Weekly overview
Forbrugerrådet Tænk (Consumer Council) recommends banning TEMU in Denmark. 30 out of 38 TEMU products failed to comply with health and safety standards. The highest risk? Children’s toys, electrical products, cosmetics, and cleaning products. TEMU is the second most popular webshop in Denmark after Zalando.
Beware of the online investment platform Igenius. This is the newest pyramid scheme on TikTok. A group of women are selling access to the Igenius platform, promising a “get rich quick” scheme. Spillemyndighedens (Gambling Authority) is looking to see if there is enough evidence to report the company to the police.
The Ministry of Food is collecting old family recipes to preserve Denmark’s food culture. When the collection is complete, a group of food experts will curate it. The collection will be used, for example, to create teaching materials in schools.
55% of people in Denmark eat vegetables every day. This is too few, according to the Cancer Society. The official dietary advice is to eat 600 grams of vegetables per day. The more greens you eat in a day, the better it is for your health.
No screens on Tuesdays from 18:00-20:00. Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality launched an initiative with Headspace to encourage families to let go of screens for two hours at least one day a week. Instead, they recommend having a deep conversation with your family to get a better understanding of their well-being.
The first official summer cruise on the royal ship went to Bornholm, Ærø, Assens, and Vejle. King Frederik and Queen Mary decided to continue the medieval tradition of “sommertogtet”, where they visit different places with the royal ship and invite the community’s leaders for dinner on the ship. The tradition started as a way for the king to court support from the nobility.
Odense Municipality got the green light to establish a special school for violent students. The Minister of Education, Mathias Tesfaye, supports the proposal from Odense and will create the legislative framework to make it possible. Once established, violent students from all around Odense will be transferred there.
