Denmark

Opinion: Canada’s shipbuilding plan is ballooning in cost—as these projects often do in many countries. But a former Navy commander says there is another way

The lure of Nesbø and Knausgaard has stars like Matt Damon, Kristin Wiig and Michael Fassbender turning Scandinavia into the new Hollywood North

The EU’s handling of the immigration file has stoked resentment of the union across the continent

A masterwork by a forgotten icon of Scandinavian art comes to the Art Gallery of Ontario

Scandinavian countries may not be a perfect model for social cohesion and happiness

It’s easier to spend today when you know you don’t have to worry about saving for tomorrow

By Bo Lidegaard

The task of keeping Denmark Danish goes on: heavy immigration from the Middle East, Asia and Africa has stirred deep-seated fears about the future of the country’s language and culture, while many newcomers—especially women—seem to shut themelves out of mainstream Danish life. The government’s latest response? Immigrants can’t get welfare unless they learn to speak Danish.

Centre-left coalition squeaks by incumbents in tight race

We used to think it was ours. But Russia has staked a claim, and the Danes will be next.

Nothing stirs the blood of the British like a nice slapfight over European regulation, and this goes double when food is involved. The UK press has found its latest excuse for tut-tutting and finger-waggling in the unlikeliest of places: at the bottom of the squat, distinctive little jar in which the vile breakfast spread Marmite is sold. This week, English-language journals in Denmark reported that the Scandinavian kingdom’s food regulator was having the dark brown yeast extract cleared from the shelves of shops which serve Brit expatriates.

Pilots in Denmark are taking big risks in the skies