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Photo book with 100 insect species from Denmark

A nature photographer worked for six years to identify and take photos of caterpillars, beetles, butterflies, spiders, and other insects from up close. Check out...

427 new words have been added to the Danish dictionary

Words like oho (used to express surprise or sudden realization); enoki (small hat mushroom); fedtemøg (slimy and smelly mass of dead brown algae); and many others. The Danish dictionary is updated...

Four Danish documentaries have been chosen to feature in the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

Among them, “Før stormen” (“As the Tide Comes In”) is set to make its world premiere, chronicling the battle of 27 residents on the Danish...

The bishop of Viborg, Henrik Stubkjær, has been elected as the president of the Lutheran World Federation

The bishop of Viborg, Henrik Stubkjær, has been elected as the president of the Lutheran World Federation which represents 77 million people. He is the first...

The Danish Language Board has made a comprehensive update to the Spelling Dictionary

The latest revision was 12 years ago, and the current revision places a significant emphasis on promoting gender equality and gender neutrality in the Danish language....