The Local Denmark

Nordic fight to host Nordea heats up as rumours of Sweden departure swirl

Wed, 24 May 2017 11:06:52 +0200

A tug of war between Sweden, Denmark and Finland over where Nordic banking giant Nordea should base its head office in the future is beginning to heat up.

The Nordic nations have gone to war… on Twitter

Wed, 23 Nov 2016 13:46:33 +0100

It’s thought that the Vikings first arrived in Canada about 1000 years ago when Leif Eriksson went ashore in Newfoundland, and the North American country has sparked another Nordic epic of the modern kind this week, when Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway squared off in a Twitter war.

Finland ends Denmark's hockey dream – for now

Fri, 20 May 2016 10:29:23 +0200

In their quarter-final match-up in Saint Petersburg on Thursday, Finland cruised comfortably past Denmark, recording their eighth win in as many matches as they bid for their first world title since 2011.

Finland says no to Arla's 'Putin cheese'

Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:23:00 +0200

Finnish food authorities have rejected the Danish dairy's plans to unload surplus cheese produced for Russia onto the Finnish market.

Danes voted 'least beautiful' in Scandinavia

Fri, 25 Jul 2014 16:45:00 +0200

Sorry Danes, but they're just not that into you. In a survey of singles, Denmark came in third place behind the Norwegians and everyone's consensus favourite, those beautiful Swedes.