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Danish Economics – Week 27 2024

Weekly economics overview  Only 27% of people between 25 and 29 years old own a house. 44 years ago, 58% of this cohort owned a house....

The Danish Krone banknotes will look different from 2028

You can vote until June 2 on the Danish National Bank’s website about what should be on the two sides of the banknotes.  For one...

20% of the new private sector employees in 2023 work for Novo Nordisk

The company hired 6,000 people last year, making up a fifth of the entire increase in private sector employment. 

Top 10 municipalities with the highest employment growth in 2023

Copenhagen (10,000 newly employed); Gladsaxe (3,900); Aarhus (3,500); Aalborg (1,800); Høje-Taastrup (1,100); Lolland (1,000); Kalundborg (1,000); Ballerup (1,000); Gentofte (900) and Lyngby-Taarbæk (900).  The 10...

2.7% economic growth in 2024

The government presented the first economic report for this year and it looks very positive. The talk about economic decline has been replaced by...