The Local Denmark

Danes flout travel advice to visit Swedish summer houses

Tue, 07 Jul 2020 16:44:33 +0200

Kirsten, a Dane from Copenhagen, has been spending her weekends at her wooden holiday house in the Skåne countryside throughout Denmark's lockdown -- and to the irritation of Swedes barred from travelling in the other direction, she is far from unusual.

Denmark to let residents' lovers cross border 'soon': Justice Minister

Thu, 18 Jun 2020 11:33:35 +0200

Denmark's justice minister has signalled that the government may soon open the way for the last cross-border couples to be reunited.

Swedish politician condemns Denmark's 'shit sandwich' sewage plan

Tue, 26 May 2020 12:35:24 +0200

Copenhagen's water utility has been asked to postpone a plan to dump 290,000 cubic meters of untreated raw sewage into the Øresund Strait in the face of outrage from citizens and politicians in both Sweden and Denmark.

Sweden in ‘intense dialogue’ with Denmark over border reopening

Sat, 16 May 2020 18:52:52 +0200

Sweden has urged Denmark not to discriminate against them in its planned border reopening, during a “very intense dialogue,” foreign minister Ann Linde told TT News.

Danish parties clash over borders in lockdown talks

Thu, 07 May 2020 11:52:13 +0200

Denmark's political parties are split over opening the country's borders, with the opposition Liberals arguing that the tourism industry will be crippled until visitors know when they can enter.

Danish firefighters head home from Sweden with valuable experience

Mon, 06 Aug 2018 15:41:58 +0200

Firefighters from Denmark are now returning home after assisting colleagues in Sweden fighting devastating wildfires.

Danish military flies 60 firefighters to Sweden

Tue, 31 Jul 2018 15:13:43 +0200

A further 60 Danish firefighters are on their way to Sweden to help with the effort to extinguish ongoing wildfires.

Danish firefighters to help fight Swedish forest blazes

Thu, 19 Jul 2018 15:12:59 +0200

27 Danish firefighters with fire engines and equipment have been sent to Sweden to help emergency services to cope with ferocious forest fires that have raged this week.

New Denmark-Sweden tunnel to be considered: ministry

Mon, 26 Jun 2017 12:29:23 +0200

Authorities in Denmark and Sweden are set to look into the viability of a new tunnel between Helsingør in Denmark and Helsingborg in Sweden.

A thousand to mock Trump with Copenhagen 'Pray for Sweden' vigil

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:48:38 +0100

A march will be held in Copenhagen in solidarity with those affected by the "last night in Sweden" incident mentioned on Saturday by US President Donald Trump.

14 injured in crash on Øresund Bridge

Wed, 15 Feb 2017 09:57:27 +0100

The Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden was closed on Wednesday morning after at least ten cars were involved in accidents.

Øresund Bridge heading towards new traffic record

Thu, 22 Dec 2016 11:26:28 +0100

The Øresund Bridge connecting Denmark and Sweden is heading towards a new annual traffic record – but the number of regular train commuters has dropped in the past year.

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.

Danish commuters will face Sweden’s ID checks into 2017

Wed, 02 Nov 2016 14:43:48 +0100

The Swedish government has decided to extend photo ID checks on buses, trains and ferries into the country for a further three months.

Train 'burns' and cars collide in Øresund Bridge drill

Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:47:49 +0200

A chaotic enactment of a major accident was staged on the Øresund Bridge between Denmark and Sweden on Wednesday, with participants being hit by cars, trampled over, and a train catching fire.

Four arrested for trying to cross Øresund bridge on foot

Wed, 12 Oct 2016 13:59:42 +0200

Danish police have arrested four people attempting to cross the Øresund bridge to Sweden by foot, Swedish newspaper Sydsvenskan reports.

Øresund Bridge to shut for emergency exercise

Tue, 11 Oct 2016 14:46:04 +0200

The motorway between Denmark and Sweden will close on Wednesday evening for a major exercise on the famous Øresund Bridge involving the two countries’ emergency services.

We want a new tunnel, say Danes and Swedes

Thu, 06 Oct 2016 14:02:00 +0200

A proposed tunnel between Denmark and Sweden could at last see the light of day.

Drunk Swede goes on window smashing streak in Denmark

Mon, 05 Sep 2016 13:19:58 +0200

An “extremely drunk” Swedish citizen went on a windscreen-smashing rampage in the Danish city of Aalborg on Sunday night, local police said.

Two straight nights of car fires in Copenhagen

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 13:15:56 +0200

Around 20 cars have been torched in Copenhagen over two consecutive nights, leading police to worry that a spate of car fires in Sweden has now spread to Denmark.