https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Denmark in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed A highly symbolic artefact, held at the National Museum of Denmark since 1689, will be presented in Rio de Janeiro in a ceremony to be attended by President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240912/return-of-sacred-cloak-from-denmark-hailed-by-brazils-indigenous-people Thu, 12 Sep 2024 15:54:35 +0200 return-of-sacred-cloak-from-denmark-hailed-by-brazils-indigenous-people Archaeologists in Denmark have found a small knife inscribed with runic letters dating back almost 2,000 years, the oldest trace of writing found in the country, Museum Odense said on Tuesday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20240123/denmarks-oldest-writing-found-on-2000-year-old-knife Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:35:36 +0100 denmarks-oldest-writing-found-on-2000-year-old-knife In October 1943 Tove Udsholt, who had just turned three, had fled Copenhagen with her mother to escape the Nazis. She ended up alone, but a small fishing village took her in. https://www.thelocal.dk/20231027/survivors-tale-danish-jewish-girl-recalls-life-in-hiding-80-years-on Fri, 27 Oct 2023 14:28:15 +0200 survivors-tale-danish-jewish-girl-recalls-life-in-hiding-80-years-on A grave has been removed from the Mindelund memorial park for Danes who were active in the World War II resistance movement, after evidence emerged that the person buried there worked as a guard for the occupying Germans. https://www.thelocal.dk/20231006/mystery-of-guard-who-was-buried-with-resistance-heroes-at-danish-wwii-memorial Fri, 06 Oct 2023 14:27:57 +0200 mystery-of-guard-who-was-buried-with-resistance-heroes-at-danish-wwii-memorial Almost 10,000 preserved brains, collected over four decades in the 20th century, are still used today by researchers in Denmark. https://www.thelocal.dk/20230317/why-does-denmark-have-the-worlds-largest-collection-of-brains Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:23:29 +0100 why-does-denmark-have-the-worlds-largest-collection-of-brains Since the onset of the pandemic, the idea of a 'Nordic unity' has been difficult to sustain. Why do we speak of Northern Europe as a separate entity and, if these countries are so similar, what explains the divergences in approach to the coronavirus crisis? https://www.thelocal.dk/20201102/what-unites-and-divides-the-northern-countries Mon, 02 Nov 2020 16:59:59 +0100 what-unites-and-divides-the-northern-countries Barbed wire and tunnelling beneath it to go and pick flowers outside his refugee camp in Denmark are what Jorg Baden remembers most clearly 75 years on from World War II. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200714/denmarks-german-refugees-remember-forgotten-ww2-chapter Tue, 14 Jul 2020 12:20:07 +0200 denmarks-german-refugees-remember-forgotten-ww2-chapter Meticulous work involving study of archive films and photos has enabled graphic artists in Denmark to build a 3D digital reproduction of a bare-torso, tattooed King Frederik IX. https://www.thelocal.dk/20200106/the-danish-king-who-was-heavily-tattooed-and-how-researchers-recreated-his-ink Mon, 06 Jan 2020 15:28:53 +0100 the-danish-king-who-was-heavily-tattooed-and-how-researchers-recreated-his-ink The discovery of a cellar in Roskilde believed to have belonged to medieval Danish Queen Margrete I is one of this year's ten most important archaeological finds. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191219/medieval-danish-queens-cellar-is-one-of-2019-top-ten-archaeological-finds Thu, 19 Dec 2019 17:23:39 +0100 medieval-danish-queens-cellar-is-one-of-2019-top-ten-archaeological-finds They recount tales of Viking raids, Norse history, kings and gods: a priceless collection of medieval manuscripts, bequeathed by an Icelandic scholar to the University of Copenhagen in the 18th century, that Iceland now wants back. https://www.thelocal.dk/20191111/denmark-and-iceland-clash-over-priceless-medieval-manuscripts Mon, 11 Nov 2019 11:52:13 +0100 denmark-and-iceland-clash-over-priceless-medieval-manuscripts A major Viking fortress can be rebuilt on its original archaeological site after local authorities in the town of Slagelse gave the green light for the project on Monday. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190917/danish-viking-fortress-to-be-reconstructed-as-project-given-approval Tue, 17 Sep 2019 15:54:39 +0200 danish-viking-fortress-to-be-reconstructed-as-project-given-approval What did Denmark look like as an occupied country during the Second World War? https://www.thelocal.dk/20190731/in-pictures-denmark-during-world-war-two-and-today Wed, 31 Jul 2019 16:07:11 +0200 in-pictures-denmark-during-world-war-two-and-today Take a look at Denmark in the '90s – and check the same locations in up-to-date images. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190724/in-photos-denmark-in-the-1990s-and-the-same-places-today Wed, 24 Jul 2019 15:48:28 +0200 in-photos-denmark-in-the-1990s-and-the-same-places-today We've been combing the archives again to find historical photos of Denmark from the 1980s. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190719/denmark-in-the-1980s-in-pictures-and-the-same-locations-today Fri, 19 Jul 2019 18:01:40 +0200 denmark-in-the-1980s-in-pictures-and-the-same-locations-today How much has Denmark's appearance changed since the 1970s? https://www.thelocal.dk/20190718/photos-of-denmark-in-the-1970s-and-how-the-same-places-look-today Thu, 18 Jul 2019 13:06:57 +0200 photos-of-denmark-in-the-1970s-and-how-the-same-places-look-today We've scoured the archives to find 10 historical photos of Denmark taken at locations now found on Google Maps. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190717/10-photos-of-denmark-in-the-1950s-and-the-same-locations-today Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:14:27 +0200 10-photos-of-denmark-in-the-1950s-and-the-same-locations-today After the Armistice of November 1918, British and British Empire prisoners of war in camps in northeastern Germany were transported back to Britain via Denmark, in what became known as the Danish Scheme. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190305/the-little-known-story-of-the-first-world-war-soldiers-buried-in-copenhagen Tue, 05 Mar 2019 17:53:24 +0100 the-little-known-story-of-the-first-world-war-soldiers-buried-in-copenhagen An unexpected discovery was made as a result of excavation work at the construction site of a new underground rail station at Trianglen in Copenhagen. https://www.thelocal.dk/20190130/excavations-for-copenhagen-metro-dig-up-evidence-of-interglacial-period Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:48:15 +0100 excavations-for-copenhagen-metro-dig-up-evidence-of-interglacial-period A list detailing of members of the Danish Nazi party, DNSAP, during the Second World War, has been downloaded thousands of times since its online release. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181228/thousands-download-newly-published-list-of-danish-ww2-nazis Fri, 28 Dec 2018 13:41:47 +0100 thousands-download-newly-published-list-of-danish-ww2-nazis A recently-discovered seal stamp belonged to a key figure in rebellious movements in Jutland in the 1300s, according to experts. https://www.thelocal.dk/20181127/relic-found-in-denmark-belonged-to-influential-14th-century-woman Tue, 27 Nov 2018 18:41:47 +0100 relic-found-in-denmark-belonged-to-influential-14th-century-woman