Viktor Axelsen, it’s been outshone by Norway’s athleticism on the track (men’s 400 metre hurdles in a new world record and 1,500 metres in an Olympic best) and Sweden’s sturdiness in the field (men’s discus and pole vault).

And things will only get worse at the Winter Olympics in Beijing next February!

New Brexit niggle

Quality of life praised

A POST-BREXIT rule change means UK nationals who moved to the European Union after 31 December 2020 will no longer be able to get free NHS healthcare when they visit the UK. Under the NHS residence-based qualification system, UK citizens who live abroad are classed as overseas visitors.

DENMARK has been named the world’s second-best country for quality of life by CEOWORLD magazine. The index is based on metrics such as stability, transparency, equality, job market, cultural influence, public education and healthcare. The Nordics dominated with Finland in top spot, Norway third and Sweden fifth.

Top recycling nation UK-BASED Business Waste has named Copenhagen among the greenest cities for recycling in the world. The Danish capital ranked third behind Vancouver and Singapore. It was praised for “an impressive 70 percent recycling rate”, “enthusiastic support for waste reduction” and “door-to-door collections that make it as easy as possible for citizens”.

Cartoonist dead at 86 KURT WESTERGAARD, the illustrator whose drawing of Mohammed with a bomb in his turban sparked off the 2005-06 Cartoon Crisis, Denmark’s worst crisis since World War II, has died at the age of 86. Following his death, Dutch politician Geert Wilders tweeted Westergaard’s drawing, urging his followers to do the same.

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ONLINE THIS WEEK PLANS to urbanise 219,000 sqm in the Amager Fælled nature area has been put on hold with immediate effect. It has been successfully argued that the construction will affect a breeding ground used by the Northern crested newt, a protected species by the EU’s nature directive.

Buzzing about plan COPENHAGEN Municipality’s Technical and Environmental Committee has approved a 3.2 million kroner plan to transform seven hectares of its urbanised area into fields. One of the focuses is ensuring more flowers can bloom, thus supporting small animals, insects and bees. In related news, Frederiksberg has its sights set on becoming a bee-friendly municipality.

A FLOCK of sheep in Sydhavnstippen in the south of the city continues to sustain attacks from loose dogs despite By & Havn signs reminding their owners to keep them on a leash. Dog owners face a 2,500 kroner fine for ignoring the rules.

Station revamp VIGERSLEV Allé Station in Valby will be revamped in a bid to address concerns over the safety of the area. Graffiti will be removed from its viaduct, and three bridges will be adorned with coloured tiles. In related news, a consultation will choose a name for the new square in front of Nørrebro Station. Mimers Plads, Basar Plads and Palæstinas Plads are the favourites.

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T IS ONCE again possible to travel by night train from Berlin to Stockholm via Copenhagen – the first time it has been possible since the 1990s – while all services linking the German and Danish capitals ceased in 2015.

A 19:02 Berlin departure, for example, arrives at Høje Taastrup Station, located in a suburb of Copenhagen, at 06:38, before finally reaching Stockholm at 14:25. It does not stop at Central

Station.

The service is being operated by Snälltåget, the Swedish branch of French Transdev, which intends to offer night train services linking Denmark to Edinburgh, Rome, Barcelona and Paris from 2024.

Capital the top draw IN RELATED news, Copenhagen tops the list of most popular destinations for Danish tourists in Denmark, according to a list compiled by Dansk Erhverv.

Bornholm placed second, with Jammerbugt Municipality in northern Jutland third.

Completing the top ten were Frederikshavn, Varde, Hjør-

Coming like a ghost town

ring, Syddjurs, Norddjurs, Ringkøbing-Skjern and Tønder.

The number of overnight stays booked by Danish tourists in Denmark over the summer of 2019 was 9.4 million. Last summer, thanks to the pandemic, the number rose to 12.9 million.

In gangland Copenhagen ... he was 17 Joyriders and hold-up gangs trying the patience of the police

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In sentencing the pair, the judge handed out custodial sentences of 12 and 20 months, of which six were suspended, explaining that one of them had clearly not learnt from a previous conviction. The other teenager was handed a suspended sentence.

Replica gun robbery THREE teenagers, all aged 17, have been convicted of attempting to rob a kiosk in Vanløse in December using a replica gun – a case the police cracked after one of them handed himself in.

Additionally, two of the three were found guilty of mugging someone at Flintholm Station in October.

Joyride ends in crash ANOTHER pair of 17-year-olds took a BMW 320 out for a joyride in Brønshøj on the night of July 29, resulting in a police chase that ended with the boys crashing into a bicycle rack.

They were lucky they didn’t kill someone like Helmi Mossa Hameed, 21, who knocked down a five-year-old girl in Frederiksberg while high on nitrous oxide on October 28 last year.

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N PAUL Hardcastle’s classic song, the average age of a combat soldier in Vietnam was 19. In gangland Copenhagen, though, it would appear to be 17.

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Storm surge protection THE MUNICIPALITIES of Copenhagen and Hvidovre have been promised 1.5 million kroner from Realdania and the Environment and Food Ministry to strengthen their defence against flooding caused by storm surges – providing they can together find 1.75 million in their autumn budgets. Surges from Kalveboderne, a body of water in the south, occur rarely, but when they do, they can be devastating.

Architecture honour COPENHAGEN has been named UNESCO World Capital of Architecture for 2023 – a triennial honour that involves the recipient hosting a plethora of events, activities and exhibitions.

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MONOCLE magazine has again crowned Copenhagen as the most liveable city in the world – the Danish capital’s fourth top placing since the ranking began in 2007. Zürich, Helsinki, Stockholm and Tokyo completed the top five.

Nightlife war brewing Needs a firm hand

Hameed, who fled the scene, has been locked up for six years.

Finally, police are appealing for witnesses following the rape of 18-year-old woman near Valby Station on July 28. The perpetrator has been described as a 30 to 40-year-old overweight man with light-brown hair.

A CONSULTATION process on the restoration of the capital’s nightlife scene is ongoing ahead of venues being permitted to open on September 1. Several resident groups feel let down by a perceived municipal u-turn on issuing fewer licences and stiffer conditions. But help could come from City Hall’s Borgerpanel thanks to plans to increase its membership from 3,000 to 160,000.

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Guilty of major human rights violation

THE STANDARD Ethics Agency has downgraded Denmark’s level of compliance in relation to international laws and guidelines. As a result, the outlook of Denmark has been changed from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’. The change happens in the wake of a recent law, passed on June 3, making it possible for Denmark to transfer asylum-seekers to a third country.

More yellow regions DENMARK has moved certain areas in holiday destinations around Europe from green to yellow, including Madeira, several areas of France – including Paris and Provence – Geneva, and the North Aegean region of Greece. No EU countries are currently on the Danish red list.

Foreign minister busy THE FOREIGN minister, Jeppe Kofod, visited Morocco in early July. High on his agenda is how many migrants pass through north Africa on their way to Europe, as Kofod is “working to create a more just and humane asylum system”. Morocco is one of the beneficiaries of the Danish-Arab Partnership Program.

Days later, Kofod attended the annual Ukraine reform congress in Vilnius, Lithuania.

Not guilty despite confessions A DANISH man has been found not guilty of a 1987 murder committed on the ‘Viking Sally’ ferry after a Finnish court ruled there was insufficient evidence. The Dane, 52, who has since spent a combined 18 years in prison, has thrice confessed to the hammer attack, which left a 20-year-old German man dead and his 22-year-old partner with permanent brain damage.

YouTuber dies in Italy ONE OF Denmark’s most popular YouTubers, Albert Dyrlund, recently died while on holiday in Italy. The 22-year-old fell from a cliff while filming a video.

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Inger Støjberg has cast a long shadow over Denmark's reputation. More cake anyone?

European Court of Human Rights rules that Denmark illegally lengthened the amount of time a newly-arrived refugee must wait until they can apply for family reunification

for the right to family reunification. Previously the required length of time was one year.

The case was initially started in 2016 by a Syrian doctor whose application to be reunited with his wife was turned down.

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HE EUROPEAN Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg has ruled that Denmark committed a major human rights violation in early 2016 when it lengthened the amount of time a newly-arrived refugee must wait until they can apply for family reunification.

Since then, refugees who receive temporary protection status have had to wait three years

Almost unanimous SOME, 16 of the 17 judges at European Court of Human Rights voted in favour of the verdict, with just one abstaining.

A statement read that Denmark had not found a "fair balance" between individual needs and its economic situation, and the court has ordered the Danish state to pay the Syrian doctor 10,000 euros in compensation.

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Previously both the High Court and Supreme Court in Denmark had approved the law change – the latter in 2017.

Another blow for Inger THE FAMILY reunification law was one of many introduced

by Inger Støjberg, the former minister for integration and immigration: number 27 of well over 100!

It was backed by her party, Venstre, as well as blue bloc allies Liberal Alliance, Konservative and Dansk Folkeparti.

Given its stringent immigration policies of late, it will surprise few that the current government party Socialdemokratiet also approved the law.

Gun resembled Lego toy US WEAPONS manufacturer Culper Precision has withdrawn its “super fun” ‘Block19’ gun after legal pressure from Lego, as it looks like it is covered in the toy manufacturer’s famous bricks. Lego’s attention was drawn to the matter after outrage from several anti-gun activist groups. Unintentional shootings among children in the US have risen by 30 percent in the past year.

Nuclear sub passes again ON THE morning of July 5, the 154-metre Russian nuclear submarine ‘Orel’ was spotted sailing under the concrete pillars of the Storebælt Bridge. The submarine was headed towards Saint Petersburg to take part in the annual Navy Day parade celebrating the Russian Navy. ‘Orel’ has previously sailed through Danish waters in 2018 and 2020.

Dane dies in Norway THE SEARCH for a Danish woman in her 20s ended tragically when a rescue helicopter found her dead near the village of Å in northern Norway on July 4. The woman had been on a hiking trip. Local police regard the incident as an accident.

Support for African jobs

Concern over nuclear stance UK opening up again

Embassy might evacuate

FIVE COUNTRIES, led by Denmark and Germany, have sent a letter to the European Commission expressing concern over their classification of nuclear power as green energy and a sustainable investment. The European Commission Research Centre contends that nuclear energy is no more harmful than solar and wind energy.

IT HAS been possible for fully-vaccinated EU and US residents to travel to the UK since August 1. However, Denmark regards England, Scotland and Northern Island as red regions (Wales is orange), which means there are stringent requirements to visit or return to Denmark.

Malta, meanwhile, is only open to fully-vaccinated visitors.

EMBOLDENED by the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan in recent weeks, the resurgent Taliban has gained more ground in the past two months than at any time since 2001. At the Danish embassy in Kabul, staff fear that violence will flare up when the US fully withdraws and that it will become more difficult to evacuate.

THE FOREIGN Ministry has published a list of recommendations for better education, qualification and employment in Africa. While 12 million young people enter the workforce each year, only 3.1 million jobs are available. “We need to create hope and a real belief among the young people of Africa that they have a future on the continent,” said the development minister, Flemming Møller Mortensen.

Sands eyes Senate

German doors closing

Ferry service resumes

Polish fraudster detained

CARLA Sands, the former US ambassador to Denmark, has announced plans to run for the US Senate elections in 2022. In February following her departure, Sands was accused of violating her role as ambassador by using her official Twitter account to tweet about political matters.

GERMANY has increased its COVID-19 requirements for travellers coming from Denmark. Anyone over 12 will need either a negative test, or proof of vaccination or positive immunity. Border commuters and those transferring through Germany are exempt.

FERRY company Stena Lines reports that bookings between Grenaa and Halmstad rose by 135 percent in July, while departures between Frederikshavn and Göteborg increased by 50 percent. Stena Lines has accordingly resumed its regular pre-corona summer schedule.

POLICE have arrested a 38-yearold Polish woman suspected of committing several cases of fraud in 2019 and 2021, primarily targeting elderly Polish citizens living in Denmark. Her modus operandi was to impersonate a police officer and convince them to hand over their valuable belongings.

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Denmark's new rivals are across the North Sea NICOLA

The English liberated Copenhagen in 1945 to end the five-year Nazi Occupation, but that counted for little when the nations clashed in the semi-finals at Euro 2020 and the Velodrome at the Tokyo Olympics

ADDIO AT OFELIA PLADS Tickets scanned, they’re warming up the band.

Anthems/shaking hands: got here just as we planned.

Universally panned, together we stand ....

I want to celebrate like a young man can.

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I wouldn’t say the place is rammed.

Damned maybe, but not jammed in the pews or the queues to the loos, just a sprinkling (geddit) of Enger-land fans: for every woman, an angry man.

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ENMARK and England have been striking up quite a rivalry this summer.

First, there was Brexit and various fishing quarrels, then the football – and yes, before you ask, the Brits did go on to claim a gold in the diving – and then ‘that cycling incident’ at the Olympics.

Sure, we’re talking about a spat with the British team, but most Danes seem pretty oblivious to there being anything other than England across the North Sea, so this is more of the same!

As Frederick Madsen walked away – just moments after screaming at the prostrate British cyclist who he had just ploughed into the back of, bringing the semi-final of the 4,000-metre pursuit to an abrupt end – he was heard to bellow: “Fuck them!”

The question is whether Madsen was talking about the men’s pursuit team or, given the nature of the fallout of Denmark’s elimination from Euro 2020, an entire nation.

Blame the keeper!

KASPER Schmeichel’s to blame for all this, of course, as everything had been just dandy until he started questioning the chorus of the song ‘Three Lions’ which claims (more than once” that “football’s coming home”.

“Has it ever been home? I mean, have you ever won it?” the Leicester City keeper said at a press conference ahead of the quarter-finals. Their father had spoken, and the homogenous nation that is Denmark spoke as one.

Adam Wells, an England fan in Copenhagen, found this out moments after cheering Denmark in their win over the Czechs – a warm-up of his lungs ahead of his side’s clash against Ukraine.

“We started singing ‘Three

Spot the trouble-maker: you don't need to be told ...

Lions’ after Denmark beat the Czechs, and some Danes screamed: ‘No, it is not fucking coming home’,” he recalled.

Makes a change from 'Vi er rød, vi er hvid' though.

History lessons OTHER English fans also noticed a much-changed mood ahead of the semi.

“It was horrible at work,” complained Jim Goodley, a carpenter from Gentofte.

“Every day I receive something new. Pictures of Vikings: ‘Remember the last time we invaded’. Or captions like ‘Three footballing superpowers … but never underestimate England’.”

It certainly didn’t help that the UK government wasn’t allowing Danish fans to attend − a decision that CPH POST described as “the biggest affront to this country since the British Navy firebombed Copenhagen in 1807 [which] some observers might even go as far as to say it’s cheating”.

Cited by the Daily Mail, the flames were being fanned in the media!

Quickly turned nasty STILL, it was mostly humorous. English and Danish tabloid newspapers The Sun and BT exchanged ads in their editions on the day of the big game.

BT’s ad in The Sun was an illustration of seven Vikings with the

caption: “It's not coming home ...

We're coming home!” While The Sun’s ad in BT displayed a bacon sandwich with the caption “We will eat you for breakfast”.

But when England eventually prevailed 2-1 in extra time thanks to a disputed penalty, the Danish public were further disgusted by the confirmation that a laser pen was dangerously shone at Schmeichel’s face as he faced the penalty, and that British-based Danish families were menaced and spat at by hooligans as they returned to their homes.

After all that, judging by the incendiary articles in the national media and often venomous comments across social media, there was no doubt who Denmark wanted to win in the final against Italy.

Italians of the North VENUES such as Ofelia Plads in Copenhagen were accordingly drowning in Danes sporting Italian colours and, true to their custom, they ended up throwing more beer at the English fans in attendance than they actually drank.

To be fair, it was mostly soaked up without incident by a nation that has grown accustomed to drinking rain, obliviously daring to dream they might finish the evening victorious.

But yet another penalty shootout later ensured the Danes

in attendance had the final word as they jeered the heartbroken English fans leaving the venue.

Well, they did have one Dane on their side.

“My daughter won’t admit she’s English, my son’s the same about being Danish. My wife just hopes England wins because she can’t bear the thought of how miserable we’ll be,” Goodley remarked ahead of the semi.

Those disgraceful Danes!

AND THEN, following the cycling incident, it was more of the same. After all, with his head firmly bowed, Madsen wasn’t even looking where he was going, so why should he blame the Brit?

Commenters on the BBC website were outraged, calling Madsen’s behaviour both "outrageous" and "disgraceful", perhaps hopeful that their vitriol might somehow aid the disqualification of the Danish team.

“Disgraceful behaviour from Denmark shouting at Team GB – it was their fault!” said one.

“His insurance company won’t be paying out on that claim; the Dane just wasn’t paying attention,” chimed another.

“As the lead rider in the team, you always have to keep your eyes on the team you're pursuing. It's called the pursuit for good reason,” added former Olympic champ Chris Hoy.

Oh, to have a Mediterranean tan, and to come from Milan, not Camden bleeding Tann.

To not call tortino ‘Italian flan’.

And to have a fucking manager with a fucking plan.

I could have been a tween when Marco Tardelli screamed.

I could have won the lot when Zidane lost the plot.

I’d be sitting here in ecstasy instead of dreading going to Italy (all booked before I knew my goose was cooked) cause I know what they’re going to say: “Scuse, scuse, we know everything about losing finals.

1970 and 94: to Brazil both times, once they scored four.

We even lost the Euros to a fucking golden goal.

And then to Spain in 2012, and again they scored four!

But next time when we play, pretty promise Mr Diddums, we’ll swap the goal for a barn door.”

Sorry amico, but the shit has hit the fan for this fan; my youth, like England’s reputation, has truly kicked the can.

To the rest of you, damn us all you can.

I just know now, and this is my truth: I’ll never celebrate like a young man can.

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THOMAS Gotthard, a 45-yearold parish priest from Frederikssund in northern Zealand, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after confessing to the murder of his wife in October 2020. At a special in-court hearing last week, he confirmed what he told police in late June. The police have since recovered the remains of his wife.

World’s tallest sandcastle THE WORLD’S tallest sandcastle was recently built in the village of Blokhus in northern Jutland. Some 21.16 metres high, consisting of 6,400 tonnes of sand, it beat the previous record by three metres.

It is expected to remain standing for the next six months.

Police heavily criticised THE NATIONAL Police is facing "serious criticism" from the Danish Data Protection Agency for violating the Danish arm of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) rules. It concerns how they had been habitually using inaccurate teledata to determine the location of suspects. Around 10,000 cases have been reviewed in case of wrongful convictions.

Most popular names ALMA AND Alfred were the most popular names in Denmark last year, reports Danmarks Statistik, toppling long-time favourites Emma and William with 514 and 520 uses respectively. Completing the top three are Oscar and Carl for boys, and Agnes and Ella for girls.

Climbing the charts fast are Alva and Johanne (girls), and Bjørn, Vilhelm and Vincent (boys).

Support for schools THE EDUCATION Ministry has set side 295 million kroner to help schools and teachers get back to normal. Teachers will have more freedom to adapt to individual students needs, both academically and for the children’s well-being. Teachers will be required to spend less time on paperwork, and in some cases two support teachers will be available rather than one.

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Priest killed his wife

Cheating their way into university Close to 70,000 have been admitted into higher education courses this year, but how many tell the truth in their applications?

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"The tales I told to take this talk"

short of the 94,604 record set last year – a huge level of interest attributed to corona.

“Even though this year there is a very small decrease in the number of applicants, it is still good that so many want to take a higher education,” commented Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen, the relevant minister.

In the summer of 2020, Parliament decided to earmark further funding for higher education, so 5,000 new study places could be established.

Huge transport package MPS HAVE approved a 160 billion kroner package to improve transport infrastructure throughout the country. It will grant investments to roads, the railways and public transport in the coming years from 2022 to 2035. Some 106 billion will be used on new projects, and more than half the money will be spent on railway projects.

KASPER GRANDETOFT

ETWEEN 2015 and 2020, 333 cases of forgery in connection with higher education applications, relating to 82 people in total, were reported to the authorities, according to the Education and Research Ministry.

In most cases, the guilty students were given a fine or suspended prison sentence, often with community service thrown in, and a criminal record of two or three years respectively.

Furthermore, their chances of finding a place at university, business academy or vocational college were greatly diminished.

“Most cases involve cheating with diplomas, where the average is directed to a much higher average,” explained Pernille Kindtler, who is head of bachelor admissions at the University of Copenhagen, to DR.

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ceived a rejection need to know that it’s okay to be disappointed, but it’s not the same as not being able to get an education. You can get one, if you want one,” said Halsboe-Jørgensen.

Just shy of the record THIS YEAR’S deadline for submissions was July 5, and the 93,388 applications fell just

Keep on trying!

BY THE end of the month, 67,425 students had received the news that they had been accepted onto a higher education course.

Some 80 percent were accepted onto their first choice of course.

Some 20,000 prospective students missed out.

"The young people who re-

Public sector concerns THERE were again fewer applicants for courses that will lead to public sector jobs such as nursing, teaching, childcare and social work – a trend observed since 2016.

In fact, since then, the number interested in a pedagogical education has fallen by 22 percent from 7,195 to 5,644 applicants.

With new staff/infant ratios in place (one adult per three kids at nurseries, and one per six at kindergartens), this is a problem.

The pedagogical workers union BUPL estimates 14,000 extra pedagogical staff will be needed nationwide by 2030 to cover the new requirements.

Supreme Court to decide

Nursing strike continues

Messerschmidt trial begins

IMPRISONED fraudster Britta Nielsen, who defrauded the state of 177 million, is heading to the Supreme Court to determine whether she can hold onto the 900,000 kroner paid into her pension. In May, the Østre Landsret high court overturned a Copenhagen City Court verdict that she should lose her pension.

AROUND 13,000 people have had operations postponed or outpatient treatment cancelled due to the ongoing nurse strike – out of 13,000 nationwide – and it is going to get even worse, as a further 702 joined their 4,750 colleagues on August 10. It is believed the extra numbers will have a much more broader effect on society.

THE TRIAL of Dansk Folkeparti deputy leader Morten Messerschmidt is underway at Lyngby Court, where he stands accused of fraud and forgery in connection with his presidency of Meld, a political organisation he disbanded in 2015. Messerschmidt could face up to 18 months in prison should he be found guilty.

Abortion assistance

Arrows fired at police

Expensive for petrol

PARTIES from both sides of the political spectrum propose setting aside 20 million kroner over the next four years to help Polish women get abortions in Denmark. It will help an estimated 165 women per year following the recent tightening of Polish abortion laws.

A 25-YEAR-OLD man was shot in the stomach by police in Dannemare in the southwestern part of Lolland on July 21 after he fired several arrows at officers.

He was flown to Rigshospitalet by helicopter for treatment where his condition was stabilised.

DENMARK is the third most expensive European country for petrol, according to EnjoyTravel.

At 12.56 kroner per litre, only the Netherlands (13.68) and Finland (12.64) are more expensive. The European average is 7.66 kr per litre, with Belarus (4.90), Moldova (5.65) and Ukraine (6.69) the cheapest.

Not quite like Branson’s!

LONDON-BASED Danish financier Per Wimmer has bought the island of Masnedø Kalv, which is located off the coast of South Zealand in Storstrømmen. Wimmer revealed he was partly inspired by a visit to Necker Island, the Caribbean isle owned by Richard Branson.

Khader investigation KONSERVATIVE has started an investigation into allegations made against one of its MPs, Naser Khader. Five women have come forward to tell how Khader, 58, violated them sexually and behaved inappropriately in episodes spanning 1999 to 2019.

Some of the women consider the episodes as assault. Khader has denied all of the allegations.

Safety jeopardised TV2 REPORTS that public service employees working for the military, police, intelligence services and the country’s prisons are having their safety compromised by a third party selling details regarding their movements. The report details how the exact movements of 60,673 Danish mobile phones have been put up for sale abroad.

Randers candidate quits VENSTRE’S mayoral candidate in Randers, Christian Brøns, has resigned in the lead-up to local elections, citing an unhealthy culture in the municipal city council.

Former rabbi dies BENT MELCHIOR, the chief rabbi of Denmark from 1969 to 1996, has died at the age of 92.

The Melchior family has held the role since World War II.

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Delta issues

ONLINE THIS WEEK Calls to cut J&J offer

THE BIONTECH/PFIZER vaccine is less effective at protecting people against the Delta variant than other strains, according to an Israeli Ministry of Health study reported by the Financial Times Its efficacy level falls from 94 to 64 percent for fully-vaccinated people.

However, it still has a 93 percent success rate at stopping serious cases that require hospitalisation.

THE DANISH Medical Association has called for Parliament to terminate the optional Johnson & Johnson vaccination scheme following a case of Vaccine-induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT), the same rare side-effect that led to AstraZeneca being withdrawn, which causes blood clots and has so far afflicted three women in Denmark, killing two.

Steady progress

Euro 2020 in numbers

SOME 73.4 percent of the population have received their first shot, which isn't bad given that the under-10s will not be vaccinated and they account for over 10 percent of the population.

Furthermore, 60.5 percent are fully vaccinated. Some 325,725 people in Denmark have been infected, 85 people are currently hospitalised,and the death toll stands at 2,554.

Little difference AN ASTRAZENECA jab coupled with Pfizer or Moderna is almost as effective at warding off corona (88 percent effective) than a two-shot dose of the same vaccine (90), according to a SSI study. However, some countries, such as Thailand, do not officially recognise a mixed vaccination, and the Health Ministry is considering offering them a third jab.

Raised lockdown limits THE LIMITS determining when a municipality or parish will be locked down was raised on July 16 to 500 and 1,000 per 100,000 respectively. MPs were concerned that several areas, including Copenhagen and Aarhus, were on the brink of being locked down.

Child fatality A CHILD under the age of nine from central Jutland died last month after being infected with COVID-19 death – the second such death in Denmark. It is not known whether the child had an underlying condition like the first.

"But I've got badminton tomorrow and me Julie says me dong will fall off"

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Y MID-JULY, according to SSI, 28 and 40 percent of the 20-24 and 25-29 age brackets had not booked vaccination times yet – even though invites were sent in the middle of May. People from disadvantaged areas are the most hesitant to book times, while the authorities suggest that people have foregone their vaccination in favour of going on holiday.

Perhaps, therefore, it is unsurprising to note that the 20-29 age bracket accounts for 38 percent of all patients hospitalised with corona.

to get vaccinated.

Professor Michael Bang Petersen from Aarhus University told DR that the authorities would be best off forgetting about the 5 percent and focusing their efforts on the other 95 percent getting fully vaccinated as quickly as possible.

Anti-vaxxers, he explained, are often sceptical due to “some unfortunate experiences where they have felt marginalised or excluded by the authorities”.

ply catching COVID-19 and becoming immune that way, he concurred, so there is limited value in trying to convince the final few percent to get the vaccine.

Christensen concludes that resources should now be directed at giving the most vulnerable groups a third booster shot.

5 percent firmly against ACCORDING to ongoing surveys conducted by Gallup and Epinion since February, around 5 percent of the public have turned down the chance

Herd immunity within reach PROFESSOR Jan Pravsgaard Christensen from the University of Copenhagen estimates that around 85 percent of the population are now immune to the virus – either due to vaccination or after catching COVID-19.

While herd immunity is not determined by an absolute quantity, it could be achieved with even as little as 60 percent immunity, he suggests.

Many of the anti-vaxxers will contribute to the herd by sim-

Worries about Moderna MANY ARE unhappy with being offered the Moderna vaccine and often try to request Pfizer instead – in spite of both vaccines being recommended by the health authority.

“The response from our booking system and the vaccine centres is that a lot of people want to change their vaccine,” said Helene Bliddal Døssing, the deputy head of emergency services in the Capital Region, according to DR. “It takes time to explain that there is nothing unsafe about Moderna compared to Pfizer.

Of course, others will have to wait longer as a result.”

Major pledge abroad

Corona pass phase-out

Rare inflammation

SHORTLY after securing a million doses of Pfizer to keep its vaccination program on track, the government agreed to send 2 million AstraZeneca doses abroad – 1 million to the international vaccine co-operation COVAX, of which 300,000 will end up in north Africa, and the rest to countries such as Bhutan, Albania, Bosnia-Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Kosovo.

CORONA pass requirements were lifted at themeparks, museums, zoos and small venues on August 1. Outdoor events attended by up to 2,000 people are now permitted, and indoor events attended by up to 500 people. Corona pass requirements for gyms, restaurants and bars will be lifted from September 1, and at nightclubs, permitted to open from September 1, from October 1.

YOUNG men are the most likely to suffer myocarditis and pericarditis, a rare inflammation of the heart or muscle that surrounds it, following a vaccination with Pfizer or Moderna. Denmark has had at least 11 cases so far – out of over 300 experienced across Europe. Symptoms include chest pain, a shortness of breath and palpitations. It is nearly always only a temporary affliction.

SOME 152 people were infected at the four Euro 2020 games at Parken: Denmark vs Finland (8), Belgium (41) and Russia (62), and Croatia vs Spain (41).

Through the cracks OUT OF the first 1,623,234 fully vaccinated people in Denmark, a total of 1,233 Danes were infected with coronavirus. That translates as 0.08 percent, according to SSI, who praised the result “as a very small number that shows how effective the vaccines are”.

Eligibility worries PROFESSOR Jørgen Eskild Petersen from Aarhus University finds it “worrying” that the partially vaccinated have been able to access a corona pass, urging them to take matters into their own hands and only get the pass once they are fully covered. Some 22 percent of all those infected with the Delta strain of the coronavirus had received their first vaccination jab.

Changed its tune AFTER initial reluctance to offer vaccinations to pregnant and breastfeeding women, the Sundhedsstryrelsen health authority has changed its tune, although it still advises pregnant women to wait until their second trimester. Successful programs in other countries encouraged the authority to switch tack.

Quick process SINCE July 1, appointments are no longer needed to have a PCR test, and the results have been valid for 96 hours. Quick tests are valid for 72 hours.

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A NEW STUDY by Rigshospitalet’s heart centre of 54,028 deaths in Denmark in 2010 concludes that every eighth death was the result of sudden cardiovascular disease, and that only half of the suddenly deceased had previously been diagnosed with heart conditions prior to their death.

Novo global funding NOVO NORDISK has distributed 27.2 million kroner to initiatives aimed at delivering sustainable humanitarian work and reducing gender inequality.

The 15 projects will take place in Lebanon, Syria, Uganda, Sudan, South Sudan, Afghanistan, Turkey, Palestine, Somalia, Jordan, Mozambique, Ethiopia and Myanmar.

Tackling tyre issues EVERY year, 1.3 billion tonnes of harmful synthetic microparticles are released through the wear and tear of tyres. Now, SDU researchers and German tire manufacturer Continental are using the Joliot-Curie supercomputer in France to gain insights into what happens at a molecular level, so sustainable tyres can be produced in the future.

Laundry learning TOGETHER with Novozymes, researcher Simone Olsen has created new ways of measuring the non-degradable residues of soap and detergent released during laundry, which can cause skin irritation and leak into the environment.

Death awaits us in the drink With rip currents, killer whales and venomous fish galore, venturing out into Danish waters has been particularly perilous this year BEN HAMILTON

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HE MAN who has experienced shipwreck shudders even at a calm sea.” We could go on. Not long ago, when most international expansion involved getting onto a boat, the ocean often ended up being our final destination.

The heir to the British throne in 1120, Rear Admiral Tamon Yamaguchi, Lord Nelson, Nathalie Wood, Lady Marjorie Bellamy from 'Upstairs Downstairs' and, perhaps ironically, William E Boeing all met their fate in the drink.

And this summer, you’d be best advised not to join them!

Rip a man in half RIP CURRENTS are probably the biggest danger. On Saturday July 17, there were 20 rescues on Liseleje Beach in northern Zealand alone – a steep hike on the 40-80 times a year local lifeguards are normally called into action.

Rip currents can suddenly take swimmers, and even paddlers, away from the shore without warning. Bathers are advised to not panic, take a floating position, let the current take its course, and then swim back to shore.

Currently full of stinging fish and killer whales, apparently

Beware the water wasp PADDLERS could potentially fall prey to the greater weever, a large poisonous fish that can hide beneath the sand, which has been sighted in large numbers off Danish waters this summer – especially in northern Zealand near the shores of Øresund and Storebælt.

The fish, which are hard to spot, are covered with poisonous spikes, and a sting is so agonising that a swimmer in deep water could potentially drown. Bathing shoes, and not being the first one to jump in, are advised.

End up like Jonah!

AND LOOK out for the killer whales. Eight were spotted off the coast of Skagen on the morning of July 3 – the seventh time

a local birdwatcher has spotted orca this year.

There have only been 30 sightings since 1975, so the frequency in 2021 is unprecedented.

War on phosphorus FINALLY, some good news: a pilot project in Søllerød Sø using electrodes to oxygenate the lake bottom has achieved a staggering 94 percent reduction in phosphorus in the deepest water layers.

Oxygen depletion is found in over 75 percent of all Danish and European lakes thanks to the historic dumping of wastewater with a high content of phosphorus, which prevents bacteria from breaking down dead material.

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Good smells stay strong CONTRARY to belief, as you age the ability to smell some scents diminishes whilst others are unaffected, claim researchers from the University of Copenhagen. Elderly folk might struggle to smell fried meat, onions and mushrooms, but not orange, raspberry and vanilla, they discovered. The discovery could help improve meals in care homes.

Horse beans for all!

In these confusing times Why Not Theatre Company presents Beckett’s epic play about existance, hope and survival.

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UNIVERSITY of Copenhagen researchers are confident horse beans can be safe to eat for everyone.

Although rich in protein and easy to grow, they contain vicin, which can trigger the hereditary disorder favism, leading to acute anaemia and liver disorders. But now the KU team have identified the gene responsible for forming vicin.

Cancer backlog THE CAPITAL Region has postponed 120,000 cancer examinations that should have taken place in August, September and October, citing a shortage of mammographers and a backlog caused by women cancelling appointments due to corona. Every second year, healthy women aged 50-69 are called to a screening.

Its own language THE RESULTS of a new study published in PLoS Biology show that it is possible to measure microanatomic reorganisation in the cortex within just minutes of new word-learning.

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A PHOTO exhibition featuring the work of film director David Lynch will open at Nikolaj Kunsthal on September 4 and run until January 16 next year.

‘Infinite Deep’ consists of four series: ‘Factories’, ‘Snowman’, ‘Portraits’, ‘Nude’ and ‘Distorted Nudes’. Lynch previously had an art exhibition at Gammel Strand in 2010.

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Museums see huge drop SEVERAL of the country’s largest museums have experienced a large drop in the number of visitors this summer. In June, Glyptoteket’s visitor numbers fell by 72 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels, and Rosenborg Castle by as much as 91 percent. The lack of tourists is primarily to blame.

Loved by the crowd IRISH film director David Noel Bourke has successfully crowdfunded his target to 25,000 kroner via Kickstarter to complete his fourth feature, ‘Vincent’, which is currently 70 percent completed. The film again stars Mikkel Vadsholt, the lead in Bourke’s ‘Bakerman’.

A poisonous affair?

MAY EL-TOUKHY and Maren Louise Käehne, the director and writer team behind ‘Dronningen’, have confirmed their next project will be a four-episode miniseries based on Tove Ditlevsen's autobiography ‘Gift’.

Peculiarly, ‘gift’ means both married and poison in Danish.

TIMED in anticipation of the release of the new film about Queen Margrete on September 16, an exhibition celebrating her life and achievements is opening at Dronningens Christiansborg eight days later.

Doubling up at Cannes FOLLOWING on from her Bodil-nominated turn opposite Sidse Babett Knudsen in crime film ‘Kød & blod’, Sandra Guldberg Kampp, 21, followed up on her promise with appearances in both of Denmark’s Cannes-nominated short films: 'Inherent' and ‘Det er i jorden’.

More penis show praise JOHN OLIVER, the British host of the US satirical show Last Week Tonight, has praised Danish children’s program ‘John Dillermand’, in which the main character has a magically long penis, for its creativity and brave approach to tackling difficult topics. “It’s much more imaginative than what passes for children’s entertainment here,” he said.

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Disney wanted us to be Rapunzel for a day and really let our hair down

Walt Disney was pretty much obsessed with HC Andersen, according to new research LENA HUNTER

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ALT DISNEY'S links to HC Andersen go much deeper than making films such as 'The Little Mermaid' and ‘Frozen’ (based on ‘The Snow Queen'), according to researchers Sara Bruun Jørgensen and Anne Høgedal from SDU’s HC Andersen Center in Burbank, California.

The two gained unique access to the private archive at the Disney Animation Research Library, which contains more than 65 million drawings, storyboards, models, dolls and more from the Disney Group's productions.

It’s used primarily as an internal resource for Disney cartoonists

and is closed to the public.

Mountains of material “THERE was an overwhelming amount of Andersen-inspired material in there: sketches, drawings and storyboards for unfinished film adaptations of HC Andersen, detailed drawings of buildings in Odense and scenarios from Andersen's life, and unfinished projects on 'The Fir Tree', 'The Emperors' New Clothes' and 'The Nightingale',” said Jørgensen Though the researchers knew there would be Andersen-inspired material in the archive, they were shocked by the extent.

It was clear that Disney had been fascinated by HC Andersen’s life and work since the 1930s.

European fables and fairy-tales and collected art books featuring HC Andersen tales, Aesop's fables and the Brothers Grimm's stories to inspire his cartoonists, who in the early years were primarily Europeans.

During a trip in 1951, Disney also took inspiration from Copenhagen's historic theme-park Tivoli for his own park Disneyland in California, which he opened four years later.

Fable fascination WALT DISNEY was a fan of

Morbid endings aside HOWEVER, Andersen's brutal endings have always presented a challenge for Disney and most have had their morbid conclusions edited out.

Ariel commits suicide in the original version of 'The Little Mermaid', while the Disney version ends happily when Ariel gets her prince.

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Oscar invites for Danes

Big drop in domestic sales

CPH CULTURE has named three English-language plays in its best foreign theatre category: Why Not Theatre’s ‘The Cheyenne Are Leaving’, That Theatre’s ‘Extremophiles’ and the CTC’s ‘The Effect’. Meanwhile, British actor Daniel Niel Ash has been shortlisted for best breakthrough for his starring role in HIT Copenhagen’s ‘The Shy Manifesto’.

SIX DANES have accepted an invitation to become members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences: producer Katrin Pors, cinematographer Manuel Alberto Claro, sound designer and composer Kristian Eidnes Andersen, animator Sara Koppel, make-up and special effects artist Morten Jacobsen, and recent Oscar winner Mikkel EG Nielsen.

SALES of Danish music fell by 17 percent between 2009 and 2019, according to Danmarks Statistik, while overseas music sales rose by 37 percent. Danish artists now account for a third of the nation’s music sales, compared to almost a half a decade ago. Experts blame the likes of Spotify for promoting big-selling international acts more than domestic ones.

Live music’s back!

LIVE MUSIC fans are looking forward to ‘Tilbage til LIVE’ on September 4 at Refshaleøen - an event staged in co-operation with most of the country’s leading festivals. All gathering restrictions are due to be lifted on September 1.

Song spurs on Olympians THE DANISH team had their own song at the Olympics this year. 'Vi kommer alle et sted fra’ was performed by Carpark North in collaboration with the DR’s girls choir. It was heard as the theme music of DR’s coverage. India and the US also had official songs.

Larsen dominates KIM LARSEN’S 1973 album ‘Værsgo’ has been voted the best Danish LP of all time by visitors to the ‘Det bedste danske album nogensinde’ Facebook page. Larsen’s ‘Midt om natten’ and 'Efter endnu en dag' by Larsen’s band Gasolin took the next two spots.

Virtual property rush CONSUMERS have bought virtual property in the world of Danish videogame ‘Ember Sword’ to the tune of 365 million kroner ahead of its 2022 launch. Bright Star Studios reports that if its servers hadn’t crashed, it probably would have sold out in 13 seconds.

Sales of 630 million are expected by the end of the year.

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CHRISTIAN Eriksen recently visited his club Inter, but his agent denies he told team-mates he might return to action in five months’ time. Previously, Inter boss Simone Inzaghi said he would be welcomed back with "open arms", addressing fears he might not be able to play in Serie A due to strict rules concerning players with defibrillator implants.

DBU accused of fast one THE DBU was accused by the English media of using its official delegation clearance to take 40 dedicated fans to the Euro 2020 semi. It is believed the fans chosen due to their loyalty point accumulation, mixed into a group of officials, sponsors of the DBU and players’ partners, and remained in a bubble throughout.

Second in Tour de France JONAS Vingegaard's second-placed finish in the Tour de France is a boost ahead of Denmark hosting the first three stages in 2022, according to Danish Tour head Alex Pedersen. “It will help to make the focus on the Grand Depart in Copenhagen even greater,” he said. “It's perfect timing.” The 24-year-old Dane finished 5 minutes 20 seconds behind winner Tadej Pogacar.

Ottesen retires JEANETTE Ottesen completed her last professional swim at Tokyo 2020. In total she won 53 international medals, including an Olympic relay bronze in 2016.

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Best gold tally since 1996 Olympics Badminton star Viktor Axelsen, sailor Anne-Marie Rindom and cyclists Lasse Norman Hansen and Michael Morkøv deliver the goods for Denmark BEN HAMILTON

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ENMARK had to wait over a week, but eventually it won three gold medals at the 2020 Olympics.

V for Viktor VIKTOR Axelsen led the way by winning gold in the men’s badminton: the Olympic title is the pinnacle of his sport and he can rightly call himself the best men’s badminton player on the planet.

He did it the hard way by beating China’s top players in the semi and final – both in straight sets.

In the final, the 27-year-old avenged his defeat by the defending champion Chen Long, 32, in the semi-finals of the 2016 Olympics to claim gold, winning 21-15, 21-12.

She’s a proper sailor HIS GOLD came one day after sailor Anne-Marie Rindom’s victory in the Laser Radial class. It was close: had her most serious competitor, Dutch sailor Marit Bouwmeester, placed in the top three, she would have lost out, but Bouwmeester could only finish sixth.

The 30-year-old double world champion, who seemingly had the gold medal wrapped up before a disastrous fifth day of racing saw her record her two worst performances of the event, became the

The Golden Girl got the axle turning in Denmark's favour

first female Danish sailor to win a gold since Kristine Roug in 1996.

Rindom was quick to prove she’s a sailor through and through, saying: “For hell, I've been dreaming about it ever since I was born! Fuck, that's so cool. Sorry, I swear, but that's the wildest thing,” she said.

Presumably, her apology was for using the expression ‘For helvede’, as that is deemed more offensive in Danish than the word ‘fuck’.

Finishing in fitting style DENMARK’S final gold came on Saturday, but not, as was widely expected, from the men’s handball team, who lost 23-25 to France in a close final in which they fought back from being six@ goals down midway through the second half.

Instead it came via the men’s madison in the Velodrome courtesy of Lasse Norman Hansen, the 2012 omnium gold medallist, and road race leadout specialist Michael Morkøv.

While Hansen was bristling after narrowly missing out in the

4,000-metre pursuit (see page 4), for the highly experienced Tour de France racer Morkøv, 36, gold is the fitting culmination to a career helping others to success in World Tour events Furthermore, he is a multiple world champion, winning his first in 2009 and his latest last year with Hansen.

Four silvers, four bronzes ON TOP of the handball silver, Denmark won three others.

The 4,000-metre pursuit team lost out to Italy, who beat Denmark’s world record in the semi-finals; shooter Jesper Hansen finished second in the men’s skeet; and Amalie Dideriksen and Julie Leth finished second in the women’s madison.

And Denmark took four bronzes: 2016 Olympic champion Pernille Blume in the 50-metre freestyle; rowers Joachim Sutton and Frederic Vystavel in the men's coxless pair, and canoeist Emma Aastrand Jørgensen with a pair in the 200-metre and 500-metre sprint events.

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FCK likes Diks FC COPENHAGEN has snapped up Dutch right back Kevin Diks from Fiorentina after he impressed on a loan spell with AGF. In other transfer news, Danish attacking midfielder Emiliano Marcondes has left English Premier League new boys Brentford to join Bournemouth in the Championship.

Brøndby sold midfielder Jesper Lindstrøm, 21, to Eintracht Frankfurt for a reported 52 million kroner, and defender Joachim Andersen has joined Crystal Palace from Lyon for around 20 million euros.

Huge praise for Højbjerg ONLY ONE Dane made the UEFA all-star team: midfielder Pierre-Emile Højbjerg. In total, Italy took five places and England three. However, there was plenty of room for Danes in other lineups, including Joakim Mæhle (GOAL, CBS Sports, Australia’s ABC), Kasper Schmeichel (CBS), Andreas Christensen (The Independent) and Simon Kjær (ABC).

Speedway star banned SPEEDWAY racer Nicki Pedersen has lost his licence for six months after being found guilty of threatening and unsportsmanlike conduct at an event hosted by his team Holsted Speedway Klub on June 2. NERI, the Danish governing body, has excluded the former world champ from competing for six months. An appeal has been lodged.

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PURCHASING goods from outside the EU has become more expensive. We are no longer exempt from paying VAT of 25 percent on goods with a value of less than 600 kroner. Furthermore, on goods with a value in excess of 1,150 kroner, customs duties are payable. Chinese firms are expected to bypass the problem as most have EU-based operations. British firms aren’t so lucky.

Open door for hackers FOR SEVEN months following the global SolarWinds-cyberattack in December 2020, hackers were able to bypass Nationalbanken’s IT system, but it is thought no real damage was done. The SW attack modified code to create a potential backdoor, but Nationalbanken is confident there are no serious consequences.

Can’t find the workers!

COMPANIES forced to lay off staff due to the pandemic are now facing the opposite problem: struggling to fill vacancies, according to Jobindex. In June, there were 31,600 job ads on Jobindex – the highest figure since February 2008. Restaurants, hairdressers and entertainment businesses are among those most struggling.

Fewer foreclosures THE FIRST half of 2021 saw the fewest foreclosures in over 14 years. With 126 foreclosures in June 2021, compared to 130 the month before, the number has fallen by 3 percent, when adjusted for normal seasonal fluctuations. Nationwide, forced auctions have fallen by almost a third over the last six months.

Cement group shamed DANWATCH, in collaboration with Ekstra Bladet, has reported that Danish cement group FLSmidth supplied building materials for Qatari stadiums that will host the men’s football World Cup next year. Since the hosting was awarded 11 years ago, the Gulf state’s preparations have been criticised for their link to human rights violations.

Record house sales DESPITE a scarcity of properties for sale, 13,632 houses were sold during Q1, according to Finans Danmark – the highest number in over a decade. Houses are being traded at prices 11.6 percent higher than a year ago. A typical house of 140 sqm averages at just over 2.2 million kroner – 230,000 kroner more than just a year ago.

Digital nomads, don't come (not a government ad!)

Copenhagen ranks 70th out of 75 global cities on The Work-from-Anywhere Index

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T WAS OBVIOUS Copenhagen was in trouble when you look at the categories taken into account by Nestpick.com, a global search engine for furnished apartments, in compiling The Work-from-Anywhere Index.

The Danish capital is not well known for its good weather or generous tax rate, while the availability of accommodation, the cost of living and the average rent paid for office space are also pretty punitive.

Their inclusion go a long way to explaining why Copenhagen ranks 70th on a list that assessed 75 worldwide cities for their suitability to digital nomads in search of a new home.

In short, according to Nestpick, Copenhagen is failing miserably at attracting foreigners who might view Denmark as an ideal place to live, but are employed overseas.

And did we mention the most expensive coffee in the world!

Melbourne top dog AS WELL as assessing how attractive and welcoming to foreigners the cities are, the ranking also took into account how easy it is for remote employees to be based here.

The 75 cities were chosen as they have a track record at being a ‘most livable destination’, and they were assessed across three broad categories: Costs & Infrastructure, Legislation & Freedoms, and Livability.

Denmark performed particularly badly

in the sub-categories 'Income Tax, incl Social Contributions' (second worst), 'Home Office Room Rent' (average price of 1,059 euros per month per room: 12th worst) and 'Cost of Living' (11th worst).

Leading the way, the top four of Melbourne, Dubai, Sydney and Tallinn, significantly perhaps, all offer Digital Nomad Visas. Only ten cities in the 75 offer them, and perhaps highlighting this was part of the reason this ranking was compiled.

EU to the rescue FOR THE past six years, commercial vessels have benefited from reduced taxes on shore-side electricity while docking in Denmark – an incentive to switch off the diesel engines while in port. The scheme was due to expire this year, but the EU has extended it until June 2027. The first shore power plant for cruise ships is expected to be ready in 2024.

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Unicorn #8 DANISH fintech startup Pleo has achieved ‘unicorn’ status with a valuation of 1.7 billion US dollars - the eighth time a Danish company has achieved the coveted rating, following Zendesk, Unity, Tradeshift, Sitecore, Trustpilot, Net Company and Chainalysis. Pleo is the first pure fintech company on the list – and the fastest, taking just over six years.

Most readies in EU CASH-WISE, the Danes are the richest in the EU. This time two years ago, they ranked sixth. Once all their liquid assets, pensions and securities are added up, and debt subtracted, the average Dane has 1.3 million kroner, claims a Finans analysis of Nationalbanken data. The EU average is 450,000 kroner. The figures do not include property and other such assets.

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CIS student shortlisted for Gazprom’s Football For Friendship young journalist award

Nitya Khandelwal, an Indian eighth-grader from Copenhagen International School, has made the final eleven. A ceremony in late August will reveal if she is 'the one' BEN HAMILTON

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ITYA KHANDELWAL, an Indian eighth-grader from Copenhagen International School, has been confirmed as the best Danish-based journalist competing in Gazprom’s Football For Friendship Euro 2020 News Bureau initiative.

She was chosen out of 12 young journalists invited by Gazprom to cover matches at Parken – a jury decision based on the standard of her assignments, which included writing a match report, a

lifehack on mobile journalism, predicting who would win the Goal of the Tournament award, and overall performance during six online classes.

Khandelwal will along with her ten co-winners (see list on the right), each from a Euro 2020 co-host, attend a ceremony in late August, where the Goal of the Tournament award will be presented by Czech Republic player Patrick Schick for his long-range effort against Scotland.

"Extremely tense" competition IT IS EXPECTED at the ceremony that one of the eleven will be crowned the F4F EURO 2020 News Bureau best young journalist.

“The competition was extremely tense.

That’s why we have decided to mark the

outstanding results of the following participants,” commented Gazprom after revealing its selection.

A number of runners-up were also announced, earning them a special laureate. From Copenhagen, Jesse Kamara

was selected.

The Goal of the Tournament award is a unique honour initiated by Gazprom in the framework of its partnership with European Championship.

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From the depths of football hell to heaven: Schmeichel is a wall!

The Copenhagen Post was invited to three of the big football matches during the Euros in Parken Stadium in Copenhagen.

Read on to find out what the atmosphere was like and what you can experience on the terraces TEXT & PHOTOS: GITTE ØRNKOW

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FTERNOON: Sankt Hans Square in Copenhagen. The area is crawling with people in red and white and beer is being swilled from plastic glasses. They are singing along to the catchy football songs blaring out of the huge loudspeakers in the middle of the square.

A football is kicked into the air and is immediately knocked back by a passing stranger and people slowly start moving towards Parken Stadium about ten minutes away, where the match between Denmark and Finland is to be played.

All Copenhagen is partying and the town is completely turned upside down. The voices of radio and TV commentators are coming through the open windows of cafes talking about the upcoming match, and people are yelling and toasting each other, but amongst the happy Danish football songs a darker note suddenly starts to encroach.

It chimes from a group of Finns dressed in blue and white who appear from round the corner singing their own football anthems with just as much gusto as the Danes are singing theirs. To keep the peace, the police follow the small group of Finnish fans and hold back the traffic so that people can cross towards ‘The Big Green’ without incident.

The Danish roligans gloat openly about thrashing the Finns. They’re wearing claphats and have the Danish flag painted on their faces – and those who haven’t had it done at home stop willingly at random places in the crowd to be painted red and white before the match. There’s a massive enthusiasm for foot-

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ball in the air and, on this lovely summer’s day, while many fans have butterflies in their stomachs, there’s a firm belief that Denmark will win the match.

The winner was life itself THE BELLS ring and it is time to take your place in the stadium. The match gets underway and fan songs such as ‘We are red, we are white’ and ‘Schmeichel is a wall!’ ring out.

The crowd whistles and hoots in frustration as Finland hold out under a siege, but just minutes before the end of the first-half, the referee calls a halt.

A player lies on the ground. He’s not moving. It’s Christian Eriksen, star player and playmaker.

Confusion reigns in the crowd. Was Eriksen kicked?

There appeared to be nobody close to him. The entire Denmark team has formed a circle around him: some are faced towards him, some away. The Parken stadium camera reveals some are visibly weeping.

Slowly, the fans, mostly through their phones, establish what’s going on: and it is the worst thing imaginable. Eriksen has had a heart attack; his

life hangs in the balance. As he departs for hospital, it is uncertain whether the game should be continued today or tomorrow.

The mood has turned deeply sombre. Grown men are sitting with tears in their eyes and parents are trying to explain the reason for the pause to their children. All supporters, both Danes and Finns, speak in low tones and are almost silent.

Nobody knows anything about Christian Eriksen’s condition.

The wait for news is unbearable.

Finally, the news comes through that everyone had been hoping for − even praying for.

Christian Eriksen has regained consciousness and is going to be okay. He won’t be able to continue playing, of course, but suddenly the result of the game isn’t important anymore. Eriksen was faced with the ultimate challenge … and he won!

Meanwhile, it is decided to let the game continue, which it does, but without the wild outbursts of the crowd and the raucous singing.

The game ends with Finland winning 1-0, but they don’t seem to be terribly happy about the result, which is otherwise one of the great-

The Finns were quickly finished

No early vanishing for the Spanish

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Gitte (left) witnessed how Russia's lustre faded against Denmark

est victories in Finnish football history ever.

A 1-2 loss against Belgium then leaves Denmark with a mountain to climb.

Magical Danish victory DESPITE the somewhat hard baptism of fire, the final group game at Parken is keenly anticipated. Expectations of a Danish victory against Russia are again sky-high and there is much partying and happy days long before the game starts.

Red and white can be seen all over Copenhagen and of course amongst the supporters in Parken. People have dressed up and plastic glasses are littered all over the place. The joy of once again experiencing the Danish Vikings is like an adrenalin rush. With reference to the Danish player Joachim Mæhle, the fans shout slogans such as ‘We’ll Mæhler

Some Danish beer in a glass for a change

(maler = paint) Wembley red!’.

The match preliminaries get underway and people find their places, and it seems as if a huge collective intake of breath is taken right across the stadium to sing along with the Danish national anthem ‘Der er et yndigt land’. The whole experience brings out goose-pimples and the thrill generates a feeling of wellness throughout the entire body.

Because of the corona situation there are no fans from outside to back the Russian team. However, a few Russians living in Denmark have dared to show up at the stadium to keep the Russian flag flying high, and that is brave of them because the Danish team play amazingly from the start.

The crowd sends masses of positive vibes to the Danish players. Every time

a goal is scored, beer is thrown up in the air with reckless abandon.

We end up standing in beer up to our ankles, completely soaked in the sticky liquid, but truth be told, it is fun to sing along to all the witty and cheeky football songs and not least ‘Sailing up the stream’, an evergreen that we otherwise thought was long since dead and buried.

It is incredibly good fun to take part, and people are holding each other under the arms and singing for all they’re worth.

The game ends with Denmark thrashing Russia 4-1 and reaching the next round. Euphoria reaches new heights and things are really hotting up for a street party. People are dancing and embracing each other and praising one another for what good footballers ‘we’ are, and it seems as if the whole of Denmark is swept along in the excitement of victory.

“Where can we go to drink more? Østerbro or Nørrebro?” ask a couple of tipsy people from Jutland.

“Go to the red-light area in Istedgade,” is the answer given by the Copenhagen Post’s most experienced beer hunter, and the happy lads grin, start to sing Danish pop singer Peter Belli’s ‘Istedgade’, and disappear into the crowd.

Goals en masse AFTER that amazing party we can’t wait to experience the game between Spain and Croatia, which proves to be somewhat different to the previous matches we’ve seen at Parken.

The atmosphere before the game is just not comparable to that of the other two matches, as it is rather subdued and there is no sensory bombardment of red and white as at the other games. It is almost boring to wander round the stadium and, although it is summer and the weather is good, it feels as if it has become grey

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and autumnal.

The fans behave well and take their places calmly and quietly. They greet each other in friendly fashion and there are no cheeky chants or football anthems, but as the game gets underway, infectious Spanish rhythms begin to sound out from every nook and cranny.

An enchanting exotic atmosphere spreads as Spain scores goals en masse, but the Croatian team refuses to give up and fights back, as their fans burst out in joyous cries that can be heard a long way away. Now there is shouting and whistling and Parken is once again transformed into a crucible for the two different football cultures that are both going all out to win the game.

The game is a drawn-out affair and after extra time Spain wins 5-3, which unleashes a veritable firework display of a salsa party. Now, beer is flowing freely and the Spanish show that they can do more than just play football – they can also party, flirt and sexily shake their booties.

As neutrals, it’s impossible not to let our hips start swinging and we enjoy taking part in an eight-goal party, which means that the game between Spain and Croatia is the second highest scoring match in Euros history.

One thing is clear: you don’t have to be especially initiated into the rules of football to go to a football match as a spectator. It’s both fun and nerve-wracking and you have to be made of stone not to feel richly entertained. As a curiosity, it can almost be reckoned that matches in Denmark take place without the violence that sometimes mar games in other parts of the world.

At any rate, at these three matches the fans of the losers wished the winners good luck, and partied on with them without any problems.

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Euro 2020 partner conducts football treasure hunt in Copenhagen Public invited to follow the clues and land themselves a collector's item ball courtesy of Gazprom BEN HAMILTON

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T WAS WILLY Wonka meets Pokemon Go ahead of the Euro 2020 final in Copenhagen: a treasure hunt for collector’s item footballs used to make the digital trophy awarded to the scorer of the best goal at the tournament.

Prior to the hunt, the 432 footballs had made up the fragments of the art installation prototype of the NFT format trophy, which has been been created by Russian calligrafuturist Pokras Lampas based on a concept by official Euro 2020 partner Gazprom.

It’s the first digital award in the history of world football to combine physical perception and digital technologies.

Upwards of 20 balls DISASSEMBLED from the art installation at the Gazprom booth in the St Petersburg football village on June 27, the 432 balls headed off to Amsterdam, Baku, Budapest, Bucharest, Glasgow, Copenhagen, London, Munich, Rome, St Petersburg and Seville.

Their arrival meant the public in each of the eleven co-hosting cities were given a chance to pick up a piece of history, as the

footballs used to make the trophy were hidden in and around tourist attractions, popular leisure sites and sports facilities on the evening of Saturday July 10.

Clues were provided via social media.

Could be yours “OUR PROJECT demonstrates the multi-disciplinary approach by today’s artist, starting with a public art installation based on personally inscribed elements, the project is transformed into a technological digital token, in parallel telling the audience about work through content on social media. Then it returns to the street, now in the form of the component artefacts – the same footballs with which it all began!” explained Pokras Lampas “At the same time, the possibility of part of the objet d’art coming, all of a sudden, into your possession and allowing the you to decide for yourself what to do with it next turns the spectator into a fully-pledged player in the project and links digital reality even more strongly with the material foundation of the work.”

With at least 20 footballs waiting to be discovered, the odds of finding one were significantly better than Charlie Bucket or Augustus Gloop's, and the public didn’t need to eat a mountain of chocolate first!

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JUST SAY IT AS IT IS A Brit married to a Viking who landed on Danish shores 13 years ago, Leslea is the communications director of TWG-EmployMe. With over 20 years’ communications experience in both the business & not-for-profit sectors, Leslea is passionate about coaching professionals & businesses in effective communication.

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Denmark has opened gradually over the last few months and companies are more than ready to interview for roles advertised during the summer. Here’s a few suggestions to help motivate you in your job search.

the south of Region Sjælland, is about to make history! How so?

It will later this month become the first municipal international school in Denmark ever!

Crown Princess Mary will officially open the new school for the children of international and Danish families on August 24! Lolland International School will not only offer a free, internationally certified program, but also be only the third school in Denmark to offer a fully bilingual (Danish/English) program. A quite unique school indeed!

that followed.

Nevertheless, that has all changed now. Lolland Municipality, as part of its ‘Femern growth strategy’, made the establishment of the international school a key tactic in achieving its strategic goals of increasing employment and investment in the region. In addition, it realised that a bilingual model would cater to the entire population, as it is a fully tax payer-funded initiative.

Unsolicited really works MANY ORGANISATIONS encourage unsolicited applications, so decide where you want to work (it’s a two-way decision) and do some research. What can your skills and experience add to the team? Is there a gap that fits your profile? What if the person doing the job you want decides over the summer to move on? The recruiter will have your application and it makes the replacement process easy, so start applying!

Three whole weeks of bliss

Reach out to recruiters DON’T FORGET that companies want to come back and fill those empty positions quickly.

So, contact the recruiter and ask how the interview process is going with all the job applications you submitted before the summer. Be prepared to be interviewed and showcase why you are the perfect choice.

Stand out outstandingly!

I see so many boring or halffilled profiles that give the hiring manager no idea who you are.

You have space to show your personality and why you would be great in their team, as it’s not just about your skills and experience.

Make your profile stand out.

Make it easy for you to be hired.

With a fresh and renewed focus, the positivity of your applications will shine through.

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ITH WORKERS taking three weeks’ summer holiday – including the bosses – this Danish work/life balance really is the gift that keeps giving. A threeweek break is refreshing and was a real surprise to me how anyone could be away from the office for that long!

What does this mean for a job-seeker though? Have you taken the opportunity to have time away from the job search?

I can remember being unemployed and feeling guilty about being on holiday when I should have been looking for work and not spending any money. I now advise my clients to take a holiday without any guilt.

After a few days off, you will come back to the job search refreshed and focused. It’s a great time of year to look for jobs –

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Thomas with Lolland International School head Dominic Maher (left)

A key tactic IN 2015, THE Kommunale Internationale Grundskole (KIG) law was passed to give municipalities the opportunity to establish international municipal schools for the first time. However, that legal breakthrough proved to be a pyrrhic victory as not one school was established in the five years

Bilingual benefits WHAT IS bilingual education you say? In short, half of the lessons are taught in English and half in Danish. Over 40 years of research have documented the gift that bilingual education can be.

What we can see is that students participating in bilingual education have an enhanced ability to ignore irrelevant information, improved memory function, greater aware-

Making history EXPANDING school choices for international and Danish families is not only nice to have, but more and more a reflection of the increasing demand for international educational programs in Denmark. With the need for attracting and retaining global talent as important as ever, and with more and more Danish/

multi-ethnic families seeing the value of internationalisation in education, the need is real.

Lolland International School may be the first international municipal school, but it certainly will not be the last. A new market and new potential have been created.

For the first time in Denmark’s history, it is now possible for local municipalities to establish a free public international school option for its international and Danish residents. Thus, the opportunity to achieve local growth strategies has received a major boost nationally.

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ness of the nature of language itself, the ability to identify ambiguity to a greater degree, and improved inter-cultural skills.

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E HAVE returned from our holidays and are back at work: refreshed, reinvigorated and raring to go. But while it’s nice to see more of our colleagues now most workplace corona restrictions have been lifted, not everything on the horizon is rosy.

Bins, garages and kitchens ON A DAY-TO-DAY level we are voluntarily abiding to new systems for handling the rubbish produced by our households. And it is no exaggeration to say we have quickly developed an expertise at sorting the different kinds of trash, such is the need to separate our rubbish into 10 or more groups and deposit them into 10 different bins.

Sales of electric cars are soaring and we even have a vegan political party running for parliamentary representation at the next election who advocate for eliminating meat from our daily consumption. It will be a

Straight, No Chaser

hard battle to beat the great red sausage into submission.

Crucial CO2 tax debate CLIMATE will dominate the political spectrum for a long time ahead, but the upcoming challenge will be to establish a climate tax on CO2 emissions.

The debate will run and run, as the vested interests are numerous International industries, including cement producers and iron foundries, will lobby together with the greenhouse flower producers, and complications regarding measurements and deviations will confuse the debate for a long time.

MPs on trial ELSEWHERE, we are following the trial of Morten Messerschmidt, the deputy leader of Dansk Folkeparti, who stands accused of misusing EU funds.

It’s not the worst kind of crime imaginable, but Messerschmidt has advocated for zero tolerance in cases like his in some of his campaigns, so this would be a painful lesson for him if he loses.

But really Messerschmidt is just the warm-up act for the main event: the Supreme Court trial of the former integration and immigration minister, Inger Støjberg. Again, it has little substance but her stubbornness to refuse to regret anything will make it entertaining if not tragic.

And all the while, one suspects that PM Mette Frederiksen is not quite clear of Minkgate.

Olympic empowerment WITH 10 Olympic medals the nation can feel proud enough to compete for a gold in the climate protection games.

The ambition is there and, with so little international competition, it’s as good a time as ever. (ES)

An Englishman abroad, Stephen has lived and worked in Denmark since 1978. His interests include music, art, cooking, real ale, politics and cats.

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HE SUMMER ‘silly season’ has become the time for political parties and their supporters to roll out inflammatory ideas knowing they will get lots of coverage, as there is precious little other news around except sport.

At present, the comment columns of Denmark’s serious newspapers seem dominated by ‘culture warriors’ determined to combat the sins of ‘wokeness’ and identity politics.

As might be expected, many of the actual debates have centred around universities and educational institutions. The authors of these polemics, such as Henrik Dahl from Liberal Alliance and Dansk Folkeparti’s Morten Messerschmidt, contend that academic freedom – and indeed, fundamental freedom of expression in general – is being compromised, and that the problems raised by ‘activists’ are vastly exaggerated.

They also suggest that research work is being halted or not undertaken at all due to the fear of treading on the sensitive toes of ‘snowflakes’.

A Floydian slip TO PUT things in perspective, George Floyd’s murder in Minneapolis was the final spark that unleashed a movement demanding justice for black people and an end to institutionalised racism. However, it soon became clear that it was not only about the United States. Black Lives Matter spread worldwide and became an umbrella organisation that opened up for the possibility of examining colonialism and slavery in more general terms.

At the same time, the #MeToo movement was again sweeping the globe and it was clear that feminists were not going to be fobbed off

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Impacting our holidays NOWADAYS, not only do we face the demands of our own working lives, but a long agenda of big issues – the largest of all being climate change.

A UN report confirms that the challenge is clear and growing. Tourists returning from abroad have seen torrential rain and flooding with their own eyes – especially in Germany and Belgium – while forest fires, caused by drought and extreme heat, continue to ravage parts of Greece.

Nobody doubts the seriousness of the situation, and anxiety about climate change has even sneaked into our holiday planning, as travel agencies are now marketing their products with information about the concentration of CO2 we can expect to encounter!

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Protesters are a sign of a healthy society

with the usual platitudes this time.

Action was being demanded and offenders outed. In a third stream, LGBTQ+ people have been engaging in heated discussions about gender roles. ‘Identity Politics’ has now entered the mainstream.

Back in November last year, a furore was unleashed when a plaster copy of a bust of King Frederik V was thrown into the harbour by an anonymous group of students at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts as a protest against Denmark’s contribution to the slave trade and colonialism. Was this iconoclasm, plain vandalism – or did the students have a point?

Statutory example THE EVENT can certainly be seen in the context of statues of prominent Confederate generals being removed in the US, the battle to remove Cecil Rhodes’ statue from Oriel College in Oxford and tipping the statue of Edward Colston, a prominent English slave owner, into the harbour in Bristol.

It’s easy to see how ‘privileged white males’ such as Dahl and Messerschmidt might feel threatened by all this; worrying for them, they may even have to open up a bit to new ideas and examine their own world view. On the other hand they can perhaps take consolation in the fact that

a lot of it will blow over in time or remain in the halls of academe.

In the 1960s and 70s, the prevailing narrative purveyed by the right was that universities, educational institutions and the BBC were all hotbeds of Communist propaganda and brainwashing the nation’s youth into becoming virulent Marxists. The same thing was being said in Denmark as well.

No red dawn HOWEVER, the UK General Election of 1979 gave Margaret Thatcher a thumping majority of 43 seats and unleashed an unprecedented couple of decades of right-wing economic liberalism, Milton Friedman’s monetarism, the selling off of nationalised industries, the emasculation of trade unions and an increasing wealth-gap between rich and poor that is worse now than ever.

So despite what the prophets of doom and retired colonels said about a Marxist state, it just didn’t happen. Likewise, people discussing reappraisals of history, changing sexual and social roles and ‘identity politics’ are not going to bring down society either.

In fact, it is a sign of a healthy society that these issues are examined and that we learn from the process. True liberalism embraces tolerance and celebrates diversity.

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ADRIAN MACKINDER

Early Rejser

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Low on stock AS MOST of you know, I don’t care for football. But being very homesick and not being able to go home for nearly two years has resulted in me investing a little more in England’s fortunes.

So I was very surprised to find out exactly how low our stock is in the eyes of so many other countries.Who knew we’re such an unpopular nation?

Naturally I’m aware of our nation’s complicated and chequered past on the world stage, and banging on about spitfires, Churchill and Rule Britannia has always made me deeply uncomfortable.

And I have even less interest in patriotism than I do football.

To paraphrase Bill Hicks, I had nothing to do with being British, my parents copulated there and that’s about it.

International tribes WHEN I moved to Denmark, I became part of the international community and I enjoy the scene: a vibrant rainbow of welcoming inclusivity and contrasting cultural perspectives you just don’t get from the natives.

But then my name was involuntarily and unexpectedly changed from ‘Adrian’ to ‘Adrian that English guy’. My nationality is now intrinsically linked to my identity and I’m not overly thrilled about this. It seems it’s harder to avoid tribalism than I thought.

Anyone but England I GET THAT it is an easy la-

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bel, but it also allows for lazy stereotyping and boring presumptions: not least of which that I am a football fan and care about England in the Euros. Which, ironically, had the effect of making me care more about England in the Euros than I otherwise would.

Over the course of the tournament, what struck me was the amount of anti-English memes, gloating comments and vicious vitriol. I expected it from other nationalities – friendly ribbing and all that - but what raised an eyebrow was the level of schadenfreude from British expats and the level of their national apostasy and cultural self-loathing.

I experienced some flack the day after Denmark lost to England in the semis simply by virtue of being English. It was slightly more than banter – there was real hurt and anger there – and it wasn’t cool. I resisted the urge to scream ‘grow the fuck up’ but it did get to me.

I’d never experienced blatant xenophobia directed at me before. And, crucially, it wasn’t just Danes. Everyone, it seemed, wanted England to decisively lose.

Clowns and arseholes I’M GUESSING the behaviour of the violent minority in England played a huge role. Football hooliganism has always been a blight and an embarrassment to England, even though they didn’t behave appallingly *because* they were England fans, but because they are violent arseholes.

Brexit has also played a part.

It has created and nurtured a backdrop of ridicule and incredulity. Deserved or not, we are now seen by Europe as a circus, led by a coterie of clowns not fit for purpose. How the British government handled the pandemic compounded matters, as did the controversy over the UK bulk buying vaccines – seemingly at the expense of the EU. It’s a perfect storm that has shone the UK in an especially harsh light – one that has made the desire to undermine their football efforts (which are as noble as any other nation’s) all the more pointed, and the relish at their ultimate downfall all the more sweet. Which is a bit of a shame really.

I’ve never been proud to be English. That’s not changed. But I’ve never felt sad about it either.

And that has.

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ISTORY is littered with cases of how now-unimaginably valuable territories were bought and sold for nothing. ‘Bought’ is a generous word: typically the original occupant was threatened, and then either forced out or massacred.

In 1626, for example, Dutch trader Peter Minuit ‘bought’ Manhattan for $24 worth of trinkets from the Lenape Native American tribe.

And in 1803, France ‘sold’ the newly-independent USA around a third of its current territory.

Only the ‘Louisiana Purchase, a nation-spanning tract of land, was not occupied by France at all.

What America was really paying for was first dibs on ethnic genocide.

Colonial virgins THE UNDERSTANDABLE Danish response to Trump’s proposal to buy Greenland – of insulted indignation – reveals a legitimate fear of being the exploited and helpless ‘native occupier’.

Greenland’s future value is as unimaginable now as Manhattan’s was 400 years ago: resource-rich, geographically strategic, vast, barely populated, completely untapped and on the verge of becoming a lot greener.

Any cash lump sum that might be paid now – however large – will inevitably add up to trinkets in the fullness of time.

Denmark itself has a more modest if not exactly praiseworthy history of colonial land acquisitions and native suppressions. Denmark’s Caribbean islands were bought from the French in the mid 18th century.

The following hundred years saw a ten-fold increase in slavery and the humiliation of twice ceding the islands to the British for nothing. They were finally sold to the US in 1917 to become the US Virgin Islands, backed by popular support to become American – again humiliating – of 98.9 percent. Greenland was ceded to Denmark by Norway in 1814 regardless of any pesky natives. The colony was largely ignored until the 19th century, when forced urbanisation and psychological experimentation, such as the removal of Inuit children from their families, were exacted on the natives by Denmark. While Greenland’s history doesn’t contain systematic annihilation, social disadvantage and cultural obsolescence has left Greenlanders with some of the world’s highest rates of suicide and addiction.

Trump had your number HERE IS a modest proposal,

Election will be here before you know it

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EMEMBER that 2021 is election year in Denmark.

Most of you are eligible!

The regional and local elections are both scheduled for November 16 and, contrary to national elections for which you must be a Danish citizen and be permanently resident in Denmark to vote, non-Danish citizens can vote in

regional municipal and elections under certain conditions.

If you are resident in Denmark, you can vote in local and regional elections even if you do not have Danish citizenship.

This requires that you are at least 18 years of age, have permanent residence in the municipality or region, and meet at least one of

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albeit one of an infinite number of possibilities: swap Greenland for say Puerto Rico, plus their annual subsidies. The USA currently subsidises the ‘territory’ of Puerto Rico with around 85 billion US dollars ($) per year (about 0.4 percent of the US GDP, or 30 percent of Danish GDP), while Greenland is subsidised annually by Denmark by $650 million.

Would Denmark be willing to lease Greenland to the US in exchange for Puerto Rico plus $79.5 billion per year?

Whether Denmark could enforce a default on the US is unlikely, and it could ill afford to cosy up to one of America’s superpower competitors. Indeed it risks poking the beast: the US may simply demand Greenland for nothing, threatening the loss of Danish military protection.

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Would the 56,295 native Greenlanders, no doubt worried about the unforgiving American welfare system, prefer the devil they know? At least the US is constantly forced to acknowledge the damage it has done to Native Americans, whereas in Denmark the entrenched racism that is the inevitable consequence of colonial occupation is largely ignored.

The potential extraction of natural resources on the island, the rights to which already belongs to the government of Greenland, is the golden egg that Greenlanders hope will free them from the Danes. Ironically it is precisely this asset that will make them prey to much more dangerous predators.

no appetite for such demeaning international horse-trading, the global status quo is slowly becoming terminally unacceptable – particularly in relation to inequality and concentrations of power. The public willingness to demand ‘catastrophic change’ cannot be second-guessed, as Trump and Brexit showed.

It will have to wait for Trump 2024.

Rise like a phoenix WHILE the political classes have

Robert Ades is a contributing writer at the Copenhagen Post

the following conditions: you are a citizen of a EU member state, or Iceland or Norway, and you have been a permanent resident in the Danish Commonwealth (Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland) for the four years previous to the election day.

ipal election was 78.2 percent, but only 39.6 and 44.0 percent for immigrants and their descendants respectively.

For the parallel regional election in the Capital Region of Denmark, the respective figures were 77.4, 37.7 and 38.9 percent.

reach out to immigrant communities, but that resulted in accusations of fishing for votes from right-wing politicians.

But if it is not up to the individual political parties, who will then invite non-Danish citizens in?

Less inclined to vote ON AVERAGE, non-Danish citizens tend to vote in regional and municipal elections in significantly lower numbers than Danish citizens.

Interestingly, we see a similar pattern when looking at the descendants of immigrants born and raised in Denmark.

In my municipality, Frederiksberg, the turnout among ethnic Danes at the 2017 munic-

Need a push!

IN MY VIEW, there is still room for improvement when it comes to the political integration of immigrants.

My party, Radikale, would like to invite temporary and permanent residents to participate even more in local and regional elections, regardless of their political orientation, but how do we do that?

Some parties, including Radikale, have tried to actively

Welcome to San Jutland WOULD the 3.4 million Puerto Ricans choose to try a Nordic model of universal education and healthcare?

If there is anywhere in the US where the Nordic model might work, it could be Puerto Rico, with its high rates of both equality and poverty. New investment from Scandinavian and other EU businesses and residents glad to escape their own windswept northern archipelagos would be massive.

David Munis Zepernick, city councillor, Municipality of Frederiksberg, candidate for the regional election, Capital Region of Denmark

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South Africa Embassy and Crossing Borders co-hosted a celebration of Nelson Mandela Day at Kultorvet on July 18. Among the many dignitaries present were (left-right from centre) ambassadors Dewi Savitri Wahab (Indonesia), Fikile Sylvia Magubane (South Africa) and Ahmad Farooq (Pakistan) and his wife

A great many ambassadors, including Jasmina Mitrovic-Maric of Serbia, were in attendance to show their appreciation for ICC president Hasse Ferrold and his support for the foreign diplomat corps over the last two decades. It also marked the commencement of an exhibition featuring his photos at the Serbian Embassy

The foreign minister, Jeppe Kofod (right), was among the distinguished guests at a concert at Langelinie Pavillonen on July 1 marking the start of the Slovenian EU presidency and the 30-year anniversary of its independence.

Also pictured is Slovenian ambassador Edvin Skrt (centre) and his wife

Denmark’s event of the month was indisputably the Copenhagen Jazz Festival, which encompassed so much more than the capital, lasting from July 1-24. Among those in action was the Niels Lan Doky (left) International Jazz Collective at Hotel d´Angleterre on the second day of the proceedings

The former US ambassador, Rufus Gifford, was an esteemed special guest at a celebration of the US Independence Day at Tivoli from July 3-4, where he took part in a Q&A

Colombian businesswoman Floraida Balaguera Suarez (left) was among the guests of her country's ambassador Ana Maria Palacio at a screening of 'Memories of My Father' at the Latin American Film Festival at Cinemateket on June 29

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A Midsummer Night’s Dream King of Dinosaurs

Happy Days

Miss Julie’s Happy Valley

Copenhagen Opera Festival

Ongoing, ends Aug 24, Mon-Sat 19:00-20:45; Botanical Gardens, Gothersgade 128, Cph K; 299 kroner, billetto.dk AS IF A visit to the Botanical Gardens isn’t enough of a highlight on its own, this evening with After Hours Theatre Company is the stuff dreams are made of. Bring a picnic basket and a blanket and enter a setting that is second to none to enjoy Shakespeare’s all-time classic. Last year, CPH POST gave the production a six-star review.

Ongoing, ends Dec 31; Natural History Museum of Denmark, Oster Voldgade 5-7, Cph K; 50-105 kroner, snm.ku.dk IT’S PROBABLY everybody’s childhood dream to see a T-Rex. Four metres high, 12 metres long and 66 million years old, ‘Tristan Otto’ is one of the most complete T-Rex fossils in the world.

In resplendent black, and almost all his teeth intact, there’s no disputing that this is the ‘King of Dinosaurs’ exhibited in all its skeletal glory.

Sep 3-25, 20:00; Teatret ved sorte Hest, Vesterbrogade 150, Cph V; 205 kroner, teaterbilletter.dk SUE HANSEN-STYLES and Nathan Meister from Why Not Theatre bring Samuel Beckett’s play Happy Days, originally written in 1962, back to life on stage in Vesterbro. The play has lost none of its resonance, as it perfectly lampoons our globalised world with a darkly humorous approach. Advocates of absurdist theatre will surely get their money’s worth.

Aug 26-29, 20:00-21:30; Folketeatret, Nørregade 39, Cph K; 175 kroner, folketeatret.dk SET IN Karen Blixen era Kenya under British rule during the first half of the last century, Michael Omoke has adapted August Strinberg’s class warfare play Miss Julie, basing the title character on Alice de Janzé, a socialite whose story was told in the 1980s film 'White Mischief '.

The ‘Happy Valley Set’ back then was anything but!

Aug 19-28; various venues across Cph; 50-300 kroner; operafestival.dk AFTER a pandemic break in 2020, the city will for nine consecutive days transform into a stage for everything operatic.

Whether this involves modern or classic takes on the genre, depends on where you choose to go. Tickets can be purchased off the webpage of the festival, although free events are often staged at Den Røde Plads in Nørrebro.

Crafts and Design Fair

Uhørt Festival

Copenhagen Cooking

Bellahøj Open Stage

Strøm Festival

Aug 12-14, 10:00-19:00; Frue Plads, Cph K; free adm; dkod.dk OVER THE span of three days, Frue Plads will be the stage for the Crafts and Design Fair where visitors can catch a glimpse of celebrated Danish design showcased by 130 professionals, including furniture, textiles, ceramics, glass and jewellery.

Aug 19-22; Cph Skatepark, Enghavevej 80-82, Cph V, 180-200 kroner TAKE A chance and try out the ninth edition of Uhort Festival.

It’s all about Denmark’s most promising music newcomers – so it doesn’t really matter whether you’re a connoisseur or just enjoy a laid-back atmosphere with some good tunes ringing in your ears.

Aug 20-29; various venues; copenhagencooking.dk MORE THAN 90,000 people are expected to join the communal celebration of Copenhagen’s critically acclaimed food scene.

Aug 19-21, 18:00-00:00; Bellahoj Amfiteater, Bellahojvej 20, Cph NV; 90-440 kroner THE SELF-PROCLAIMED most beautiful festival of Copenhagen offers a line-up living up to the title: 1960s rock band the Savage Rose and the likes of Rigmor and Faber in amongst the nature. A Woodstock-esque experience awaits.

Aug 11-14; Kødboderne 30, Cph V; prices vary, get your tickets at strm.dk DENMARK’S best loved electronic music festival will again take over Frederiksberg and Vesterbro with events that are mostly free of charge. However, most of the headliners, such as Robert Henke’s audiovisual art show, will set you back 250 kroner.

Copenhagen Summer Festival Aug 8-19; Charlottenborg Festsal, Kongens Nytorv, Cph K; 160 kroner per concert, copenhagensummerfestival.dk COME AND see the finest collection of classical music’s rising stars at a breathtaking venue that couldn’t be any more dreamy. Over the span of 12 consecutive days, Charlottenborg Festsal will host an international line-up performing various classical recitals. Some will be free entry.

‘Mother!’ last chance Ongoing, ends Aug 29; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek; 145 kroner, louisiana.dk THIS HOMAGE to motherhood co-curated by Marie Laurberg and Kirsten Degel offers visitors a deeply personal experience - after all, we can all relate to it! Our CPH POST reviewer gave it five stars, remarking: “It forces you to take a good hard look at yourself.

It’s personal … do you get it now?”

Hamlet Aug 26; Rosenborg Castle, Oster Voldgate, Cph K; 195-295 kroner; hamlettours.com THE CASTLE touring theatre company is dropping in at Rosenborg Castle once again, this time with a staging of Hamlet. Makes you wonder if they’d be better off at Kronborg. It was after all set there!

Kulturhavn Fest Aug 27-29; across the city; free adm; kulturhavnprogram.dk FOR 20 CONSECUTIVE years, Kulturhavn Fest has been breathing life into the city’s most beautiful waterfronts with all kinds of artistic performances.

This year, it includes a special on location performance of That Theatre’s ‘The Visit’.

Science & Cocktails Aug 12, 19:30; DR Koncerthuset Orestads Boulevard 13, Cph S; 130-230 kroner, scienceandcocktails.org EVER WONDERED about infinity and whether or not there even is such thing? Get your tickets to this Science & Cocktails show starring people’s mathematician Edward Frenkel and let it be brought to you a little closer.

Even if you wouldn’t consider yourself an over-achiever in this area, do not be scared: Theories will be served alongside cocktails and accompanied by a DJ-Set to stimulate your brain cells.

Amagerbanen Day Aug 22, 11.00-17:00; Amagerbanen along Uplandsgade, Cph S; free adm HYGGE is probably the best known Danish term there is, but hardly anyone can really explain what it means. So why not experience it first-hand at Amagerbanens Day? You’ll sure have a real hyggelig time enjoying historic wanderings, local history talks, jazz, and much more.

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Sequel stigmata avoidance recalls pigs with lipstick scenario BEN HAMILTON

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HE SAMARITANS have been busy following the release of yet another film promoting self-harm. As journalists we’re told to never spell it out that somebody, usually famous (ironically often an influencer), has taken their own life. Instead we leave it hanging with “s/he died peacefully at home” and the omission of “surrounded by close family” is all you need to know to not be, in any way, influenced.

Predated by many SO, WHY on earth is there a film called The Suicide Squad (74; Aug 5)? They sound like an unsavoury bunch traversing drainpipes preying on existential crises. And frankly, it’s an insult to squads everywhere. Normally, such a group are specially trained to work together as a unit, so please enlighten us: what borstal did these supervillains meet at?

It’s also annoying how it’s not even being called Suicide Squad 2, and that they’re instead opting for the lazy option of adding ‘The’.

For this subtle art, you could blame James Cameron for Aliens, but at least the franchise had the good grace to revert to Alien 3.

Really, its nemesis in an ill-conceived ‘versus’ film is to blame: Predator. On top of that 2004 turkey, we’ve had, in release order: Predator, Predator 2, Predators, The Predator. What’s next?

Predatory? Predatorial? Predated by many?

Lame naming game OF COURSE, sometimes the film studios simply don’t care.

Candyman (Aug 26; Not Released Worldwide) has exactly the same title (and villain, plot and predictable ending probably) as a 1991 film. So yes, ‘The Candyman’ is probably more preferable.

Horror film Wrong Turn (Aug 19; NRW), meanwhile, is the seventh instalment, but a reboot.

And likewise Supernova (Aug 12; 73) has the same name as a 2000 film, although we can perhaps be more forgiving, given that Stanley Gucci and Colin Firth are on “splendid form” (The Guardian no less) as partners of 20 years (stealing roles from LGBT actors!) coming to terms with the former’s degenerating mind (we’re fudging it) on a roadtrip across Britain (literally across would take about an hour). The Oscar buzz is palpable for the always popular Tucci.

Can’t be a widow forever!

FOR ONCE DC Comics might have an advantage over its rival Marvel, given that its most recent instalment, Black Widow (67; released), is positively ancient in comparison. If they’d waited any longer to release it at cinemas, there was the risk that Scarlett Johannson’s character might remarry. Still, it hasn’t stopped her suing the studio for depriving her of box office earnings by also releasing it via a streaming service. It goes to show that film people know no depths

when it comes to cheating an actress out of her rightful share.

Both DC Comics and Marvel had best bow down to The Green Knight (Aug 19; 85), but be careful he doesn’t smite your heads off, sires. Bottom line: this adaptation of the Arthurian tale Gawain and the Green Knight is a breath of fresh air for the fantasy genre. Dev Patel in the lead is well supported by a plethora of unsung British actors, including Sean Harris, Ralph Ineson and Barrie Keoghan.

Mark its 40-year-old director and writer David Lowery as one to look out for … possibly ‘The One’. Next up is his take on Peter Pan with Jude Law playing Captain Hook. Hands up who can crack the best joke about him shagging the Darlings’ dog.

A cross for Mr Abrahams TALKING of the Brit Pack, Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) has a major role in the reasonably-acclaimed Free Guy (Aug 13; 64) in which a background character in a video game (Ryan Reynolds) becomes self-aware of the mundacity of his existence and his need to make a difference.

Also worthy of your consideration this month are The Last Letter from your Lover (Aug 12; 57), a passable parallel narrative (1960s and modern day) rom without the com starring Felicity Jones, which features the final performance of Ben Cross (Harald Abrahams in Chariots of Fire); Respect (Aug 26; NRW), a biopic of Aretha Franklin starring Jennifer

Hudson; and The Swarm (Aug 6 on Netflix), a daft story about a woman who breeds locusts that thrive on human blood.

Finally, Beckett (Aug 13 on Netflix) is another lazy title – just one T more than the 1964 classic starring Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton – but its cast, John David Washington (Tenet) and Alicia Vikander (again after The Green Knight) among others, bodes well. It’s a bit like Enemy of the State, but set in Greece, and thanks to its streamer, it will end up being the most watched film in the world this month.

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OVER ON TV land, let us recommend four shows worth seeking out, although only one is forthcoming: The Chair (Aug 20 on Netflix), Katla (Netflix), Physical (Apple, 60) and The White Lotus (HBO Nordic, 81).

Anything with Comer’s Killing Eve sidekick Sandra Oh has buzz, and The Chair, which sees Oh placed in charge of a university’s English lit department, looks distinctly promising.

Icelandic miniseries Katla (the thought of a series 2 is too frightening) is deliciously warped: as a volcano continues to erupt bodies, it just gets stranger and stranger.

Physical has its flaws, but it’s a great early 80s period piece with a standout performance from Rose Byrne as a Jane Fonda workout wannabe producer constantly let down by a left-leaning, LSD-taking wannabe politician husband.

But the absolute pick this

She should join the crying squad

summer has to be The White Lotus, an Upstairs Downstairs for our times. Set on an Hawaiian island, as guests and staff mingle, the fireworks commence. The beauty is the simplicity of its satire and the seamless nature of the storytelling.

One of the best of 2021 so far!

Among the returning series are Good Girls (S4; Aug 31) Atypical (S4), Virgin River (S3), Never have I ever (S2), Sky Rojo (S2), Feel Good (S2) and The Good Doctor (S4) on Netflix; Stargirl (S2; Aug 11), Work in Progress (S2; Aug 23), Britannia (S3; Aug 24) and Supergirl (S6; Aug 25) on HBO Nordic; and Ted Lasso (S2) on Apple.

Ted Lasso is a curious hybrid: an American comedy set in the UK with stellar Americans and dud Brits. The Kansas metaphor jokes are wearing thin, the Emmys are raining hard and the viewers can barely believe what they’re watching: a mixture of corny crap and complete mush. It’s as baffling as the naming of the Predator films.

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See you in September 16 to 26. Most of the films are with English dialogue!

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