Geography Now explains: Denmark | Thoughts + Commentary

Denmark, as explained by Geography Now! Drop you suggestions for books by Danish authors and musicians, please.

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[Jan.A.H]

Denmark's national flag is the world's oldest and longest-running flag.
In the early 13th century, the Danish king Valdemar Sejr (Valdemar the Victorious) led his army on a crusade in present-day Estonia. During a battle on June 15, 1219, the Danes were on the defensive when suddenly a red banner with a white cross fell from the sky. As a result, the luck changed, the Danish army won, and Denmark got its flag.
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[raaasssppp]

As per the contract, im here to let everyone know, i am infact danish. well done my fellow danes, you also fulfilled the contract, but our mission continues. Now on to the next video.

[dkexpat]

I have watched your videos since you had so little subs, im Danish and this video make me so happy, thank you.

[IchigoKurosakicool]

SO the reference about people in indian ocean speaking Danish. Basically, Bandiaterra(the flag you saw) is a nation created by Paul (Geography Now) as an April Fool's joke, like 9 years ago. So the lore about Bandiaterra is- It was settled by East African "Bandian" refugees and was heavily influenced by Denmark in the Age of Colonization, hence the Denmark reference.

[SporkRevolution]

That's my country!

Danes can absolutely not get by conversationally with Icelandic people. Norwegians might be able to. We can speak to Icelandic people only because they learn Danish and English in school.

[Torniization]

As an born American with a Danish mother (and have been living in Denmark for going on 26 years now). I loved that episode lol.

The sirens are an annual thing. First Wednesday every May at 12:00 pm for a few mins (usually 10) they test the air raid sirens and then after test the end of the warning. A separate uninterruptible power supply allows the sirens to work in the event of a power failure. The sirens are fixed to buildings or poles in cities and urban areas. It was actually one of the world's largest warning systems when they were installed :)

Fun Fact: The siren network is automatically tested every day, but in silent mode.

Queen Margrethe II is no longer the monarch of Denmark. Her son King Frederik X took over Jan. 14th 2024 after announcing that shocker in her New Year's Eve speech in 2023. So they had two weeks to get that up and running lol... but she still has her Queen title. A pretty unprecedented situation, as normally the new monarch is announced within 24 hours of the passing of the previous monarch. I am however happy with the change. I think it is nice for this to be a more joyous occasion rather than a sorrow filled one. I can only imagine how she must have felt when she was announced Queen barely 24 hours after her father had passed away... all the while still having to smile to the public.

The Swedes & Norwegians are just sore over that they have never ruled over Denmark but we have over them both 😂 We like to pick a "fight" with each other all the time, but make no mistake. We will come and defend either of them if needed. I understand Norwegian just fine, but I do have some issues with Swedish - especially if they talk to fast 😂 and yes, English is practically a second mother tongue language for most Danes. I just cringe when I hear the Danish accent tho, especially if it is VERY THICK.

[glastiger]

Actually, H.C. Andersen wrote just as much for adults - if not more. There are so many levels to his stories, it is almost like you read two different stories depending on whether you read through the eyes of a child or an adult. He also wrote stories that I wouldn’t read for children, and he explored some very dark stuff.

[-JustHuman-]

5:29 Basically the Danish flag, named Dannebrog, was the first one in the line up. The other countries adopted the Danish into their own later on. The Danish flag is actually the oldest flag still in used today. Then again it was given to us by God in a battle, so it's not something you throw out. ( Could possible been blood on some linen too) It's from around the year 1209 or 1160, we are actual not really sure. The part about being given it in a battle from God means it's from 1208-1209, but we have possible pictures of it on coins from earlier.

We did say it turned 800 years in 2019, so that is what most people agree on that is the used age of the flag.

[FutureAbe]

The siren testing happens once a year (every first Wednesday of may)

[sampeeps]

Denmark is a brilliant place to visit. Highly recommend it. I visited and just wanted to live there.

[Bobahat]

It's a common misconception that antidepressants make you happy. The reason why Denmark has a high percentage of antidepressant use is that there isn't the same stigma about using them. We are not more depressed than the rest of the world, we are just more comfortable doing something about it.

[kyvwupm]

When I was at School in U.K., we sang a song from our songbook called “Roses From Fyn”

[MrBandholm]

A point on the "anti-depressants consumption", the reason is that unlike say Sweden and Norway, Denmark doesn't get a lot of snow in the winter, but it still gets rather dark, and more often have rain and foggy weather for 6-7 months of the year... With not a lot of sunshine or warmth, people can get winter-depressed, so in the winter a lot of people get anti-depressant medication, to ward off the risk of a winer-depression becoming a full on depression.

It has little to no impact on the "happines-index" as that on doesn't look at "happy in mind", but more on "overall contentment" - like do you have a good work/life-balance, do you have easy access to help, do you feel safe, can you follow your dreams and so on.

[karlgrimm]

I read the "Last Kingdom" series of books, they refer to Vikings as Danes. To them viking was something you do, like we're going viking.

[Salzbuckel]

That siren thing is also here in Germany a nationwide alarm, tested at 12.00 h every first saturday each month. It is also the alarm signal for the rural voluntary only fire brigades, or any other catastrophic event. When operating, it is so LOUD, that can even beeing heard at neighboring villages. Established between WW1 and WW2.

[sverri]

Hi :) If you want to know more about the Faroes a video was just uploaded by The B1M called "Inside The World’s First Undersea Roundabout". It is a bit long (half an hour) but it is really good. Love your content, btw :)

[andreaslarsen]

In Denmark, quite a lot of vitamin pills count as antidepressants, so a doctor can prescribe them to you and you don’t need to pay full price. No other country has this and that is why our consumption of “antidepressants” seems high but is in reality lower, still somewhat high but not in the top 10 worldwide.

[Alhem]

Music: Try listen to Volbeat and The Danish National Symphony Orchestra (DNSO)

[vionixmoon]

9:00 to answer this question: store hyledag (great howling day, the day that Denmark tests the sirens with sound, and now also the mobile emergency alert system) happens once a year, on the 1st Wednesday of May at 12:00 (12 PM aka midday), this year in 2024 it is on May 1st but it changes every year since the first Wednesday of May changes around a bit of course.

[rasmus]

Fun fact. He forgot to mention some of the most important colonizations. Denmark owned England and the Normandy. Many "non-peasant" words in English comes from French which got implemented when Danish vikings who had settled in nothern France (Normandy) invaded England. They did not speak the language. Only French and Danish. Therefor many higher class words are French inspired. The capital of Estonia (Tallinn) is also named after the Danes (Denmark also owned Norway, Iceland, northern Germany, some of Finland (as well as ruling a union between Denmark, Norway and Sweden))