{"id":918,"date":"2013-04-11T20:14:19","date_gmt":"2013-04-11T20:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/?p=918"},"modified":"2013-04-11T20:14:19","modified_gmt":"2013-04-11T20:14:19","slug":"planet-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/danish\/2013\/04\/11\/planet-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The world as seen by Danes! \ud83d\ude42 Piet Hein\u2019s classical globe still makes people smile\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n

Did you know there is a Dane in Tom Cruise\u2019s new sci-fi movie, Oblivion<\/em>? Danish media seem to be busy making sure that noone forgets that skuespiller<\/strong> (actor) Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is, well, a dansker<\/strong> (Dane)\u2026<\/p>\n

The avis<\/strong> (\u201da-VEEce\u201d, newspaper) Information<\/em> [infore-mah-SHON] recently hit the nail on the head when they skrev<\/a><\/strong> (wrote) that \u2026 Danes love reading about Danes! Especially those getting attention i udlandet<\/strong> (abroad, literally \u201din the outland\u201d)!<\/p>\n

Heard about the new series Hannibal<\/em> broadcast on the US network NBC? Many people in Denmark have \u2013 because the hovedrolle<\/strong> (main character, literally \u201dhead role\u201d) is being played by \u2013 you guessed it \u2013 a Dane (Mads Mikkelsen). And what about the Copenhagen restaurant Noma, which has been k\u00e5ret til verdens bedste<\/strong> (chosen the world\u2019s best) a couple of times? We Danes like to think that since someone international<\/strong> [INternashoenaal] has called it so, then of course it must be the talk of the entire global village\u2026<\/p>\n

Selv om vi ikke er store, vil vi gerne l\u00e6se om, at vi er store,<\/strong> Information<\/em> tells us. Even if we aren\u2019t big, we would like to read about us being big.<\/em> According to the article, the stereotypical Dane suffers from a unique combination of storhedsvanvid<\/strong> (megalomania, literally \u201dgreatness madness\u201d) and mindrev\u00e6rdskompleks<\/strong> (inferiority complex). Michael B\u00f6ss, who\u2019s an expert on nationalisme<\/strong>, calls it the Lille Danmark<\/strong> (little Denmark) syndrome. He dates this f\u00f8lelse<\/strong> (feeling) to 1814<\/strong>, when Denmark lost Norway to Sweden, and ceased to be a powerful European nation.<\/p>\n

So, the next time you meet a Dane abroad, remember to give him a hug and tell him you do know where Denmark is! If you\u2019re heldig<\/strong> (lucky), he might gradually t\u00f8 op<\/strong> (thaw out, literally \u201dthaw up\u201d), and start showing some genuine interest for your<\/em> place of origin! \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

How are things in your country? Do people there also love reading about themselves in other countries?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Did you know there is a Dane in Tom Cruise\u2019s new sci-fi movie, Oblivion? Danish media seem to be busy making sure that noone forgets that skuespiller (actor) Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is, well, a dansker (Dane)\u2026 The avis (\u201da-VEEce\u201d, newspaper) Information [infore-mah-SHON] recently hit the nail on the head when they skrev (wrote) that \u2026 Danes…<\/p>\n

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