Denmark Wants to Eliminate a Public Holiday - Store Bededag Saga
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- Опубликовано: 18 май 2024
- Why DENMARK Wants to Eliminate a Public Holiday
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In this video we look at a controversial debate going in Denmark surrounding Great Prayer Day (Store Bededag). It's a public holiday in Denmark, and the Danish government is considering whether or not to abolish it to fund an increase in defense spending.
The proposal to get rid of Great Prayer Day (Store Bededag) is upsetting many people in Denmark, and proving to be a headache to the new Danish government and their Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen. It has managed to pit her against a united minority, Danish labor unions, the Danish National Church, and large swaths of the public.
How will this debate end? No one is sure, but we take a close look at the growing and rapidly changing debate of Great Prayer Day in Denmark.
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This proposal is a huge disaster! But the government is hellbent on this like a three year old kid screaming for candy in Netto. They are not listening to ANY counter argument.
But they WILL know what we think of this at the next election 🤨
GOVERNMENT. STAY. AWAY. FROM. OUR. HOLIDAYS!!
I hope they do :)
Honestly, i understand where they are coming from
A point in the defence-expenditure debate: Denmark has a borrowing rate of 11-12% of GDP, so we could easily afford increased spending on defense, without working more. Furthermore, our national budget is in plus with about 800 million USD (5,8bn DKK), so there's that too...
The current government acts like we are in dire, DIRE economic straits, but in reality we are loaded, as it is currently quite cheap for Denmark to borrow money.
But they are doing the conservative thing, which is acting like a national budget is the same as a household budget. And they'll get away with it, again, as not a single party of the opposition dares mention these facts, in fear of being called 'irresponsible'.
Which is irresponsible.
So true - a pay-for clause seems silly in a case like this and with a budget surplus in most years.
Yeah, I don't trust politicians anymore on this issue. Whenever a new government is formed, they always talk about how bad the economy is the first year and then at the end of the term there is suddenly money to hand out to various groups in order to secure a reelection.
The fact that we could suddenly spend 300 billion on corona, while also paying off our government debt and now we can't seem to find 3 billion, while our debt is at 11%.
In 2022, there was a surplus of 50 billion. In 2021, there was a surplus of 110 billions. Yet supposedly our financials are miserable.
@Mbez Actually it is not about money, but rather about the fact that Danish society lacks approx. 50,000 educated citizens to fill the jobs in sectors where there is a great shortage, for example nurses - Denmark does not lack money at the moment the Danish state has a huge surplus of many billions of DKK. What Denmark is in lack of is qualified labor who have sufficient skills and will.
Mette Frederiksen promised in the last election period for example 1,000 new nurses, but she can't do magic, and has now tried to steal a public holiday in order to obtain approx. 8,500 "educated workers" - that the money was supposed to be spent on NATO was just a cover-up to get the danes to accept the lost day off. .. the changing governments have throughout the last more than 25 years tried to solve the problem that Denmark is facing now and that all Danes knew would come due to the low birth rates in Denmark since the 1980s, i.e. the lack of young people there have abilities for education, and the way they have primarily tried to solve this upcoming problem is through migration primarily from Islamic countries - however, this has only made the problem even bigger, since more than half of the migrated foreigners from those countries are currently now on public welfare, which has been an additional burden because of lack of skills or will. And in addition, segregation in the population has increased because of all the problems it has caused, so instead of one problem to be solved there are now severals 🤕
“I don’t mink so.” 😂😂😂 Brilliant! Pernille Vermund, Nye Borgelige aka Voldemort 😂😂😂
😂😂😂 Just having a little fun haha
Nye borgerlige doesnt want to deport people for being a different culture, nye borgerlige only wants to deport those who do not even try to assimilate into the danish culture (not trying to learn the language, not respecting danish traditions, not respecting danes and so on) and deport non danish criminals.
ok
exateky Nye Borgerlige actually supports to remove some laws to make it easier to migrate to Denmark for work , but they don't want economic migrants and criminals
@@RobeTrotting actually you would be more than welcomned by Nye Borgerlige because you are "integrating", "trying to learn the language" and "working, supporting yourself and paying your taxes".. you are paying your taxes right? *deep stare* ;-)
I would like to point out we did have a licorice 'scadal' a couple years back when the EU tried to ban our beloved licorice pipes, because some dumb rule about candy not being able to look like tobacco products. We already gave up gum cigs, but licorice pipes! That where we but our foot down dammit!
Oh damn - yeah I guess that makes sense. We had them in the States too, I know the cigarettes were banned and I think the pipes as well not that you mention it.
@Rowan But not the gum ones. I don't know why they made that difference.
@@RobeTrotting Well, the US have also banned Kinder Eggs. Depriving kids of candy and toys - the two things they love the most.
@@lassemadsen607 And as said in Kinder Eier commercials "a surprise". Three things in one!
No the EU didn't it was a hoax in line with Boris Johnson bendy/straight bananas. And you can still buy curly cucumbers. The point is standards! If one export goodies, there has to be standards, so a barrel of Lurpak butter are a barrel of certain measurements. I think it goes back to the Middle ages, as textile were exported in rolls of cloth from Flandern. These rolls got a lead sigil fastened to them as a certification, also Denmark exported salted herrings so a barrel, must have been a barrel in a constant measure. 😜
I think it is telling that nobody in Governement wants to admit that they were the ones that came up with this harebrained idea. Had it been an issue in the election campaign that Store Bededag would have to be abolished, the Governement could claim that it had a mandate to do so. But nothing was said about this matter.
It is true that currently there is a lack of people to work, but unfortunately this seems to be only in the short term. Unemployment is looming in the horizon.
That's a really good point Peter - thanks for adding that thought. I wish we mentioned that, point about this not being a mandate when it wasn't discussed 90 days ago during the lead up to the election.
Very entertaining video! You guys are so much fun, while also being interesting and very well informed. Love all the Danish idioms sprinkled in there!
Thanks so much! 😊
@@RobeTrotting aye the danish is getting better :D quite fun, it's usually not what people learn first when they learn danish so quite cool
The translation of Danish euphemisms is GOLD!
One aspect of the unions opposition to this could also be the earning of weekday-holiday compensation. A vast number of public (and private) employees work on these weekday holidays, and are paid extra for that.
Also, the work/life balance is quite important, though I personally think that a holiday during the Fall season would be better than Store Bededag.. It always seemed to me that when you get to that Friday, you're kind of satiated with it ( "I CAN'T HANDLE ANY MORE TIME OFF!!!").
This is so Præsis! Thank you for explaning to me. As a Dane living outside of DK for more than 30 years, I sometimes, have difficulties to comprehend. But to day, You made my day!
Love you guys! Grateful for your angles on this!
You must have had an ace time making this video on such a contentious issue. Dare I say awesome content and much laughter. Tak.
Thank you for talking about this subject guys it's really a tough subject
Thanks for watching! We wanted to cover it - especially for other foreigners who are as confused as we were - but keep it fun to watch while still factual :)
They should take away 1 month of the parlament holiday/vacation.
Back when I was small-ish I thought it was about beats. As in rødbede kind of beats.
Has nothing to do with the discussion, I just like the idea XD
haha - from Store Bededag? That's cute :)
@@RobeTrotting Yup. 6-year-old me was _adorable_
@@Sigart The beets is extra large that day. 😇
Another good research/good informative video and funny way of going around a topic, "Præcis!" 😆
Glad you enjoyed it! We really wanted to cover it but find a way to make it enjoyable and not just all the facts :)
I'm in tears of laughter over the fact that you apparently felt need to add "dramatic reenactment" to your royal scene. 🤣 Nice one, guys! 😀
😂🤣 This is probably your funniest video ever! I love how you throw in some of the odd sayings we have, the consistent use of "præcis", the Voldemort comment AND how Dereks "paper" keeps disappearing into the background 😆 Mike, will there be a video of you trying to pronounce Fagbevægelsens Hovedorganisation? I imagine a blooper reel from this entire video could be very entertaining 😂 Please share 😁
I enjoy all your videos.
Nice to have some who don't have a political agenda.
Keep up the good work guys 🙂
Thank you
Beautiful summary, on a prickly subject - with all the classic Robe Trotting humor!! 👍 the translated idioms are hilarious, but will the english speaking audience 'get them' I wonder?! 🤣
hello from Hundested 🌸🌦
Love your direct English translations of Danish proverbs - HILARIOUS 🤣
Very funny, and very accurate. Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it! :)
Lets be honest. The real reason we do not want it to go is the because we loose a day off. The thing about konfirmation and so on is just an excuse. They will just get konfimated an other day 😀.
Confirmation is not just an excuse, by removing the day off you restrict the days a confirmation can be held without impacting time, reservations and ressources.
Love how you use danish phrases like owls in the bog (ugler i mosen)
Ill like to see the govement go down 10% in salary... noone would complaine about that...
Yeah, we were pretty surprised by the numbers when we dug into this
"klap hesten" translates to "pat the horse" and not "slap the horse". The metaphorical intent is to calm down the horse.
Oh duh - small mistake :)
@@RobeTrotting And certainly not the same as "smack the pony"...
Oy, you guys are great 😄, mixing in some Danish sayings as well. You should be the new ambassadors.
Great video. I love how you directly translate Danish expressions into English 👍😂
The editing and acting is ON POINT! 😂😂❤❤🇩🇰🇩🇰
Fun video + educational. Love the travel into the future! Our New Zealand centre-left government (the one that Fox news inexplicably calls "commy") recently *added* a public holiday to our calendar to celebrate our indigenous Māori New Year. The centre-right opposition party naturally objected and suggested if workers wanted an extra day's holiday to celebrate this, we could lose one of the others. They suggested Labour Day... you can imagine how that went down. We kept both and all seem happy (other than Fox news who continue to jump up and down about our commy state... sigh).
LOL! Yeah, the government have really done a proverbial Riverdance in the spinach here!
They took away a holiday in Norway some years ago, but it was a holyday connected to New Year which no one seem to miss much. There was no traditions connected to it. Can't they find a similar day in Denmark too.
Loved this, allthough I didn`t get half of it b/c I was laughing, you are too funny :))) Voldemort *hi hi* Your vloggs are great, and so are you - peace&love from a neigbour
I would just to add into the mix for your americans viewers…. That all of this has NOTHING to do with religion
Yeah, it's just a tradition for most people (but it's still religious for some)
I does not…even the confirmation…..
Denmark has more holidays than most other countries in the world. BUT also one of the highest rates of suicides and a totally stressed out workforce.
So why snatch a free holiday away from the workforce? They call it "small honey depots", time for tired people to rejuvenate.
It does to some. Also, it is a big day for confirmation.
The Govt are making a mistake to take the happiness of the Danish people for granted.
Well, as you know the danish winter is harsh and we need days off in spring to recover the damage and get some light.
Joke aside, it's a stupid solution, it's so uncertain that the solution actual "make money". Why not just raise the MOMS a bit?
fun facts: Danish valuta reserve is worth 550 billion dkk. Danish debt of state is 440 billion dkk, whereas ONLY 20 billion dkk is foreign debt. Source Nationalbanken dk. Kind of wild, the new danish government want to cancel a holyday for less than 3 billion/ year, when the state of Denmark are so rich.
1. Arguments about X being done to finance Y are BS. All revenue go into one bag from which all expenditures are prioroitized.
2. The real issue is an increasing unmet demand for workforce everywhere due to lack of young people to replace old people leaving the workforce. If less people have to do the same work, they each have to work more or accept a lower level of service in health care, elderly care, child care etc. where you cant just become more effective like they can in the production sector.
3. The effect of a holiday on the national product is easily observed by investigating the economic effect of the variable number of workdays between December 24th and January 1st. The difference between Dec 24 being a friday and a monday.
All great points! Thanks for adding these and for watching :)
Yes! it is not about money, but rather about the fact that Danish society lacks approx. 50,000 educated citizens to fill the jobs in sectors where there is a great shortage, for example nurses - Denmark does not lack money at the moment the Danish state has a huge surplus of many billions of DKK. What Denmark is in lack of is qualified labor who have sufficient skills and will.
Mette Frederiksen promised in the last election period for example 1,000 new nurses, but she can't do magic, and has now tried to steal a public holiday in order to obtain approx. 8,500 "educated workers" - that the money was supposed to be spent on NATO was just a cover-up to get the danes to accept the lost day off. She is trying to do it this way because more than 85% of the danes do not want to work more hours but less, the danes want free time not more monny if it means more work .. the changing governments have throughout the last more than 25 years tried to solve the problem that Denmark is facing now and that all Danes knew would come due to the low birth rates in Denmark since the 1980s, i.e. the lack of young people there have abilities for education, and the way they have primarily tried to solve this upcoming problem is through migration primarily from Islamic countries - however, this has only made the problem even bigger, since more than half of the migrated foreigners from those countries are currently now on public welfare, which has been an additional burden because of lack of skills or will. And in addition, segregation in the population has increased because of all the problems it has caused, so instead of one problem to be solved there are now severals 🤕
@@Odins_Ravn De kunne starte med at betale sygeplejerskerne hvad de er værd og ikke fratage dem lønstigninger samtidig med de ber dem gå op i tid. Politikerne har udsultet vores velfærds, sundhed, og retssystem i 20+ år. Og forventer folk ikke opdager de dårlige forhold de sælger.
De brancher der mangler folk er enten fordi de underbetaler folk eller skal bruge specialister.
Der er massere af arbejdsløse man kan tag og oplærer til stillingerne.
Men de største virksomheder har en helt anden agenda. Tjek WEF og deres fremtidsvision så kan du se hvad Lars løkke skrev under på i 2018 og hvad Mette også er en del af og hvilken fremtid de er igang med at lave uden om det demokratiske råd af borgere..
Men vi lever i en tid hvor virksomheder er den reele magtherre og det kan ses og mærkes i samfundet, siden vi gik fra velfærd til konkurrencestat.
@@theotherguy8007 Det er et faktum, at løn alene ikke er afgørende for, om et givent arbejde er attraktivt, det er meget mere vigtig, at et givent arbejde ikke er kedeligt, ikke er stressende, ikke gør folk triste. Det er et faktum, at Danmark er i underskud af unge mennesker, der er alt for mange gamle i forhold til antallet af unge. Unge mennesker vælger uddannelse efter evner og efter interesse og om et givent arbejde er mentalt berigende.
Arbejdsløse skal have evner evt. viljen for at kunne blive oplært og de fleste arbejdsløse har bare ikke evnerne til at kunne gennemføre en uddannelse indenfor de områder, hvor der er mangel på kvalificeret arbejdskraft - flere penge løser ikke problemet med de manglende evner. Politikerne har ikke udsultet, faktum er, at staten har et budget, der skal overholdes og politikerne kan altså ikke bare trylle penge frem uden at sætte skatten op. Der hvor politikerne fejler, det er, at de ikke erkender, at de bør prioritere nogle områder fremfor at lade alle områder blive påvirket negativt. Danmark kan vælge fx at lade de 300.000 ikke-danskere der er på offentlig forsørgelse remigrerer og derved indirekte løse en stor del af Danmarks problemer eller fortsætte som nu og derved lade problemerne blive meget større.
@@Odins_Ravn Det var også det jeg mente at løn og forhold ikke matcher hinanden, de bliver bedt om at løbe hurtigere for samme usle løn. Der mangler sygeplejersker ikke fordi folk ikke vil faget, men fordi folk flygter fra faget til Norge så snart de er udlært.
Suso'er går ind i det private fordi løn og arbejdsforhold er bedre. Det er bare et faktum at de varme hænder spare man på mens ligegyldige kontrol enheder med dyre direktører og ligegyldige konsulenter bliver ansat på himmelflugt. Og det kan ses på statsbudget.
Det er en fin omgang propagnda omkring unge og gamle.
Derudover forventer man inden for 10-12 år at 70% af alle jobs er automatiseret og AI overtager de jobs.
Plus der dukker flere og flere personaleløse test forretninger rundt omkring i verden.
Mener du seriøst at politikerne ikke har udsultet vores system. Kan godt hører du ikke har med det offentlige at gøre. De pisser penge væk som var det gratis.
2200 mia brugt på en sygdom med 99.6% overlevelse rate. De lukkede verden ned og det er reelt det vi ser i økonomierne idag. Også hjælper det ikke at selvsamme politikere står for sanktioner som kun rammer os selv. Den krise vi er idag er skabt af medicin og våben industrien i samarbejde med korrupte politikere.
Tror du skal åbne dine øjne og tjek WEF ud og se hvilken planer de har for dig og dine hjernebølger.
Selvsamme planer løkke skrev under på og som mette følger til punkt og prikke.
Vores politikere arbejder ikke for os de arbejder for WEF og deres aganda. Vores helligedage har ikke en skid med forsvar eller fiktion mangel på penge.
De kunne jo tag nogle af de 100+ mia vi bruger på udlandet og indvandre. Hvis de vitterlig var så nervøse for vores budget.
I just love the thumbnail so so much! 😂😂😂
Thank you :)
As an American setting to move to Denmark: Prayer Day could be a nice day for me personally to enjoy my spirituality mixed in with the culture I live in but isn't a necessary day for my practice. The Separation of Church and State in me says, "heck yeah, let's not do a Prayer Day!" - I prefer Unlimited Time Off so everyone can have the best chance at taking all their own holidays off. I'll work Christmas if someone wants to cover me on Solstice. I'll work Easter if someone wants to cover me on Equinox.
Money wise- I am sure Denmark will be fine either way, for or against prayer day.
If No Prayer Day, I'll work a Prayer Day so someone can do their religious thing 👍
the thing is, people in Denmark tend to get paid on church holidays even if they have the day of, and those who do work both get paid extra and get another day off, people are going to loose that, although the government say people will get compensation it's not as much as they get now, and it is part of the "danish model" that politicians don't have any say in those matters it's the unions -and according to our constitution the Bishops should be involved regarding church holidays, we have a state church in Denmark however those thing usually don't get mixed , in America you claim to have separations of church and state however American politicians constant mix religion with politics, we aren't use to that in Denmark
In Denmark we have strong traditions and lagely celebrate the same holidays. Just taking your individual holidays whenever and no shared festivities would serem rather cultureless to most of us. Most people would not associate Equinox with anything besides a rather bad thriller tv-series which ran on Netlix a couple of years ago.
@Tree Frog101 For the majority of the population it isn't about religion. As you would know by now, most of us don't even believe in God. That's why it's important for our democracy to control the state church through taxes, government, and education. Not a massive Christian Nationalist Evangelical money lobby conglomerate in DC or a Supreme Court who decided that Christian private schools should be funded the same as public schools. I don't think it's a fair assessment to project US issues onto Denmark or the nordic countries in totality which does not have the same fundamental issues.
“I don’t mink so” 💀😂😂😂😂
The goverment tried to cancel Store Bededag in 2012 as well. I'm afraid they'll succeed this time. Mette Frederiksen said: IF the opersition finds the mine for increased military spending somewhere else (like she urged then to present) we'll need the money earned on Store Bededag for hospitals or other areas, She said.
Such a shame - I can't imagine being so intent on something that doesn't enjoy much support.
@Robe Trotting Oh! But I think you do. A hint is what SCOTUS has decided over the last couple of years, a majority of your fellow countrypeople are opposing.
It feels a little like the one whose name shall not be mentioned is trying to stack up achievements as prime minister. A long list of achievements look good when applying for forin positions of ledership. Do not take my word for it, but that is just what i mink.
First!
And "Teenagers scare the living sh*t out of me, they could care less as long as someone will bleed"
Great song! :)
For many years, my opinion has been that "Great Prayer Day" was a silly holiday to have, and a good candidate for being eliminated.
Actually we had a long general strike in 1998, which is probably the biggest labour fight in newer history. And worth a read if you find labour unions interesting :)
The icing on the cake would be the Gay Prayer Warriors coming out to protest against taking away Prayer Day..After all God brought males into our existence first. However, this reaction against taking away Prayer Day by the populace at large shows signs of a strong populace. America needs such a Holiday on an even grander scale. We should do 3 days of Prayer Day where everything shuts down, and there is absolutely no buying and selling, no eating, and everybody will be in their house for 3 days meditating and or praying..
Such a Holiday can heal the widespread obesity, and high blood pressure, heart disease, currently plaguing Americans that reduces quality and longevity of life..
Preycis. Slap that horse. LOVE IT!!!
Thanks, so glad you enjoyed this one :)
I loved it Loved the Anglo danish slang 😂
I like the way you say ; PRÆCIS 😉👌 I vote for STORE BEDEDAG 🤗
Mange tak :)
Great prayer Day... If you belive in a god, then pray away! Do you really need a special day for that?
“Slap the horse” LOL
They should abolish "Kristi himmelfarts dag" . Thats always on a thursday, so most employees take a day of friday.
You did not mention Struense. Why didn't you mention Struense? He is one of the best villains (or heroes) in danish history, and it was really his idea to have store bededag.
No, that's actually a myth :-)
Villain? Struense is my hero, but for different reasons than naming holidays. He shrewdly maneuvered a limp-di**ed king to expand the rights of common Danes and allegedly satisfied the queen at the same time. Just a shame about him losing his head.
@@LarsPallesen As I understand it, the myth is that he created the day. The truth, again as I understand it,is that he allowed the day to survive while eliminating a bunch of similar prayer days.
@@williamjones4716 it is interesting how reformers tend to be portrayed as villains in history. There is Richard III and king John in England. There is Knud the Holy and Struense to name a couple from Denmark. They made reforms that were likely necessary at the time. And promptly got killed and vilified for it.
nej det er ikke rigtigt.
hilarious video...but important issue!! they removed one of the religious holidays in sweden when they decided to make june 6 swedens national day(it was just swedish flag day before) - we didnt need a national day really... everyone celebrates midsummer as our national day anyway... precis!!
Hahaha fantastisk 😅
😂😂😂 The intro 💀💀💀
Oming from Slovakia, EU country from former Eastern block I with government and opposition had consensus at last on defense policy. Unfortunately, our so called "social democrats" and far right parties are Russian poppets, and they are growing because of the incompetence of the outgoing centrist populist government. And the liberal- progressive coalition didn't get past 7% threshold to get into the parliament in the last election.
Beard in the postbox - good one, boys. Could also be your plaits.
If the whole nation prays for peace, do they need to increase defence spending?
How did that work in 1940, just asking?
@@williamjones4716 That would be because God works in mysterious ways.😀
It was actually introduced as a day where people were supposed to not show up drunk to church. Danish priests were annoyed that people were always drunk in church or stayed at home due to hangovers. Therefore the day was introduced to attract people to go to church sober.
Voldemort hahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!
Mostly a joke haha
Can't they find consensus by renaming it "Great Danish Slacker Day" and move on to meeting their fiscal defense commitments?
They typically run a surplus, so I think they can do a number of things to make it all work and keep people happier than this proposal.
You forgot to mention the bakers. They are afraid they will loose a lot of money if we won't buy "hveder" (bread) anymore.
As George W. Bush said, "That's some fuzzy math."
Hehehe... She's like Voldemort... That's a good one.. 👍🤣😂😄
I take the great opposition to removing Great Prayer Day as an expression that many are personally not prepared to sacrifice very much so that Denmark can have an effective defense - and that the support for Ukraine's defense may not be as deeply felt as we Danes think it is. As far as I know, no one has complained about having to work on February 29 - the years it occurs.
the idea to remove a holiday to pay for defense is a fantasy, it won't bring in money and the state has loads of money already
Or, maybe, people just don't want to give up a day off when there are alternatives to raise money.
You guys know how to butter up us Danes. Ily
Don't say Denmark wanted to remove this holiday we didn't get to vote this, It was a decision made by the politicians not the people.
Watch Borgen,keep Prayer Day
Just finished Season 3 haha
Slap the horse theres owls i the bog 😂😂😂 fucking funny!
shes just like voldemort, that made me laugh =)
Remember Kyndelmisse is comming and you make "pandekager"🙂👍
Well yes. She who must not be named is like Voldemort
I from now on will use "slap the horse" instead... preferable towards my non-Danish colleagues and see what happens XD
LOL this was a fun mistake that I would love to launch a new trend haha
Danish teenagers are scary?
Scottish teenagers: *Hold my beer.*
😂😂😂 🏴
Great prayer day was invented by Dr. Struense, who reformed the danish society.
Sadly he also had an affair with the Queen. He ruled the country, because as usual in those times the king was an inbread lunatic.
He was beheaded an parted. Watch the film "Livlægens besøg", or better read some history books.
You have totally missed that eu wanted to abandon lakridspiber in 2013.....oh oh that was bad...and they didn't get away with it 😄
Common! You are in Denmark, you can say what you want, also.....tadaaa....tuteluuu...PERNILLE VERMUND!
And by the way, only 2% of the Danish goes to church on an regular basis, meaning with no other reason than listening to a, maybe, ateist preast, preaching from the chair.
Yep, thats true!
See, no one got killed! Watch and learn before you get too PK dudes!
Its time to move on before you get to soft.
Baz Lurhmann
Your suggestions are making you more Danish than us wienerbrød! All the more fun!
I am an atheist, i pay my church tax tho, its a part of Denmark i think. But Storebededag shouldnt be removed, its already a mashup of a bunch of holidays.. just remove anden pinse dag...
1) I love Danish salted licorice, but, can well understand why it also is QUITE the acquired taste, as well. What America calls licorice is ...rather lame (LoL) in comparison. Red Vines? Really???? Ha, ha, ha ...
2) Question, please: Why are all Danish Kings named either Frederik or Christian? I mean, I understand the practicality of it, but still ... isn't it ever appropriate for a King to be named anything else?
The quick answer would be no. It has become a firm tradition which has lasted for centuries. In Denmark, a king is either named Christian or Frederik. I don’t think anyone can imagine anything different.
After Christian the I, the next king was his son named Hans. King Hans son was named Christian II. He was the king of all three Scandinavian countries plus a few other areas. Christian II was a crappy king with plenty of blood on his hands. He got into trouble with the nobility and took his revenge in 1520 on the Swedish nobility killing 80 to 100 nobles in a square in Stockholm known as the Stockholm bloodbath.
He lost Sweden as a direct result of this bloodbath and indirectly of the Danish throne as he was deposed by his paternal uncle, Frederik I, son of Christian I and brother of King Hans.
So for centuries the Frederiks were always one number behind the Christians.
When Frederik IX died in 1972, his daughter Margrethe II became the first reigning Queen of Denmark since Margrethe I in the 1376 to 1412.
Margrethe’s IIs firstborn son was named Frederik in order to bring a balance in the Christian / Frederik numbers. Crown Prince Frederik will become King Frederik X when his mother passes away.
When Crown Prince Frederik’s eldest child was born, it was a total given among both Royals and the public that of course his first name would be Christian. In a distant future he will become King Christian XI. King Christian X was his great-great grandfather, Queen Margrethe’s paternal grandfather.
Back in the day, only sons could inherit the throne. Queen Margrethe I was officially a regent in place of her young son, but when he died prematurely she managed to remain in power and rule in her own right.
In Queen Margrethe’s II case she inherited the throne as her father’s eldest daughter as he had no sons. However, the government had to change the Danish Constitution to do so, and a referendum was held in 1953 in which the population overwhelmingly approved the change.
However, the rule of boys before girls still stood, until it was formally changed to absolute primogeniture, and overwhelmingly approved by voters in a new referendum in 2009.
So if Prince Christian’s younger sister, Princess Isabella had been born first, our next reigning monarch after Frederik X would have been Queen Isabella or Dronning Isabella in Danish.
As a danish guy i must ask .. what the ... is Store Bedingag ? do you meen Store Bededag? as in Big prayers day? :D let me tell you something about danes .. we aint christians at all :D its like 2% of danish people that uses the church .. so Eliminate that holiday seems okay .. most danish people used it as a day off to get drunk anyways :D
It’snot slap the horse -it’s PAD the horse 😀 You want the horse calm
I think we had 'slap af' in our head
Did you just compare Mrs Vermund with Voldemort :D - that's funny
Technically, yes haha
@@RobeTrotting It's just so funny. I have had many names for her, Voldemort was never one of them for some odd reason, but it suits her - so that's a good one. Now I can't see Harry Potter without thinking about her :D
the gred sike day
don't slap the horse, it will just kick the bejesus out of you... PAT the hourse ;-) aka calm down
Det er dine fletninger der er i postkassen... Hair braids in the mailbox
Very much this haha
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Nothing fails like prayer.
10.35 I know you prob lost it in translation. You pat, brush the horse to make it relax, slapping the horse would have a very different outcome.
And you don't 'feed the horse' either, thats apprently a term used by girls who like girls for a very different activity.
LOL Didn't know the last two - I think we were mixing up slappe af and got a little to cocky haha
@@RobeTrotting You do get every other, and corretc me if am wrong here, colloquialism right^^ Anyways, loved the vids, you understand more about the subject them most danes, as far as the history goes. Huzza to you😀
Klap lige hesten = Hold your horses.