I once asked my boss why polar bears did not eat penguins. He didn't know, and I am not sure it was the smartest question to put to him. Luckily, somewhere in there, he has a sense of humor. ;)
For most people in Denmark, taxes are not as high as half their income. Every citizen over 18 years of age actually has a bottom limit part of their income of which they do not pay taxes. In 2018 that amount was DKK 46,200, or USD 7,200 (equiv.) per year. Of the rest of their income they pay 37-53% depending on their income. So low-income taxpayers for example get off with paying only 37% (of their earnings over USD 7,200 per year). Then they are covered for all medicare, most of their medicine bills, all education, education support, unemployment benefits, pension, and numerous grants and subsidies available if they do not possess savings, valuables, or estate.
Wrong. Before your deduction of your tax related income and paying your tax, you pay 8% of your monthly income (arbejdsmarkedsbidrag). This raises your actually tax percentage by quite a bit. Unemployment benefits are NOT free, you pay for that via your unemployment organisation or union. There is a miscenception that the county will pay for you, if you are not a member of such an organisation. This is not true, they will pay for you but you are required to pay the county back later. Talking about taxes, remember to tell about the VAT (25%), taxes on private property etc.
@@renewendt5455 I think there has probably been a conflation between the higher unemployment benefits (“dagpenge”, literally “day money”) supplied via government supported insurance schemes* and the much lower, purely public benefits known as “kontanthjælp” (literally “cash aid”). I know you know the terms, so the translations and explanation is more for foreign viewers. *While such “unemployment insurance companies” known as “A-kasser” are often affiliated with unions, they are separate organisations. As such, you can choose another unemployment ensurer than the one affiliated with your union. Similarly, you don’t have to be a union member to subscribe to such unemployment insurance, even if the “insurance company” is affiliated with a particular union. However, since a particular “A-kasse” tends to be able to offer specific additional help with job applications, (re)training schemes etc., many Danes go with the one that most closely align with their area of work and/or union.
Denmark and Sweden, actually the 2 countries who had the most wars between them. About 13 different wars here, but 28 official peace settlements indicate a lot more conflict
Yeah. Even today there is quite the rivalry and disagreement between the 2. The Swedish way of tackling the Coronavirus definitely has made it stronger.
@@drdewott9154 If you look at sports for instance, there is nobody we would love to knock out in a sporting event, but on the other hand, if Denmark is knocked out, we would often cheer for Sweden (same is true for Norway), so its also some kind of Brotherly love/hate.
Nope, Sweden just admitted that their way of handling the virus was causing too many deaths in the elderly so are changing to more social distancing and masks.
Once when visited a shop in Charleston, SC , two of the employees had made a bet if I spoke Dutch or German, so I had to disappoint both when I told them I spoke Danish. My favorite though is from somewhere in Tennessee as far as I remember. I was at a gas station and was talking with my wife - in Danish - while we were getting coffee or something, and when wanted to pay, the guy behind the counter asked us if we were from England!
@@vxlley_flower5672 As often as possible. The western part. Since 2012 I have visited western North Carolina 11 times. I have a lot of friends in Iredell, Wilkes and Caldwell Counties. I've even written a book about the area. m.media-amazon.com/images/I/413M9MxFxWL.jpg Where do you live if I may ask?
Dear Kelly. From my point of your the best representative for my beloved country alongside the royal family, our current prime minister and wellknow sportsmen/women. Please keep up your brilliant work. It's always interesting to have a glance at your own country through the eyes of a foreigner. Best Ejluf Pedersen
@@yusufbych6308 Hej! I'm hoping to live/work in Denmark and study abroad for collage in the next 2 years. I've been learning Danish the past 4 years and I'm so excited to come to your country and culture! Edit: College*
Omg! #1, #2! I continuously hear that! I’m an American who’s traveled to Denmark (really Copenhagen) several times, and people ask questions, how long all stay in Amsterdam? 🤦🏾♀️ I’ve known this since I learned about different countries in the world, when I was a child.
Your perspectives on life in Denmark reminds me of my early life in West Virginia and going back home to Denmark. The questions and misconceptions are almost alike all though I moved back a long time ago. I don’t know if it’s a comfort or a lack of knowledge. Either way it’s a good reminder of some people not being informed and they can definitely benefit from your videos.
😂 You are such a delight! You may very well be American, but now you are a part of the family, and you can't run from that! 😂🤗😄 🇩🇰❤️ Oddly, corporate taxes are lower in Denmark than in the US 😳
Hi Kelly, just wanted to mention that the Danish kroner is pegged to the Euro and a stable exchange rate is maintained by the Danish central bank. Its still a different currency though, no questions about that :)
@@metteg.1898 jeg så også meget tysk tv som lille bla Knight Rider og star trek og en del mærkelig hollandsk tegnefilm, så jeg kunne forstå tysk før jeg begyndte i skole og det hænger heldigvis stadig ved 🙂 Det er sjovt så ens tysk og dansk er 👍
Danish and Dutch languages are related. Dutch is basically a mix of English, German AND Danish. Listening carefully you can hear Danish words in a different pronunciation.
Neat Kelly.. 7 misconceptions in a video that is 7:00 minutes long. :) Some misconceptions I've heard about Canada; Is Canada a US State (i.e. US 51st. state)? A land almost all of snow & ice, and forests. We speak French as first language, English as a second language. Most people fly airplanes, due to great distances. Our accent sounds like we are from North Dakota, Minnesota, Upper Michigan or even from Hawaii. :)
Well... Owning Greenland... About that. It is more complicated than that, we no longer own it, but we are in a commonwealth or union with it. Also, our welfare state is very much socialist, but we have a free market to finance it. That is social democracy or social liberalism.
@@KurtFrederiksen What you are describing is state capitalism (state ownership of the means of production) like the Soviet union, what we have in Denmark is Keynesian mixed economy, with largely private ownership, but Social distribution of wealth through welfare.
@@KurtFrederiksen hmm, yes true we have seen some changes in past decades, but I was talking about the principles the Danish welfare state was founded on. In the period from Thorvald Stauning to Anker Jørgensen.
@@jakobandersen3944 Yes Greenland is part of the "Kingdom of Denmark", but the "Kingdom of Denmark" is different from "Denmark", and thus Greenland is not part of Denmark. To be precise "Denmark" is the part of the "Kingdom of Denmark" that is situated in mainland Europe, it is separate from the two other parts, Greenland and the Faroe islands. Compare with the "Kingdom of England" which is England and Wales, thus Wales is Part of the "Kingdom of England" but not of "England" Colloquially you can call the "Kingdom of Denmark" just Denmark, but that ignores the political distinctness of the two entities. Furthermore the title "Kingdom of Denmark" had been made antiquated by the home rule act of 1979, and thus the title "Rigsfælleskabet" is a far more descriptive of the political nature of the union. Of course "Rigsfælleskabet" is harder to use in common language and to translate to English, and is thus sacrificed in colloquial speech.
@@KurtFrederiksen The whole deal is very much opinion based, when I used the word "antiquated" that is clearly an opinion, and the different names and titles we use are also based on opinions. There are legal definitions used about the different entities, but they are also shaped over time by public opinion (we do have a democracy after all). So when I prefer the use of "Rigsfælleskabet" I'm imparting the opinion that would like to see the union as one of Equality and Cooperation. Some prefer other names because they have other biases or agendas, they might want further separation or independence, or they might want the opposite. When someone is saying that Greenland is part of Denmark, even if they are not completely incorrect, they are still ignoring (wilfully or not) the complexity of the relationship, and that could be seen as a conservative bias (which you are allowed to have, we do have a democracy after all), and they may even have an agenda, one that is against public opinion. Because as I look at the change of the relationship over time (trying to objective for a minute), I see public opinion move away from the old colonial mindset, towards that of Equality and Cooperation. And the future will be shaped by public opinion (we do have a democracy after all) and things, names, titles, countries will change whether we (the two of us) like it or not.
Sweden actually has a parish (and probably a small town) called Danmark. I don't know if that has contributed to the confusion. I've also heard that people think we have polar bears in the streets (Well, maybe in Greenland)
I gives me a chill down my spine when you say Denmark owns Greenland...we once colonised it, yes but now they have their own "Greenland management"...no sure what word would be right translated to "hjemmestyre"..." As our Prime minister said to Thump " the Greenland people owns Greenland"
Yeah that was a very noble comment our prime can up with. But the truth fact is, that Greenland is a part of Denmark’s crown, and are ruled by us. Even tho that they have home rule, it doesn’t change that fact.
In all fairness that was stated by the word governing in that part of the video. The state of Denmark pays 5 billion dkk to Greenland each year and Greenland is not an independent, sovereign country.
The "moral" ownership is somewhat more complex than most people are aware. So let's rewind the clock to the days of the vikings. At the time they settled in the south of Greenland, that area was totallt uninhabited, and the land was claimed as part of the then Norwegian crown, along with places like Iceland, since most settlers there ancestrally came from Norway. At the time, there were inuit tribes far up north on the west coast, on the northern coast and a long way down along the eastern coast of Greenland, but they were already in decline, and died out completely, meanwhile the viking settlements thrived. However they did not remain alone on the island, as a new inuit tribe crossed over from modern day Canada to the Thule area, and began spreading south along the west coast. These are the modern day Greenlanders. They came into contact with the descendents of the vikings who were now in decline, and eventually they died out as contact was lost for quite some time. The claim of the crown over the land and their existence however was never forgotten, so later a renewed settlement took place where they found only the new Greenlanders and the ruins of the viking settlers villages. So this does leave the question quite open as to what claims each can make on the island, both sides have very strong claims, but also both sides have equally large holes in the claim. And that's why we have a status of "let's not rock the boat too much".
Just to be clear, Denmark can be considered a social democracy, not a democratic socialist country. It's two very different things. And Bernie Sanders is also not a democratic socialist, although he claims to be. He's a social democrat. Denmark is the top one country in the world for capitalism. The easiest country to start a company in. So not socialist at all! I believe stores in Denmark are obligated to take payment in Euros, but only obligated to pay back any change in Danish kroner. I heard this many years ago in the news, but can't find any evidence. But I'm pretty sure.
Regarding the payment/receiving in Euros...this is true. Shops MUST accept payment in Euros if the customer wishes to use Euros, but the shop is also permitted to give back change in Kroner.
@@peterlarsen7779That is false, shops have no obligation to accept Euros. They can decide what ever payment method they want, cash or no cash, DK/Visa card or not, mobile pay only or whatever the like.
no Denmark is NOT a social democracy (you are proberly a scocial democrat) Denmark is a Constitutional representative democratic monarchy !!-the political ideology is called social liberal ----social democrats are a political party on the left, not the name or ideoligy of the country as a hole-although social democrats did play a big part of forming our system,but that has also changed a lot since the 1980'thies ,lots of reforms since then
I was horrified when a good friend of mine (an educated man) mixed up Dutch and Danish. OK, I’m Scandinavian and might be more acquainted with that part of the world, but I don’t know how people would mix them up.
Amsterdam is in Denmark? Well, I have also heard that Denmark is in Amsterdam... I think that confussion comes from the fact that there is a street in Amsterdam called Damrak
As for Denmark and Sweden, however, the three most southern regions of Sweden, once, was a part of the Danish kingdom. But that dates far back in history and we (the Danes) lost those three regions, during I think what's called "The Renaissance", please correct me if I'm wrong at this point.
Yes, Denmark lost Skåne, Halland and Blekinge when they declared war on Sweden. (As so often before). Sweden's troops were in Germany / Poland during the Thirty Years' War. So they marched in from behind towards the completely open Copenhagen. For once, S won the war against DK. Maybe due to great war experience and the surprise effect? Thanks to Great Britain and others, Denmark did not lose even more territory.
@@kristerforsman2448 The Thirty Years War was from 1618-48, and The Second Northern War 1655-60, so the argument that Swedish troops were in the German states and Poland (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) during 1630-48 (Sweden did first join the war between the Protestant and the Catholic league in 1630), is kinda a stretch for me. The PLC was fighting Sweden, which triggered the Danish king Frederick III in an attempt to settle old scores from the Torstenson War while Sweden was busy fighting the PLC. Yes Sweden did come from behind, and they did a very daring move, the swedish troops march across the Belts in the winter of 57/58 which caught king Frederick III off guard
@@UnknownSchleswiger Yep you are absolutely right. I mixed up those wars. (It was many, many years since my school days.) My point was more that the Danes have many times started wars against Sweden (often because S wanted to withdraw from the Kalmar Union) but this time it was expensive for them. Then you probably also know that there were some more wars when Denmark tried to take back what it had lost?
@@kristerforsman2448 no problem, my comment was merely there to help people, to make sure to keep the wars separate, indeed danes and swedes have been in wars against each other, even before the time of the Kalmar union, and after which unfortunately was not a great success for the danes
if you know the history of Scandinavia you will that we have more in common than you say Denmark has Benn in Sweden and Norway Iceland greenland faroe islands
Well we might not have Amsterdam but we do have Paris and rom(rome in danish) well rom is a old gas station and a few houses and paris is about 5-10 houses
Dutch and Danish are both germanic languages. "Nowhere near" is an overstatement. Sweden used to be under Danish rule about 500 years ago (Kalmar Union)
Actually Danish and Dutch are relatively close languages. If you add a bit of English and German language skills to Danish you should be able to communicate with a bit of effort with a Dutch speaker. Danish is a North Germanic language and German, Dutch and English are West Germanic languages.
Dutch has similar word. Because the gemanic language. Sweden and Denmark has big history between them. Greenland is country,Denmark only paid them and protect them military as they do with Faroe Islands. What think Denmark is political. They are most libraries or social Liberal.
I guess if she ever does a 'Ways to make Danes angry', English speakers using 'Ø' in place of an 'O' as a fashion statement would have to be on there. You can even buy tons of stuff with 'dø or die' on it now, which. Yeah, 'nough said.
Thanks for another great video. Every time i hear about "the greenland sale" i wonder, how much money president Trump want for california or some other state. Maybe we should make him an offer🤔
In a way you are wrong. Long long time age ago the southern part of Sweden was a part of Denmark. So historically it has but that is so long ago. That was when Christian the Tyrant, the danish king ruled. Aslo known for bfeeing the one who caused Stockholms bloodbath. This was in the 1500.
@@MyNewDanishLife I live in Zurich but I'm Danish at heart. Somehow failed to move to Denmark at some point earlier in my life. We visited Viborg last year btw, an absolutely gorgeous little town!
I still get the chills, when i hear the master slaver Trump wanted to buy an island with people and all😬. I pay 32 % in taxes 🤔 people making boatloads of money pay alot in taxes always remember to tell about salary vs tax Percentage, and deductions😁 Otherwise it seams like the most unfair tax in the world. Nice video, take care of yourself and your family🌹❤️.
I was once asked about the "free" pornography in Denmark. how it was distributed ???? and I had to tell them that it wasn't free (as if you did not have to pay for it) but it was legalised pornography and you could buy it in a lot of places, then I was asked if people were "making out" in the streets for everybody to see....... No people (usually) keep that part of their life at home in private. We are not complete morally corrupted just because pornography is legalised here. Just a little funny story I hope it isn’t too inappropriate for your channel.
@@ShelledAmmo Actually, it would be easier to get a job in DK. If you are non-EU, it will cost over 100,000DKK just to apply for the entry visa. There are a lot of hoops when marrying a Dane...I should know. LOL
My New Danish Life ah Well sorry about that then, I just know that that’s what my stepfather did and I was told it’s a good way to get citizenship here.
Yes and No, To get pension ( folkepension ) from the stat, you have to worked in Denmark for 20 yr and free healthcare it is a shorter time. Pasport it is a lot of test and so on.
There are many drunk people in our capital Copenhagen. But they are not Swedish all of them, just normal danes. We have a big alcoholproblem, specily among young people, in Denmark. Denmark is not a socialist country, like Venezuela, that is true. But from an american I can undestand why they think that way. In Denmark we don't have so many people you could call very rich or even super rich. We have a big mittelclass, which pay a lot of taxes, but they get a lot again. Free education and healtchcare. USA is a country where there a many rich and even super rich people who do not pay taxes. USA has a big mittelclass which don't pay much taxes, because you don't have a welfare state to pay to. And I think most americans are happy with that situation. As president Kennedy said "don't ask what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country".
@@yottaforce what can you confirm? There is a common misconception in Sweden that income tax is much higher than it actually is. Most pay about 25 percent income tax. I doubt that tax in Denmark is twice as much. The misconception is due to mistaking marginal tax and total income tax.
@@SuperMarkusparkus I can confirm the margin income tax is higher than 50%; but it is very rare the total tax will above 50. I live in Denmark and my income is around 107 000 USD/year. After tax and returement savings I have around 71 000 USD/year AFAIR. I pay a fairly high tax since I don't have any debt.
@@yottaforcethanks. so tax is far less than 50 % . You have a pretty high salary and don't pay close to the 50%. I don't understand why people don't say marginal tax if that's what they mean but I guess it doesn't sound as much if you say it like it is.
I think you could use some of the danish succesful private companies to further illustrate that this is not a socialist country, but a welfare country based on a very stable rich economy. Lego the world biggest toy producer. Maersk the worlds biggest private shippingcompany. Novo the worlds biggest insulin-producer. ISS one of the worlds biggest employers, more than half a million workers Arla and Essfood huge farm-products.... All world-leading companies surprisingly big from a very small country, with no state-ownership at all. ..Just input from a dane. I am entertained, so thank you. I lived in Denmark, London, Atlanta, Rio, Johannesburg, Rotterdam, Sct Petersburg, Stockholm... so also no stranger to living in another country.
So many of these are just giving me goosebumps of how bad they are. Just... how can ANYONE be this uninformed. Was geography class not part of their curriculum?
I was once asked in London, if I was afraid of the polar bears, when I was outside in Denmark ... 🙈
I once asked my boss why polar bears did not eat penguins. He didn't know, and I am not sure it was the smartest question to put to him. Luckily, somewhere in there, he has a sense of humor. ;)
@@TheRapand because they dont live in the same area... Polar bears is in the arctic .. .and penguins is in the antactic.
@@Rebslager Good student! You get 1 point.
hahahahahahahaahhah
Nope, all the polar bears in Denmark are well behaved.
For most people in Denmark, taxes are not as high as half their income. Every citizen over 18 years of age actually has a bottom limit part of their income of which they do not pay taxes. In 2018 that amount was DKK 46,200, or USD 7,200 (equiv.) per year. Of the rest of their income they pay 37-53% depending on their income. So low-income taxpayers for example get off with paying only 37% (of their earnings over USD 7,200 per year). Then they are covered for all medicare, most of their medicine bills, all education, education support, unemployment benefits, pension, and numerous grants and subsidies available if they do not possess savings, valuables, or estate.
Wrong.
Before your deduction of your tax related income and paying your tax, you pay 8% of your monthly income (arbejdsmarkedsbidrag). This raises your actually tax percentage by quite a bit.
Unemployment benefits are NOT free, you pay for that via your unemployment organisation or union. There is a miscenception that the county will pay for you, if you are not a member of such an organisation. This is not true, they will pay for you but you are required to pay the county back later.
Talking about taxes, remember to tell about the VAT (25%), taxes on private property etc.
@@renewendt5455 I think there has probably been a conflation between the higher unemployment benefits (“dagpenge”, literally “day money”) supplied via government supported insurance schemes* and the much lower, purely public benefits known as “kontanthjælp” (literally “cash aid”).
I know you know the terms, so the translations and explanation is more for foreign viewers.
*While such “unemployment insurance companies” known as “A-kasser” are often affiliated with unions, they are separate organisations. As such, you can choose another unemployment ensurer than the one affiliated with your union. Similarly, you don’t have to be a union member to subscribe to such unemployment insurance, even if the “insurance company” is affiliated with a particular union. However, since a particular “A-kasse” tends to be able to offer specific additional help with job applications, (re)training schemes etc., many Danes go with the one that most closely align with their area of work and/or union.
@@renewendt5455 well that depends on you kind of income. If You´re not employed, You dont pay "arbejdsmarkedsbidrag"..
Denmark and Sweden, actually the 2 countries who had the most wars between them. About 13 different wars here, but 28 official peace settlements indicate a lot more conflict
Yeah. Even today there is quite the rivalry and disagreement between the 2. The Swedish way of tackling the Coronavirus definitely has made it stronger.
@@drdewott9154 If you look at sports for instance, there is nobody we would love to knock out in a sporting event, but on the other hand, if Denmark is knocked out, we would often cheer for Sweden (same is true for Norway), so its also some kind of Brotherly love/hate.
and Sweden used to be in a personal union with Denmark under the Danish Crown.. And parts of Sweden was danish, after they got their independence.
Nope, Sweden just admitted that their way of handling the virus was causing too many deaths in the elderly so are changing to more social distancing and masks.
Once when visited a shop in Charleston, SC , two of the employees had made a bet if I spoke Dutch or German, so I had to disappoint both when I told them I spoke Danish. My favorite though is from somewhere in Tennessee as far as I remember. I was at a gas station and was talking with my wife - in Danish - while we were getting coffee or something, and when wanted to pay, the guy behind the counter asked us if we were from England!
This is the danish is in the english..The Danish Vikings invaded england in 1066.
nogle mener, at visse former for dansk som f.eks. vestjysk kan minde om en meget fuld Yorkshire man, der prøver at tale.
I live in North Carolina, did you ever visit here, sir?
@@vxlley_flower5672 As often as possible. The western part. Since 2012 I have visited western North Carolina 11 times. I have a lot of friends in Iredell, Wilkes and Caldwell Counties. I've even written a book about the area. m.media-amazon.com/images/I/413M9MxFxWL.jpg Where do you live if I may ask?
@@wncjan I live in Forsyth county!
Dear Kelly. From my point of your the best representative for my beloved country alongside the royal family, our current prime minister and wellknow sportsmen/women. Please keep up your brilliant work. It's always interesting to have a glance at your own country through the eyes of a foreigner. Best Ejluf Pedersen
agree-it is nice to hear a stranger talk about Denmark and nice to hear that she likes it-me too İ love Denmark
@@yusufbych6308 Hej! I'm hoping to live/work in Denmark and study abroad for collage in the next 2 years. I've been learning Danish the past 4 years and I'm so excited to come to your country and culture!
Edit: College*
@@vxlley_flower5672
You're very welcome. 😊 Where in Denmark do you plan to study?
Omg! #1, #2! I continuously hear that! I’m an American who’s traveled to Denmark (really Copenhagen) several times, and people ask questions, how long all stay in Amsterdam? 🤦🏾♀️ I’ve known this since I learned about different countries in the world, when I was a child.
I have seen older maps from the US where, across Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, it said "Scandinavian Socialist Kingdoms". Hilarious! :)
Your perspectives on life in Denmark reminds me of my early life in West Virginia and going back home to Denmark. The questions and misconceptions are almost alike all though I moved back a long time ago. I don’t know if it’s a comfort or a lack of knowledge. Either way it’s a good reminder of some people not being informed and they can definitely benefit from your videos.
I’ve been an exchange student in Iowa, and a woman asked me if it were true that there were mermaids here in Denmark :P
I trust you said: Yes !
@@Uriel-Septim. 😂😂😂
Yes! Mermaids in Copenhagen harbor.
😂 You are such a delight! You may very well be American, but now you are a part of the family, and you can't run from that! 😂🤗😄 🇩🇰❤️ Oddly, corporate taxes are lower in Denmark than in the US 😳
Jakob Raahauge Thanks! ❤️
Hi Kelly, just wanted to mention that the Danish kroner is pegged to the Euro and a stable exchange rate is maintained by the Danish central bank.
Its still a different currency though, no questions about that :)
I remember someone once said: I know Denmark... It’s the capital of Scotland... 😂😂
🤣🤣👍
Might actually be right. It is called Danmark not Denmark. Danmark.
It can be also other way around...One danish hairdresser told me once ,that she never heard of Repubilque Dominique...
Dutch is a mix of German, danish and English so it's not completely different 🙂
Thanks for another great video Kelly 👍
sismofytter jeg forstå da ikke Hollandsk over over hoved 😬
mostly German. I understand a tiny bit of Dutch because there was only German children's TV in Southern Jylland when I grew up.
@@Mormaya71 men kan du tysk og engelsk?
@@metteg.1898 jeg så også meget tysk tv som lille bla Knight Rider og star trek og en del mærkelig hollandsk tegnefilm, så jeg kunne forstå tysk før jeg begyndte i skole og det hænger heldigvis stadig ved 🙂
Det er sjovt så ens tysk og dansk er 👍
sismofytter kan engelsk men ikke tysk.
Some historians also says, it's just 1 long war, that was being renewed, as soon a new generation, came to power
Kelly , Denmark is a small town in Wisconsin, don't you know lol😂
I believe the US has got a whole handful of Denmarks throughout especially the eastern states. Why, Australia's got one, too!
@@TheRapand Arkansas even has a small town named Denmark.
Yes, I do know that! I’ve been there! 🤣Ate at Subway!
Danish and Dutch languages are related. Dutch is basically a mix of English, German AND Danish. Listening carefully you can hear Danish words in a different pronunciation.
Neat Kelly.. 7 misconceptions in a video that is 7:00 minutes long. :) Some misconceptions I've heard about Canada; Is Canada a US State (i.e. US 51st. state)? A land almost all of snow & ice, and forests. We speak French as first language, English as a second language. Most people fly airplanes, due to great distances. Our accent sounds like we are from North Dakota, Minnesota, Upper Michigan or even from Hawaii. :)
Well... Owning Greenland... About that.
It is more complicated than that, we no longer own it, but we are in a commonwealth or union with it.
Also, our welfare state is very much socialist, but we have a free market to finance it. That is social democracy or social liberalism.
@@KurtFrederiksen What you are describing is state capitalism (state ownership of the means of production) like the Soviet union, what we have in Denmark is Keynesian mixed economy, with largely private ownership, but Social distribution of wealth through welfare.
@@KurtFrederiksen hmm, yes true we have seen some changes in past decades, but I was talking about the principles the Danish welfare state was founded on. In the period from Thorvald Stauning to Anker Jørgensen.
Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, which is Denmark's offical name. Greenland is a part of Denmark.
@@jakobandersen3944 Yes Greenland is part of the "Kingdom of Denmark", but the "Kingdom of Denmark" is different from "Denmark", and thus Greenland is not part of Denmark.
To be precise "Denmark" is the part of the "Kingdom of Denmark" that is situated in mainland Europe, it is separate from the two other parts, Greenland and the Faroe islands.
Compare with the "Kingdom of England" which is England and Wales, thus Wales is Part of the "Kingdom of England" but not of "England"
Colloquially you can call the "Kingdom of Denmark" just Denmark, but that ignores the political distinctness of the two entities.
Furthermore the title "Kingdom of Denmark" had been made antiquated by the home rule act of 1979, and thus the title "Rigsfælleskabet" is a far more descriptive of the political nature of the union. Of course "Rigsfælleskabet" is harder to use in common language and to translate to English, and is thus sacrificed in colloquial speech.
@@KurtFrederiksen The whole deal is very much opinion based, when I used the word "antiquated" that is clearly an opinion, and the different names and titles we use are also based on opinions. There are legal definitions used about the different entities, but they are also shaped over time by public opinion (we do have a democracy after all).
So when I prefer the use of "Rigsfælleskabet" I'm imparting the opinion that would like to see the union as one of Equality and Cooperation. Some prefer other names because they have other biases or agendas, they might want further separation or independence, or they might want the opposite.
When someone is saying that Greenland is part of Denmark, even if they are not completely incorrect, they are still ignoring (wilfully or not) the complexity of the relationship, and that could be seen as a conservative bias (which you are allowed to have, we do have a democracy after all), and they may even have an agenda, one that is against public opinion. Because as I look at the change of the relationship over time (trying to objective for a minute), I see public opinion move away from the old colonial mindset, towards that of Equality and Cooperation.
And the future will be shaped by public opinion (we do have a democracy after all) and things, names, titles, countries will change whether we (the two of us) like it or not.
Well done Kelly from a dane living in California
One misconception that I have heart about is, that all Danes are farmers.
Sweden actually has a parish (and probably a small town) called Danmark. I don't know if that has contributed to the confusion.
I've also heard that people think we have polar bears in the streets (Well, maybe in Greenland)
In the late Viking Age, Denmark did rule parts of Sweden and Norway.
Denmark ruled all of sweden and norway in the 15th century
I gives me a chill down my spine when you say Denmark owns Greenland...we once colonised it, yes but now they have their own "Greenland management"...no sure what word would be right translated to "hjemmestyre"..."
As our Prime minister said to Thump " the Greenland people owns Greenland"
Yeah that was a very noble comment our prime can up with.
But the truth fact is, that Greenland is a part of Denmark’s crown, and are ruled by us. Even tho that they have home rule, it doesn’t change that fact.
In all fairness that was stated by the word governing in that part of the video. The state of Denmark pays 5 billion dkk to Greenland each year and Greenland is not an independent, sovereign country.
The "moral" ownership is somewhat more complex than most people are aware. So let's rewind the clock to the days of the vikings. At the time they settled in the south of Greenland, that area was totallt uninhabited, and the land was claimed as part of the then Norwegian crown, along with places like Iceland, since most settlers there ancestrally came from Norway. At the time, there were inuit tribes far up north on the west coast, on the northern coast and a long way down along the eastern coast of Greenland, but they were already in decline, and died out completely, meanwhile the viking settlements thrived. However they did not remain alone on the island, as a new inuit tribe crossed over from modern day Canada to the Thule area, and began spreading south along the west coast. These are the modern day Greenlanders. They came into contact with the descendents of the vikings who were now in decline, and eventually they died out as contact was lost for quite some time. The claim of the crown over the land and their existence however was never forgotten, so later a renewed settlement took place where they found only the new Greenlanders and the ruins of the viking settlers villages. So this does leave the question quite open as to what claims each can make on the island, both sides have very strong claims, but also both sides have equally large holes in the claim. And that's why we have a status of "let's not rock the boat too much".
Just to be clear, Denmark can be considered a social democracy, not a democratic socialist country. It's two very different things.
And Bernie Sanders is also not a democratic socialist, although he claims to be. He's a social democrat.
Denmark is the top one country in the world for capitalism. The easiest country to start a company in. So not socialist at all!
I believe stores in Denmark are obligated to take payment in Euros, but only obligated to pay back any change in Danish kroner. I heard this many years ago in the news, but can't find any evidence. But I'm pretty sure.
Regarding the payment/receiving in Euros...this is true. Shops MUST accept payment in Euros if the customer wishes to use Euros, but the shop is also permitted to give back change in Kroner.
@@peterlarsen7779 No.
@@peterlarsen7779That is false, shops have no obligation to accept Euros. They can decide what ever payment method they want, cash or no cash, DK/Visa card or not, mobile pay only or whatever the like.
no Denmark is NOT a social democracy (you are proberly a scocial democrat) Denmark is a Constitutional representative democratic monarchy !!-the political ideology is called social liberal ----social democrats are a political party on the left, not the name or ideoligy of the country as a hole-although social democrats did play a big part of forming our system,but that has also changed a lot since the 1980'thies ,lots of reforms since then
@@veronicajensen7690 www.britannica.com/topic/social-democracy
Im constantly hearing as a turist in London “are you frem Germany”. No! Seriously why? Do we look like german, swedish og Norwegian ? 🤷♀️😂
Well, how could they possibly know the difference?
And all Scandinavians look pretty much the same, while our languages are closely related.
Well, we are a germanic people ;-)
I was horrified when a good friend of mine (an educated man) mixed up Dutch and Danish. OK, I’m Scandinavian and might be more acquainted with that part of the world, but I don’t know how people would mix them up.
Amsterdam is in Denmark? Well, I have also heard that Denmark is in Amsterdam... I think that confussion comes from the fact that there is a street in Amsterdam called Damrak
I just love the thungd you say abaut denmark
I have heard from an american that Denmark is a city in Sweden 😂
Capital of sweden
IKEA, right?
.... heard that too and were asked in Texas... sigh
i like her low key sarcastic tone in some of this 😂
It's a technicality, and for most outsiders they seem to be the same, but Denmark do not have a 25% sales tax, it has a 25% value added tax.
As for Denmark and Sweden, however, the three most southern regions of Sweden, once, was a part of the Danish kingdom. But that dates far back in history and we (the Danes) lost those three regions, during I think what's called "The Renaissance", please correct me if I'm wrong at this point.
Treaty of Copenhagen in 1660 is where Denmark lost the regions of Scania, Halland and Blekinge
Yes, Denmark lost Skåne, Halland and Blekinge when they declared war on Sweden. (As so often before). Sweden's troops were in Germany / Poland during the Thirty Years' War. So they marched in from behind towards the completely open Copenhagen. For once, S won the war against DK. Maybe due to great war experience and the surprise effect? Thanks to Great Britain and others, Denmark did not lose even more territory.
@@kristerforsman2448 The Thirty Years War was from 1618-48, and The Second Northern War 1655-60, so the argument that Swedish troops were in the German states and Poland (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth) during 1630-48 (Sweden did first join the war between the Protestant and the Catholic league in 1630), is kinda a stretch for me. The PLC was fighting Sweden, which triggered the Danish king Frederick III in an attempt to settle old scores from the Torstenson War while Sweden was busy fighting the PLC. Yes Sweden did come from behind, and they did a very daring move, the swedish troops march across the Belts in the winter of 57/58 which caught king Frederick III off guard
@@UnknownSchleswiger
Yep you are absolutely right. I mixed up those wars. (It was many, many years since my school days.) My point was more that the Danes have many times started wars against Sweden (often because S wanted to withdraw from the Kalmar Union) but this time it was expensive for them. Then you probably also know that there were some more wars when Denmark tried to take back what it had lost?
@@kristerforsman2448 no problem, my comment was merely there to help people, to make sure to keep the wars separate, indeed danes and swedes have been in wars against each other, even before the time of the Kalmar union, and after which unfortunately was not a great success for the danes
if you know the history of Scandinavia you will that we have more in common than you say Denmark has Benn in Sweden and Norway Iceland greenland faroe islands
The worst place to go on holiday is the Netherlands,they sounds so familiar and still U dont know s£$€t
Well we might not have Amsterdam but we do have Paris and rom(rome in danish) well rom is a old gas station and a few houses and paris is about 5-10 houses
Dutch and Danish are both germanic languages. "Nowhere near" is an overstatement.
Sweden used to be under Danish rule about 500 years ago (Kalmar Union)
a lot of European languages are Germanic-English,German,Dutch,Icelandic, Norweigian,Swedish, Faroese are all Germanic plus Yiddish -
Actually Danish and Dutch are relatively close languages. If you add a bit of English and German language skills to Danish you should be able to communicate with a bit of effort with a Dutch speaker. Danish is a North Germanic language and German, Dutch and English are West Germanic languages.
indeed Greenland is not for sale
Dutch has similar word. Because the gemanic language. Sweden and Denmark has big history between them. Greenland is country,Denmark only paid them and protect them military as they do with Faroe Islands. What think Denmark is political. They are most libraries or social Liberal.
I just hate the Ø being spoken as the O. Especially in spy movies.
I guess if she ever does a 'Ways to make Danes angry', English speakers using 'Ø' in place of an 'O' as a fashion statement would have to be on there. You can even buy tons of stuff with 'dø or die' on it now, which. Yeah, 'nough said.
Only one misconception I had before moved to Denmark was fish 🐟 should be cheap here, but not at all😅
Thanks for another great video. Every time i hear about "the greenland sale" i wonder, how much money president Trump want for california or some other state. Maybe we should make him an offer🤔
LOL Like playing a game of Monopoly!
Denmark is the capital of Sweden. I actually heard that once.
Denmark does not own Greenland! We support them financially, but that's it.
In a way you are wrong. Long long time age ago the southern part of Sweden was a part of Denmark. So historically it has but that is so long ago. That was when Christian the Tyrant, the danish king ruled. Aslo known for bfeeing the one who caused Stockholms bloodbath. This was in the 1500.
Usually when I tell Americans that I'm from Switzerland they want to know if I speak Swedish.
Yes. I apologize for that. We have no idea where anything is or who speaks what! LOL :)Which part of Switzerland are you from?
@@MyNewDanishLife I live in Zurich but I'm Danish at heart. Somehow failed to move to Denmark at some point earlier in my life. We visited Viborg last year btw, an absolutely gorgeous little town!
I still get the chills, when i hear the master slaver Trump wanted to buy an island with people and all😬. I pay 32 % in taxes 🤔 people making boatloads of money pay alot in taxes always remember to tell about salary vs tax Percentage, and deductions😁 Otherwise it seams like the most unfair tax in the world. Nice video, take care of yourself and your family🌹❤️.
I was once asked about the "free" pornography in Denmark. how it was distributed ???? and I had to tell them that it wasn't free (as if you did not have to pay for it) but it was legalised pornography and you could buy it in a lot of places, then I was asked if people were "making out" in the streets for everybody to see....... No people (usually) keep that part of their life at home in private. We are not complete morally corrupted just because pornography is legalised here. Just a little funny story I hope it isn’t too inappropriate for your channel.
Don't forget to mention that we don't have any 6-7$ minimum wage, we have way better wages than that!
Can I move to Denmark when I get 60 and become a Denmark citizen with all those rights?
Nope! LOL That would be too easy. I've known people here for over 20 years without citizenship. Not very easy to get.
if you wanna move here with a citizenship you can always marry into a family. That is probably one of the easier ways.
@@ShelledAmmo Actually, it would be easier to get a job in DK. If you are non-EU, it will cost over 100,000DKK just to apply for the entry visa. There are a lot of hoops when marrying a Dane...I should know. LOL
My New Danish Life ah Well sorry about that then, I just know that that’s what my stepfather did and I was told it’s a good way to get citizenship here.
Yes and No, To get pension ( folkepension ) from the stat, you have to worked in Denmark for 20 yr and free healthcare it is a shorter time. Pasport it is a lot of test and so on.
There are many drunk people in our capital Copenhagen. But they are not Swedish all of them, just normal danes. We have a big alcoholproblem, specily among young people, in Denmark. Denmark is not a socialist country, like Venezuela, that is true. But from an american I can undestand why they think that way. In Denmark we don't have so many people you could call very rich or even super rich. We have a big mittelclass, which pay a lot of taxes, but they get a lot again. Free education and healtchcare. USA is a country where there a many rich and even super rich people who do not pay taxes. USA has a big mittelclass which don't pay much taxes, because you don't have a welfare state to pay to. And I think most americans are happy with that situation. As president Kennedy said "don't ask what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country".
Har aldrig hørt disse påstand 25% skat men 150% bil skat men du kan betale for privat sygehus osv
Kelly for president.
That map with Belarus is kind of annoying ngl, great video though
Also as a Dane, in general we look at Greenland as it's own country, with their foreign policy and economic aid handled by Denmark.
Dutch and danish are not that far apart. Thank you for speaking about "socialism". And "owning" Greenland is a bit too simple a statement IMHO.
Kan du tale dansk?
Ja hej.
saying denmark is a part of sweden is an insult lmao, sweden literally got it's independence from denmark ._.
A better way to describe a social democracy is that i pay taxes so my neighbour gets free healthcare etc. It is about us as a society not about you.
I doubt tax is almost 50%. The margin income tax might be but not the total income tax.
I can confirm that.
@@yottaforce what can you confirm? There is a common misconception in Sweden that income tax is much higher than it actually is. Most pay about 25 percent income tax. I doubt that tax in Denmark is twice as much. The misconception is due to mistaking marginal tax and total income tax.
@@SuperMarkusparkus I can confirm the margin income tax is higher than 50%; but it is very rare the total tax will above 50.
I live in Denmark and my income is around 107 000 USD/year. After tax and returement savings I have around 71 000 USD/year AFAIR. I pay a fairly high tax since I don't have any debt.
@@yottaforcethanks. so tax is far less than 50 % . You have a pretty high salary and don't pay close to the 50%. I don't understand why people don't say marginal tax if that's what they mean but I guess it doesn't sound as much if you say it like it is.
@@SuperMarkusparkus Couldn't agree more. Perhaps I should post my tax papers...
Kan du også snakke dansk?
For the number 1...i mean we both have flat countries
i have never heard all this misconceptions cus i am danish and live in denmark
And Greenland us not a member of the EU. 😊🦉
I think you could use some of the danish succesful private companies to further illustrate that this is not a socialist country, but a welfare country based on a very stable rich economy.
Lego the world biggest toy producer.
Maersk the worlds biggest private shippingcompany.
Novo the worlds biggest insulin-producer.
ISS one of the worlds biggest employers, more than half a million workers
Arla and Essfood huge farm-products....
All world-leading companies surprisingly big from a very small country, with no state-ownership at all. ..Just input from a dane.
I am entertained, so thank you. I lived in Denmark, London, Atlanta, Rio, Johannesburg, Rotterdam, Sct Petersburg, Stockholm... so also no stranger to living in another country.
So many of these are just giving me goosebumps of how bad they are. Just... how can ANYONE be this uninformed. Was geography class not part of their curriculum?
Chances are, they probably forget if it were. I never learned anything about Denmark. England, yes. Germany, yes. France, yes. Etc. not Denmark. 🤷🏼♀️
Ohh, that's my dream... Amsterdam should be a city in Denmark 😁
This is more misconceptions Americans make.
That's a common misconception about Americans.
Jeg er sikker på at Kelly sagtens kan læse dansk. Vi hjælper ingen ved at skrive på engelsk.
Nu er hendes kanal jo også primært til at fortælle amerikanere om livet i danmark. Og de fleste amerikanere er ikke sååå skrappe til dansk 🤣👍
Those are just crappy misconceptions, I mean seriously...... Who on Earth thinks that Denmark is a city in Sweden? ....
Nope we are the capital of sweden or at least we want to bee
Denmark does not own Greenland.
We here in Denmark Dont own greenland!!!
The Danish language is one of the most difficult to learn
How come that the majority of Americans don’t know the geography 😁 tak for dine videoer 👍❤️