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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/The_Danish_Dane at 2024-03-13 22:23:18+00:00.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (6 children)

notveryamused_ at 2024-03-13 22:26:48+00:00 ID: kur89zm


The only Danish writer I've ever read was Kierkegaard, kind of a religious nut ;-), but still a pretty interesting guy indeed. Okay and Blixen's Babette's Feast was actually really cool. I'm interested in something more modern, what would you recommend from the Danish writers of the 21st century who were translated into English?

Edit: and also, I bought some proper sportswear last week and the cycling season has officialy begun: but bloody hell I froze my ass out (and ears); it's 7 degrees in Warsaw at the moment and the spring can be somewhat harsh here ;-) But so it can be in Denmark and you still ride your bikes everywhere. I can ride to a shop, I can try to burn some calories but no way I'm wearing my everyday clothes and cycling to the 9 to 5, my everyday job in a coat. Honestly how do you do it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

GoodbyeMrP at 2024-03-13 23:48:06+00:00 ID: kurb8yr


Olga Ravn's The Employees (2018, translated 2020) is a wonderfully wierd sci-fi novel, which has gained international acclaim. Highly recommend! 

I also enjoyed Jonas Eika's After the Sun (2019, translated 2021). Short stories, very strange in a good way.

If you're interested in Denmark's colonial history in Greenland, I recommend The Prophets of Eternal Fjord by Kim Leine (2012, translated 2015). It's fiction, but it gives insight into the way religion and colonialism intersected in Denmark's rule of Greenland in the 1700s.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

HitmanZeus at 2024-03-14 13:04:35+00:00 ID: kutuucp


Well, you cant really mention Greenland and not mention Jørn Riel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

iwasnotinantioch at 2024-03-13 23:58:51+00:00 ID: kurczt0


Kierkegaard was mostly philosophically interested. He is also one of the most important thinkers in Danish history.

Helle Helle is translated into English. She is very well known in Denmark for her minimalist style of writing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Stuebirken at 2024-03-14 00:25:38+00:00 ID: kurhfrl


A man called Ove by Frederik Backman that was published in 2013, and translated in to English in 2015.

It's not a literary epos by any measure or standard, but it's a really good example of the famously crass and ironic Danish humor. It's also a really good storie that doesn't demand much of the reader, in case of som specialized knowledge or much reflection in a qualitative context.

It's a book you can read cover to cover in less than a day, and even if its a literary lightweighter, it will probably still make you wonder about how humans interact, and how even the smallest of gesture's, can impact other people's life immensely.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

WolfeTones123 at 2024-03-14 06:11:38+00:00 ID: kusrsii


But isn't it Swedish?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

Stuebirken at 2024-03-14 06:54:55+00:00 ID: kusvisr


Oh dear me that should teach me not to comment on Reddit when I don't have my glasses on.

I'm so sorry(and rather embarrassed I'll admit).

I probably just made a connection between you talking about Frederik, and the "Længe leve kongen", and then my brain apparently went ding that's not the proper way to salute the king.

I just forgot that there's more that one king, that's saluted in a Scandinavian language.

But while I have your attention I'll just like to say, that I think HKH crownprincess Victoria is my favorite royal(not counting Frederik but that is a super bias opinion since I'm Danish).

She is freaking gorgeous, she has grace and such a grate smil. And whenever I've seen her on TV, she always seems to actually listening with interest to whateve the other person is telling her, she really seems to care about the Swedish people, and she has that I don't even know what to call it, but you know that confidence vibe or charisma that so very few actually master, Queen Mary has it, and Queen Sonja also have it btw she a fantastic lady and absolutely gem.

And as a Dane saying this is almost physically painful, but if I was forced to pick a royal family, to rule over Denmark instead of King Frederik and Queen Mary, I would gladly welcome Victoria above any other royal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

liquid-handsoap at 2024-03-14 06:09:44+00:00 ID: kusrmgg


how do you do it

Start by freezing your ass off. Ride as fast as you can to get there the fastest. Subsequentially your body begin to warm up. You hit a sweet spot that lasts for maybe 30 seconds, where you are comfortable, and then you begin to sweat profusely. Arrive soaked in sweat, ready to start your day

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

LilanKahn at 2024-03-14 08:20:17+00:00 ID: kut2dzw


I can ride to a shop, I can try to burn some calories but no way I'm wearing my everyday clothes and cycling to the 9 to 5, my everyday job in a coat. Honestly how do you do it?

Layers and sometimes you can take a shower at your job.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

bullestock at 2024-03-14 13:14:28+00:00 ID: kutw8r7


Svend Åge Madsen is a Danish writer with a very distinctive style, highly recommended.