Du gamla, Du fria

[janner]

For danes it's a Boing 747, as in a Boing 474 of danes.

Nah, it's a hygge of Danes

For those outside the Nordic belt, Danes call all sorts of informal gatherings, from beach parties to after wargaming drinks, with the verb 'at hugge'. It roughly translates as 'to have fun' or 'to be cozy', but also means to cuddle (hug)!

[Gunfreak]

For danes it's a Boing 747, as in a Boing 474 of danes.

Nah, it's a hygge of Danes

For those outside the Nordic belt, Danes call all sorts of informal gatherings, from beach parties to after wargaming drinks, with the verb 'at hugge'. It roughly translates as 'to have fun' or 'to be cozy', but also means to cuddle (hug)!

Or for the more tender of danes(not that many of them) it's also means -.

Which means you never know when you'r 7 foot bearded bear of a friend invintes you to hygge, wether you are getting a beer or getting buggerd.

[janner]

Or for the more tender of danes(not that many of them) it's also means -.

Which means you never know when you'r 7 foot bearded bear of a friend invintes you to hygge, wether you are getting a beer or getting buggerd.

Oh, you can always count on there being beer (as well)

[Tacitus]

Or for the more tender of danes(not that many of them) it's also means -.

Which means you never know when you'r 7 foot bearded bear of a friend invintes you to hygge, wether you are getting a beer or getting buggerd.

Oh, you can always count on there being beer (as well)

The very idea that Danes would do anything without drinking beer is absurd!

As a Swede my favourite Shakespeare quote is of course: "there is something rotten in the state of Denmark" . But there is also another nice quote from that play about Danes:

Hamlet: "Other countries criticize us for our loud partying. They call us drunks and insult our noble titles."
http://nfs.sparknotes.com/hamlet/page_50.html

Some things never change... (however this quote in modern English seems to be less colourful than what I remember from the Swedish translation where I first encountered it).

I also remember when my teacher, talking about the Danish play "Jeppe på bjerget" from 1722, explained that it had the status of a national epic in Denmark because it was so genuinly Danish. He asked the class what made it so genuinly Danish. We all began to giggle because the protagonist in that story is a loud alcoholic peasant... (the right answer was however that the rural scenery and society in the play was very typical of Denmark, although I think the other answer is correct too!).

[janner]

My Westcountry boy roots mean that Jutland feels very familiar. The effete and self important elites generally seem to be lacking, but, if I understand my Danish neighbours correctly, that role is traditionally fulfilled by the Swedes

That view is, of course, in no way endorsed by my Finnish long-haired general. Who has the deepest affection for Swedish speaking Finns, one-community, all in it together etc.

[Ben Waterhouse]

They make beer in Denmark? Is it that dead fizzy yellow stuff?

[Gunfreak]

Denmark make 3 things, beer, bacon and -.

The - is ok, the bacon is very good, the beer is yellow pissy stuff. pilsner is really the looser of all beers.

I personaly prefer Good English beer or ale, Bitter, poter, imperial stouts.

If I want a light colord referfreshing cold beer, I'll drink a wheat beer.

[janner]

They make beer in Denmark? Is it that dead fizzy yellow stuff?

I've found that each beverage is best drunk in its own setting.

Grøn Tuborg is particularly good after a rigorous horseback ride. Whilst Guinness makes for a great pre-bout drink

Each to his own

[Tacitus]

My Westcountry boy roots mean that Jutland feels very familiar. The effete and self important elites generally seem to be lacking, but, if I understand my Danish neighbours correctly, that role is traditionally fulfilled by the Swedes

That view is, of course, in no way endorsed by my Finnish long-haired general. Who has the deepest affection for Swedish speaking Finns, one-community, all in it together etc.

Oh, Sweden is the butt of must jokes in Scandinavia! Our Scandinavian neighbours loves to mock us more than any other country.

Sweden fill to role of the older and more responsible brother in the Scandinavian family. A brother that follows rules to the letter, want everything to be organised and has a tendency to be overbearing in that he often lecture his siblings about the right way to do things.

Even though Sweden has much less regulations than Denmark, Danes like to view Sweden as "Prohibition-Sweden" and accuses us of wanting to prohibit everything that is fun. The reason to this is of course that we have stricter regulations concerning alcohol and that Swedes wanting to legalise marijuana are just as rare as Irishmen who want to legalise abortions. Danes are much more liberal on these things and refer to Sweden as the most boring country in the world.

Norwegians usually refer to Sweden as "sweet brother" but they say that in a ironic way. Finns often refer to Swedes as homosexuals.

Here is a nice picture that illustrate the national stereotypes in Scandinavia:

[janner]

Indeed, in many ways, Sweden is to the rest of the Nordic countries what England (and the Home Counties in particular) is the to the British Isles



By the way, I've very much enjoyed that cartoon series. Here's a link to any who've not come across it before:


http://satwcomic.com

[Gunfreak]

I find that comic offencive!

I havn't held a fishing rod in like 20+ years, and don't walk around in nature that often, and I have never NEVER!! held a cod under my arm.

In fact I eat fish so rearly I honestly can't remember last time I ate it, but I know last time I did, it was fish and chips, that very scandinavian dish.

Infact I look much more like the danish dude!

[janner]

It's meant to be offensive, in fact somebody gets away without being abused

As to the cod, what's that poking out from under your armpit right now?

[Ben Waterhouse]

I've sent a link to that cartoon to my son who has a .... Finnish Girlfriend!

[janner]

I've sent a link to that cartoon to my son who has a .... Finnish Girlfriend!

I compliment his choice in womenfolk, but share his anguish if he's attempting to learn the language

[Gunfreak]

I've sent a link to that cartoon to my son who has a .... Finnish Girlfriend!

I compliment his choice in womenfolk, but share his anguish if he's attempting to learn the language

Does your wife also mostly say pekle and stab people with a knife?