The Local Denmark

New Covid-19 cases make Denmark a banned country by own criteria

Thu, 17 Sep 2020 11:41:21 +0200

The infection rate in Denmark is now so high that if it were a foreign country, its residents would now be banned from entering Denmark for leisure purposes.

AFTER LOCKDOWN: Are Denmark's and Norway's restrictions now like Sweden's?

Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:03:28 +0200

As Denmark and Norway start lifting restrictions after a month of lockdown, are their coronavirus strategies shifting to the less restrictive approach their neighbour Sweden has had from the start?

Second Swiss citizen arrested in connection with Scandinavian hiker murders

Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:59:37 +0100

A second Swiss citizen has been arrested in Morocco in connection to the murder of two female Scandinavian hikers in the Atlas mountains.

Bad news for Danish 'Skam' fans: Norwegian show blocked abroad

Fri, 13 Jan 2017 15:02:39 +0100

It looks like Denmark-based viewers of the Norwegian TV series 'Skam' won't be able to see the fourth season of the wildly popular show.

Why Danish women are seeking abortions in Norway

Thu, 05 Jan 2017 12:53:36 +0100

In Denmark, women who receive fertility treatment often become pregnant with twins.

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.

Make Scandinavia one nation, says Norwegian tycoon

Thu, 19 May 2016 15:10:14 +0200

Norwegian billionaire Petter Stordalen has suggested that Denmark, Norway and Sweden would be better off as one unified Scandinavian nation.

Vestas gets biggest order ever for massive Norway project

Tue, 23 Feb 2016 10:49:26 +0100

Norwegian state-owned renewables producer Statkraft and Danish turbine maker Vestas announced on Tuesday that they will collaborate on Europe’s largest onshore wind farm.

Drunks out of Denmark disrupt border checks

Wed, 02 Dec 2015 13:54:24 +0100

Norwegian police say that the effort to check all people arriving by ferry from Hirtshals in northern Denmark is being hindered by “extremely drunk” passengers.

Danish hiker discovers 'floating' Norway boulder

Tue, 10 Nov 2015 09:36:48 +0100

When a Danish national stumbled upon a precariously balanced 'floating' boulder on a recent hike, he was surprised to find no one seemed to have noticed it before.

Nordic welcome chillier as numbers snowball

Sun, 08 Nov 2015 12:40:33 +0100

Asylum seekers flowing to Scandinavia are finding chillier welcomes as their numbers surge and far-right parties increasingly assert their influence on immigration policy, analysts say.

Last call as historic spirits leave Denmark

Tue, 21 Apr 2015 10:46:57 +0200

Tradition-rich Danish spirits Gammel Dansk and Aalborg Akvavit will now be produced in Oslo, leading Aalborg to raise their glasses in a bittersweet toast as the last batch left town.

Police say no to Danish Muslims' 'peace ring'

Mon, 23 Feb 2015 15:30:00 +0100

As Norwegian Muslims formed a ‘ring of peace’ around an Oslo synagogue on Saturday in a show of solidarity with Jews a week after the twin fatal shootings in Copenhagen, a similar initiative by a Danish Muslim was denied by police for security reasons.

Oslo Muslims support Jews after CPH attacks

Sun, 22 Feb 2015 10:16:00 +0100

A week after the twin shootings that rocked Denmark and amid concerns of growing anti-Semitism in the Nordic countries, Muslims in Norway formed a 'ring of peace' around a synagogue to show the "true face" of Islam.

Danish sex 'Monster' barred from Norway

Thu, 13 Nov 2014 12:26:00 +0100

A 25-year-old sex offender from Aarhus has been expelled from Norway and told never to return to the country.

Danish sex 'Monster' on the prowl in Norway

Fri, 19 Sep 2014 14:48:00 +0200

A previously-convicted Aarhus man is trying to lure young Norwegian girls by promising them a job with the Monster energy drink company.

Norwegian missing since 2005 found in Denmark

Mon, 04 Aug 2014 12:16:00 +0200

A now 44-year-old man left his home in Norway nine years ago without a trace. He was found rummaging through a rubbish container in Jutland over the weekend.

Eight-year-old boy stung by scorpion on ferry

Tue, 29 Jul 2014 23:30:00 +0200

The Tuesday ferry journey between Hirsthals and Langesund, Norway was anything but ordinary due to an apparent scorpion sting that forced the vessel to turn around.

Dane dies in Norwegian diving accident

Tue, 29 Jul 2014 12:58:53 +0200

51-year-old died from decompression sickness while diving with three other Danes near Haakonsvern.

Swedish expert praises Danish terror approach

Mon, 28 Jul 2014 23:02:00 +0200

A Swedish terrorism researcher who blasted Norway's handling of a recent threat said that the Danes are more proactive and better with their messaging.