Tag: Scandinavia
Deepfake from Denmark: There are no more holidays – politics
Last Friday, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen announced at a press conference that Easter, Pentecost, Christmas and all remaining public holidays would be abolished. After all, the Danes are far…
Attack on Stockholm Cultural Center – Politics
Local branches of the Green Party and the Left Party invite people to a discussion about right-wing extremist violence in Stockholm. But then five men storm in and attack a…
Archeology: The Viking Body Cult – Knowledge
The grave actually didn’t differ much from the others. In Havor on Gotland about a millennium ago, people buried a 55 to 60 year old woman. The dead woman lay…
Northern Scandinavia: How the Sami live today and what travelers should know
interview Sami Reindeer herding tradition: How the natives of northern Scandinavia live today – and what travelers should know The indigenous people of northern Scandinavia traditionally live from reindeer herding…
Pistorius promotes compulsory military service in Scandinavia
As of: March 9, 2024 9:00 a.m Defense Minister Pistorius was traveling in Scandinavia just in time for Sweden’s long-delayed accession to NATO. There was also talk of compulsory military…
Wiretapping overshadows Pistorius’ trip to Scandinavia
As of: March 5, 2024 8:31 a.m NATO expansion was actually supposed to be the focus of Defense Minister Pistorius’ trip to Scandinavia. But now the visits to Finland, Sweden…
Education policy: disappointed love
Denmark’s schools have advanced far into the digital world, and cell phones and tablets are part of the basic equipment in many places. But the former enthusiasm is gone. The…
Scandinavia: Trapped in the Snow | tagesschau.de
As of: January 4, 2024 5:48 p.m More snow has fallen in parts of Sweden than in years. Hundreds of car and truck drivers were stuck on a highway in…
How Vikings Treated Dental Problems – Knowledge
One can only speculate about what everyday life was like in Scandinavia during the Viking era. But one thing is clear: people were not yet eating Santa Claus, gingerbread or…
Earthquake in Iceland: How fiber optic networks can help with monitoring – Knowledge
The danger has not yet been averted: the ground beneath the Icelandic town of Grindavík has now stopped rising in most places and it no longer shakes as often. The…