Tag: Statistics Denmark
Denmark saved a lot on gas this winter
Win for the walletThere was, of course, also a financial incentive for the public to save on natural gas consumption. In the winter months this year, the price of bio and natural gas has been significantly higher than the previous winter. In December 2022, the price of natural gas was almost 40 percent higher than […]
Gender-neutral names an increasingly popular choice for newborns in Denmark
You have an interview with Robin at 2pm, or you’ve just met Charlie online and you might assume they’re men, but you won’t know until you meet them. That’s certainly the way it should be: gender-neutral names help eliminate prejudice, whether it’s a patient anticipating their doctor’s visit or a recruiter looking at job applications. […]
Men had longer working weeks than women in 2022
Women worked an average of four hours less per week than men in 2022, according to Statistics Denmark. The annual Labor Force Survey showed that men had an average working week of 38.3 hours, while for women it was 34.2. The statistics exclude students. The survey indicates that women are almost three times more likely […]
Early indicators suggest that the Danish economy flourished in 2022
Full figures on February 28The figures revealed that several sectors saw a decline, particularly in trade, finance and insurance. Statistics Denmark will reveal a more comprehensive national account on 28 February, and it will be revised in the following weeks. The news comes just days after the shipping giant Maersk broke the national profit record.
Weddings increased significantly last year
Going to the chapelThe number of people being married in churches also increased dramatically from 7,800 in 2021 to 10,200 in 2022. In fact, church weddings made up 31 percent of all weddings last year, up from 27 percent just three years ago, but still down from the 35 percent that did in 2012. Denmark’s […]
Almost half of the Danish retailers expect to raise prices over the next three months – survey
Do you ever get the feeling that there are no bargains in the supermarkets in January because they went over-the-top in the build-up to Christmas? Discount butter to spread on duck, discount butter for a dollop of Risalamande, discount butter to mix with cinnamon for countless portions of porridge while watching the Christmas calendar – […]
Almost half of the Danish retailers expect to raise prices over the next three months – survey
Do you ever get the feeling that there are no bargains in the supermarkets in January because they went over-the-top in the build-up to Christmas? Discount butter to spread on duck, discount butter for a dollop of Risalamande, discount butter to mix with cinnamon for countless portions of porridge while watching the Christmas calendar – […]
Business Round-Up: Inflation continues to fall … slowly
Inflation in Denmark continues to fall…albeit slowly. In October it reached 10.1 percent – the highest rate in 40 years – but it began to fall in November and again in December. According to Statistics Denmark, it fell from 8.9 to 8.7 percent in the last month of the year – still far higher than […]
Business Round-Up: Inflation continues to fall … slowly
Inflation in Denmark continues to fall…albeit slowly. In October it reached 10.1 percent – the highest rate in 40 years – but it began to fall in November and again in December. According to Statistics Denmark, it fell from 8.9 to 8.7 percent in the last month of the year – still far higher than […]
Danish News Round: New chairman of the Danish Parliament’s Immigration Committee is strongly biased towards applicants from Islamic countries
New Citizen Member of Parliament Mikkel Bjørn has given a clear indication of the likely direction for his chairmanship of the Immigration Committee, the Norwegian Parliament’s Immigration Committee, over the next four years: an increased bias towards applicants from Islamic countries. As of February 2022, Islamic countries made up four of the seven countries with […]
Danish News Round-Up: The rising costs of parents who are forced to stay at home to care for their children
Absenteeism costs society dearly and becomes a “desperate situation”, warns professor Mikael Thastum from Aarhus University, an expert on the subject, to DR. However, it is not a truancy problem, rather a failure to cater for children with special needs and disabilities together with a growing tendency to exclude problem children. Over 15,000 parents are […]
Danish News Round-Up: Majority support Queen to strip grandchildren of titles
Not the best way to handle itAccording to the survey, 44 percent said the Queen had handled the maneuver poorly. “When you write Queen Margrethe’s obituary, you have to say that she had one weak point. She didn’t consider her family’s feelings. The family is part of the ‘business’ and therefore it is important,” he […]
Round-Up in Danish News: Outrage after the Prime Minister fails on the promise of clean drinking water before the election
Another storm threatens to engulf the newly assembled Danish government following the political and public backlash against plans to abolish one of the spring holidays. READ MORE: Church, vocal minorities and academics oppose plans to abolish public holidays, but businesses are mostly in favor Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has been accused of going back on […]
Danish news overview: Police fight online crime with the help of young players
Police have started playing the likes of Fortnight and Counter-Strike to connect with young players: a good source of tip-offs about online criminal activity. In the spring, the authorities formed an ‘online patrol’ to regularly play and establish connections. Combating abuse, fraud and hate speech“We cannot be everywhere, and therefore we are completely dependent on […]
Danish news overview: Police fight online crime with the help of young players
Police have started playing the likes of Fortnight and Counter-Strike to connect with young players: a good source of tip-offs about online criminal activity. In the spring, the authorities formed an ‘online patrol’ to regularly play and establish connections. Combating abuse, fraud and hate speech“We cannot be everywhere, and therefore we are completely dependent on […]
Business Round-Up: Rough year for car sales … but not the electric kind
Going up and upThe number of electric cars in Denmark has now reached 106,000 – an increase of 75.6 percent from a year ago. So far this year, 38.5 percent of newly registered cars have been electric or plug-in hybrid cars. See all the car sales figures from 2022 here. Organic exports increased significantlyDenmark’s export […]
Inflation fell in Denmark in November – finally!
Several financial analysts have hailed November’s dip in inflation as a sign of what’s to come in 2023, but warned that the rate will continue to be high in December – not least in line with the high prices homeowners face to heat their homes during the current cold spell. and the rest of the […]
Local Round-Up: A few surprises among the richest and poorest districts in Copenhagen
Hellerup is the richest district in Greater Copenhagen, and Northwest the poorest, according to a survey carried out by the local media KøbenhavnLIV that mainly focused on the capital, but also included a few nearby municipalities. Based on data from Statistics Denmark, they did their best to determine the average income for the capital’s residents […]
Business Round-Up: No end in sight for high inflation
Despite falling energy prices, there is no end in sight to high inflation, which remains above 10 percent, according to the latest figures published this month. Analysts predict that high inflation will continue into the first few months of 2023. Currently 10.1 percent, according to Statistics Denmark, inflation has not been this high since 1982. […]
The number of immigrants is increasing, although more are also leaving Denmark
After a slow five years for migration in this country, partly caused by the pandemic, people are on the move again: both in and out of Denmark in large numbers. During the first nine months of 2022, more people immigrated to Denmark than in the entire five years up to 2021, Statistics Denmark’s data shows. […]
More non-Western foreigners find work
Thai women get stuck in!There is also a significant difference when comparing the employment rates of non-Western foreigners and their origins. For example, immigrants from Thailand (80.8 percent), India (75.0), and China (72.7) had significantly higher employment rates than immigrants from Lebanon (45.3 percent), Iraq (50.3), and Syria (52 ,1). But Syrian immigrants impressed with […]
Election collection: The Social Democrats do not regret the heat pool bureaucracy
DR has highlighted some of the ways in which the annual heating pool of DKK 100 million is used – and it doesn’t make you want to read on the way to the election. The municipalities, the report claims, have only applied for 1.1 million kroner to help their residents with bills received between 1 […]
Forget parallel society: Is the ghetto plan stuck in a parallel universe?
On September 11, Denmark’s neighbors crossed the Øresund to the polls. A right-wing bloc has now emerged with a majority in the Swedish parliament, depriving Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and her Social Democrats of their position at the head of the government. However, it was the days and weeks before the election that revealed the […]
“People are stealing like never before,” claims the retail sector
The number of shoplifting incidents has increased by 23 percent over the past six months, figures from the National Police show. This is the highest incidence of shoplifting in five years, the National Police confirms. And with prices continuing to rise amid high inflation due to the war in Ukraine, there’s no sign of it […]
National Round-Up: SSI – don’t take colder showers
Rinse with cooking waterLegionella does not grow at temperatures below 20 degrees, and it dies when the temperature exceeds 50 degrees. SSI recommends turning the water on to maximum heat once a week to kill legionella that may be growing there. Do it before you take a bath or shower, of course. Too many tailgates […]
National Round-Up: Municipalities take measures to lower energy consumption
Schools can lower the temperaturePrimary schools are also looking at lowering heating temperatures to reduce energy consumption. Svendborg Municipality has already lowered the temperatures from 21 to 20 degrees in all its primary schools and kindergartens. The Danish Energy Agency also encourages households to cut down on energy consumption at home and has made a […]
Business Round-Up: House prices will fall, economists predict
Data from Boligsiden reveals that the price of villas and townhouses fell by 1 percent in July due to high inflation, while the price of apartments fell by 1.5 percent. Economists expect further declines in autumn and winter. When seasonally adjusted, this is the biggest decline in more than a decade. According to Jeppe Juul […]
The number of people employed in Denmark is still increasing
For the 17th month in a row, the number of people working and receiving income in Denmark increased, according to figures for June 2022, which also confirmed that an additional 7,000 had jobs compared to a month earlier. There have never been more people in Denmark in employment than is the case today. According to […]
Tenants face skyrocketing rents due to high inflation
According to the tenant interest organization Lejernes Landsorganisation, at least 180,000 Danish tenants risk significant rent increases due to continued inflation. Some may already be experiencing rent increases, while many can expect to receive “stunning” new contracts at the end of the year. “This is going wrong. It has become a serious problem that will […]
Danish news Round-Up: Avoiding the draft with the state’s blessing
There will be no Defense Day this year if a bill from the Ministry of Defense were to be adopted by the Folketing. Defense Day is the name given to the process by which young men are selected for national service by lottery. Should they be deemed fit enough to serve, an ‘unlucky’ draw will […]
Interest rates raised to fight inflation, Danish banks are considering stopping interest rates on borrowers
According to Statistics Denmark, inflation in Denmark rose to 9.1 per cent in June from – up from 8.2 per cent in May 2022. For both Denmark and the EU, inflation is at the highest level since the EU began calculating its harmonized consumer index. in 1997. At the same time, Denmark is doing better […]
Consumer confidence at its lowest ever – Statistics Denmark
Danmarks Satistik announced that consumer confidence has hit minus 25.6 for July – the lowest figure since registrations began. It is therefore the third month in a row with historically low consumer confidence in Denmark. According to Kristian Skriver from Dansk Erhverv, the declining purchasing power is largely to blame. “The historically high price increases […]
Electric cars may soon be more than fossil vehicles in Denmark
In 2035, 54.51 percent of the new vehicles registered in Denmark will be electric – up from 7.19 percent in 2020. This shows an analysis of data from the European Environment Agency and Eurostat from Eurostat. Confused.com – a financial company based in the United Kingdom. Among the European countries, Denmark has taken a fourth […]
A proof that the royals influence Denmark’s name choice more than its football stars
All four of the Crown Prince Couple’s children were on the 50 most popular lists of newborn boys and girls for 2021, topped by Oscar and Alma, respectively, who were today confirmed by Statistics Denmark. Vincent (41st with 189 new namesakes) overshadowed big brother Christian (45th with 181) in the boys’ fight, although none of […]
Business Round-Up: Cycling leads to fewer sick days and increased savings – Danish Industry
If people in Denmark had to cycle 10 percent more than they do now, it would result in over 235,000 fewer sick days, 12.5 million liters of saved petrol and diesel and DKK 2.5 billion in socio-economic health benefits, according to an analysis of Danish Industry (DI) Transport. But even though Denmark has one of […]
Føtex and Bilka break their own price ceiling
In the midst of the highest consumer price increase in Denmark since 1983, Bilka and Føtex have exceeded the price ceilings that the chains have set for their own goods. Salling Group, which owns Bilka, Føtex and Netto, initially set prices for 200 items in early June. Since then, the ceiling has grown to include […]
Highest consumer price increase in Denmark since 1983 – Statistics Denmark
Denmark’s consumer price index has risen to its highest level since 1983. according to Statistics Denmark. June saw a staggering 8.2 percent increase from a year ago. In February 1983, the increase was just half a percentage point higher. Statistics Denmark states that the probable reason is the rising commodity prices, which have risen by […]
Danish news: Despite the extended deadline, 40,000 tax forms from companies in Denmark are still missing
The Danish Tax Agency has said in a press release that there is still a lack of 40,000 accounting forms from companies in Denmark. The deadline, this morning, was postponed after operational problems last week at Nets – the company behind national services such as Dankort and NemID. According to the agency, these issues have […]
Culture Round-Up: Music critic Thomas Treo says ‘Roskilde is dead’
Thomas Treo, the popular and polemical Danish music critic, has blown up Roskilde Festival review for tabloid Ekstra Bladet. “Before, people got smarter in Roskilde,” writes Treo, “Now you get stupider.” “Teenagers have bad taste”Treo blames the organizers for booking artists loved by teenagers when, according to him, “teenagers have bad taste in music”. In […]
Business Round-Up: Lego comes back on top as the most valuable brand
With 38.7 billion kroner, Lego is now the most valuable Danish brand, according to Brand Finance. Up 13 percent from 2022, the iconic toy company has surpassed the shipping company Maersk, which is currently valued at DKK 31.1 billion. The 10 most valuable Danish brands in 2022 Each year, Brand Finance puts 5,000 of the […]
Summer Holiday Round-Up: It Looks Like a Heatwave on the Way!
Temperatures appear to rise up to 27 degrees in Copenhagen on Friday and then hover around the 24-degree mark both Saturday and Sunday, according to Norwegian weather forecasts år.nrwhich is largely considered to be the Nordic region’s best weather place. While Friday will be quite windy, the rest of the week ahead will be relatively […]
Danish news Round-Up: Confidence in the press remains high – report
The year’s Digital news report from Reuters has revealed continued high confidence in the Danish news media. About 58 percent of Danes said that they “trust news the most most of the time”, which makes Denmark one of the countries with the highest news confidence out of the 46 respondents. Social media is still a […]
Danish News Round-Up: Covid-19 costs quadrupled in 2021
The Corona bill is on the table, and it is huge, according to data just published by Statistics Denmark. In 2021, expenditure on COVID-19 totaled DKK 20.1 billion – almost a tenth of the DKK 270.8 billion spent on the health care system in Denmark, which in itself has increased by DKK 25.5 billion. That’s […]
Business Round-Up: Weekend work on the rise – especially among the self-employed and young people
The self-employed work more on the weekends, according to figures from the Labor Force Survey, the labor force survey. They reveal that 41 percent worked regularly Saturday and Sunday in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 30 percent in the same period last year. In 2019 and 2020, the figure was 35 percent. Difference […]
More retail price increases on the way
Uses the same, gets lessStatistics Denmark conducts its survey every month, and compared to previous months, a larger proportion of retail companies have indicated that a price increase is on the way. The proportion of companies that have already raised prices has also risen recently: from 56 percent in April to 64 percent in May. […]
Danske Nyheder Round-Up: Supermarket chain owner freezes the prices of basic goods over the summer
While the Ministry of Finance predicts that inflation will end at just over 5 percent in 2022, food prices are expected to rise twice as fast. So it is a consolation to learn that the Salling Group sets a price cap on everyday basic products such as oatmeal and milk – 100 in Netto and […]
Prices continue to skyrocket
Core inflation is risingThe development is mainly driven by high prices for goods such as electricity, food, fuel and gas – goods that have been significantly affected by the ongoing war in Ukraine. On average, commodity prices have risen by 10.3 percent over the past year – the largest jump of its kind since the […]
Danish News Round-Up: COVID-19 mortality is highest among men, low paid and unemployed
COVID-19 mortality was higher among men, low paid and unemployed. The results are made from a Statistics Denmark analysis of deaths in Denmark between 1 March 2020 and New Year 2021, where 61 deaths were reported per year. 100,000 citizens in Denmark due to corona. It revealed that mortality has been unequal among different demographics […]
Denmark had the highest public surplus in the EU in 2021
Hard times Denmark’s gross public debt was DKK 917.3 billion at the end of 2021 – which is a debt of 36.7 percent of GDP. It ranks Denmark among the five lowest in the EU and among 13 of 27 member states that met the debt criteria of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) as […]
The gender differences in education are getting bigger
Regional differencesGeography also plays a role, and there are marked differences in the number of higher education received depending on the area of the country people live in. In Region Zealand, only 35.8 per cent of men and 53.5 per cent of women have completed higher education – the lowest proportion in the country. In […]
Business Round-Up: Chairman of the Consumer Council concerned about loan sharks on Facebook
Anja Philip, chair of the Consumer Council Think’s Consumer Council, wants more measures to prevent consumers from falling victim to loan sharks operating on Facebook. The legislation introduced in 2020 has ensured that loans can only be offered with a maximum annual interest rate of 35 percent, which causes about half of all quick loan […]
Tackling high inflation in Denmark: Why a Volvo 850 is a better option than a DMC DeLorean
It is hard to believe that Denmark was a hotbed of stagflation in the 1970s and 80s. Like most countries plagued by economic problems, it was OPEC’s surprising decision to limit its members’ supply of oil in 1973 that started the rotten. And so for the next 15 years, Danish governments applied, mostly without success, […]
National Round-Up: Denmark has already used up its annual allowance, and it’s still March!
From today, Denmark has used its supply of naturally produced resources until 2022, according to the think tank Global Footprint Network, which divides the world’s total production on its population to find out which countries are overconsuming. Denmark is the 15th country so far this year to reach overconsumption, and it’s not even April! Last […]
Ukraine’s impact: Consumer confidence at its lowest point this year
Clouds on the financial horizon?According to Statistics Denmark, the sharp fall is due to a marked fall in four of the five indicators that make up the overall level of consumer confidence. And in particular, consumers’ expectations of Denmark’s economy in a year’s time have decreased significantly. Consumers expect their family financial situation to be […]
Business Round-Up: Maersk will produce green fuel for its ships
The Danish container shipping company Maersk and the Danish green energy producer Ørsted have signed an agreement to produce green marine fuel in the USA. To do this, Ørsted will build a so-called power-to-x plant that uses wind power to produce hydrogen gas. It will then be converted into liquid green fuel for Maersk. This […]
Danish women have a higher level of education, but less valuable pensions than men
Again, the statistics show a big difference between men and women when it comes to making money. Despite the average woman performing better than her male counterpart in higher education, they still end up with less than men when it comes to their retirement. Great progress in recent decadesAccording to Statistics Denmark, more than 30 […]
Business Round-Up: Strongest Economic Growth in 15 Years
Denmark had an economic growth of 3.9 percent last year, the first projections from Statistics Denmark show. The level is on a par with 2006. According to Danish Industry, one had to go back to 1994 to find higher growth. The strong economic growth in 2021 followed a decline of 2.1 percent in 2020 due […]
Immigrant women have on average fewer children than their Danish colleagues
It may be a widespread assumption among certain circles in society that immigrants to Denmark tend to have larger families for cultural reasons – and that the result is a drain on the welfare system. But according to Statistics Denmark, immigrant women now have an average of 1.76 children, while ethnic Danish women have 1.78. […]
Church on an even basis: but some of its views are a bit skewed
Only 8,961 people chose to leave the place Folkekirken, the Danish National Church, in 2021 – the lowest number in 15 years, according to Statistics Denmark. In comparison, 24,728 people in Denmark left the church in 2016. At that time, the church was to blame Atheist Society to make it easier for people to unsubscribe. […]
National Round-Up: The right-wing party leader claims the Chernobyl explosion caused only 50 deaths!
New Bourgeois leader Pernille Vermund recently claimed in the Folketing that only 50 people died as a result of the Chernobyl disaster in 1986. The pro-nuclear power MP debated climate minister, Dan Jørgensen, on the safety of the fuel source. He was quick to address, pointing out that far more died: somewhere between 4,000-9,000. Fact […]
Women have more children in Denmark
Once, twice, three children per. Lady Meanwhile, the average age for fathers remained unchanged: 31.5 years for first-time fathers and 33.5 years overall. The 63,473 children born in 2021 were 4.2 percent more than in 2020, and of those, there was a 9.6 percent increase in newborns to mothers who already had two children. A […]
Both divorces and weddings fell last year
Rejection in ‘I do’ statements The figures also showed that 27,600 couples got married last year, which was 3 percent lower than in 2021 and the lowest figure since 2014. The number of registered church marriages last year rose slightly to 7,850 in 2021, accounting for 29 percent of all marriages of the opposite sex. […]
Immigration has declined in Denmark since the start of the pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 crisis, both immigration to Denmark and emigration from Denmark have decreased recently. Although immigration increased by 19 percent last year compared to 2020, the numbers since the pandemic have not been so low since 2013. The number of emigrated Danes and foreigners has also plummeted since the beginning of the pandemic. […]
Business Round-Up: Government Refuses to Help Majority of Homeowners Affected by Paralyzing Heat Bills
The government is strongly opposed to a proposal to financially help hundreds of thousands of people in Denmark with huge heating bills – primarily homeowners serviced by gas, where there is no alternative energy supply. Yesterday, the Danish People’s Party and the Conservatives presented a bill that proposes that the government should help the affected […]
Global education right on the doorstep: the loophole in the Danish school system
Three years ago, a report from the economic and political think tank Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd (AE) concluded that the education sector was witnessing a gradual migration of students from public to private schools – especially international schools. And it seems to have been born out of the waiting lists that the majority of international schools in […]
From the deep end: Swimming pool tickets have risen sharply in recent years
Expensive pools In 2021, the price was 4.5 percent lower for fitness and 8.2 percent higher for bowling compared to 2001. During the same period, the price of swimming and riding increased by 92 and 66.2 percent, respectively. Since 2001, the consumer price index (the red line in the picture below) has risen by 36.1 […]
The highest number of people who have changed their first name in years
Kirsten Jensen most common Meanwhile, statistics also showed that just over 40,000 people changed their last name in 2021. It is comparable to previous years and was mainly driven by women, who accounted for about 75 percent of the changes – probably due to the conclusion / termination of marriage (see photo below). The average […]
Danish news Round-Up: Danish intelligence chief imprisoned in surveillance scandal
The head of the Danish military intelligence service, Lars Findsen, has been imprisoned, charged with leaking secret material. He is one of four current and former intelligence workers who were arrested by Danish police last month. Copenhagen City Court dropped a bomb on Monday when it opened to the public for the indoor trial and […]
Business Round-Up: Tobacco sales plunge to historic lows
The demand for tobacco in Denmark has never been lower. The period 2011-20 saw a decrease of 29 percent in sales compared to the previous decade, according to Statistics Denmark. Increase in sales of smoking tobacco But while cigarette sales fell sharply by 18 percent in 2020 – a decline due to increased taxes – […]
Danish news overview: Non-western and western immigrants are far more likely to live in poverty
Immigrants are far more likely to live in poverty than people of Danish ethnicity, according to 2021 Immigrants in Denmark report published by Statistics Denmark. Poverty is defined as an income of less than half of the national median. About 19 percent of the population from non-western countries and 9 percent of the population from […]
Sleep or migration? Find salvation in the Danish winter
If you are reading this, your poor soul, then it is because you have ended up in the slings and arrows of the monstrous fortune of the northern hemisphere in winter. Some people seem to cross the coldest season with the kind of dazzling optimism that makes you want to smash a cookie jar over […]
Business Round-Up: Copenhagen Airport positive for the future despite the COVID-19 downturn
Copenhagen Airport continues to expand despite the hardships of the pandemic, and we are optimistic about the future. In recent years, the development of its terminals with better facilities and more space for airlines, customers and passengers has been a continuous process. And if anything, the absence of customers has given the airport more opportunities […]
Business acquisition: Every third municipality has financial constraints
More than a third of the country’s 98 municipalities are victims of an unequal distribution of funds, according to a survey conducted by TV2. Langeland Municipality, for example, with just over DKK 2,000 liquidity per capita, is the one with the worst finances, according to the report. Academics agree Per Nikolaj Bukh, professor of financial […]
Straight, No Chaser: Do You Feel Safe? Well, you do…?
It’s that time of year again – no, not Halloween but time for local and local elections. This year, a number of candidates, especially those in the rich municipalities around Copenhagen, have boarded the ‘safety’ car. A recent poll conducted for TV2 by Megafon revealed that 31 percent would feel more secure if their municipality […]
Business Round-Up: Historically high number of homeowners who pay off mortgages on time
The majority of homeowners paid off their mortgages on time in the second quarter of 2021, when only 0.14 percent, according to Finans Danmark, failed to reach the best payment rate in 14 years. Ane Arnth Jensen, Deputy CEO of Finans Danmark, believes that a marked fall in unemployment may be the reason why more […]
Danish news overview: Highest corona infection rate in 2021
Earlier this afternoon, it was confirmed that there have been 1,981 new corona infections in the last 24 hours – the highest number since January 4. In total, the positive cases were found among 95,775 samples – a positive percentage of 2.09, which is the highest rate in 2021. There are now 255 people hospitalized […]
Online consultations get more men to seek medical attention
A new, digital health scheme from Danica Pension has made men seek help from doctors and psychologists, writes Politiken. Customers who have health insurance with Danica have easily been able to contact doctors, psychologists and dietitians online. In the first nine months of the year, this has led to more than 10,000 consultations. Men account […]
Danish News Round-Up: Climate group sues the government over Lynetteholmen
The climate movement’s climate organization is suing the Danish government over its plans to start the construction of Lynetteholmen’s man-made island in Copenhagen next year without making a sufficient assessment of the effect it will have on the environment. There is a good chance that the trial will delay the start of work, which should […]
68 percent of educators stand alone with an entire group of children
In a survey conducted for the National Association of Educators, Bupl, 68 percent of educators answer yes to the fact that the last time they were at work, during periods of the day stood alone with the entire group of children. The survey is based on responses from 14,661 who work in day care institutions […]
The blue and yellow envelopes are ready for postal votes
If you have to vote by mail elsewhere than at Borgerservice – for example at the hospital, if you are hospitalized – you must wait until three weeks before the election. Around the world, we have seen elections affected by the corona pandemic. Among other things, there has been an increase in postal votes in […]
FACTS: So many seats did the parties get in 2017
Danish People’s Party: 223. SF: 126. Device list: 102. The Radicals: 80 Local lists and others: 78. Liberal Alliance: 28. The alternative: 20. Schleswig Party: 10. Christian Democrats: 9. New Civil: 1. Total: 2432. Sources: Statistics Denmark, Nyhedsmagasinet Danske Kommuner.
Several abused women have sought help during the corona
Last year, an increasing number of women have been enrolled in the women’s shelters. This is shown by a statement from Statistics Denmark. The women’s shelters help abused women and their children to a future without violence. This is done, among other things, with professional advice. According to Statistics Denmark, 2294 women lived at the […]
Low-wind years send electricity prices up
Gasoline prices are soaring A year ago, the price of, for example, 1 MWh of gas was 7 Euro. This month, the price exceeded 72 Euro for 1 MWh. Ultimately, the development means that a typical family living in a house could see their electricity bill shoot up by about $ 5,000 by the end […]
The corona crisis resulted in more adults per child in day care institutions
In 2020, there were an average of 2.9 children per adult in the country’s crèches and 5.8 children per adult in kindergartens. This is shown by figures from Statistics Denmark, which were published on Wednesday. This is a small increase compared to the norms in 2019. Here, there was an average of 3.1 children per […]
Employment in Denmark reaches record highs ever
A record 2.85 million people are employed in Denmark according to Statistics Denmark. The latest figures for July confirmed a net increase of 7,000 jobs – the sixth month in a row that the employment rate has risen. The net increase on pre-corona rates is 51,000 jobs. “These are incredibly positive rates we are seeing […]
No place to call home: One in 20 Danes has moved 20 times at the age of 35
As Danish women and men have reached the age of 35, according to Statistics Denmark, they have moved an average of 9.3 and 8.8 times, respectively. On average, children have moved once at the age of 5 years, twice at the age of 15 years and three times at the age of 20 years. Accelerates […]
Older people need more help with bathing and cleaning
Every third elderly person who needs help with cleaning does not have the opportunity to get it cleaned when they need it. At the same time, one in five elderly home help recipients who receive help with bathing state that they cannot take a bath or be washed when they need it. It shows a […]
More elderly people do not get enough help with cleaning and bathing
Every third elderly person who needs help with cleaning does not have the opportunity to get it cleaned when they need it. At the same time, one in five elderly home help recipients who receive help with bathing state that they cannot take a bath or basketball when they need to. It shows a survey […]
Turn the cottage into a year-round home
In 2021, almost 40,000 Danes will use the holiday home as a year-round home. This is shown by figures from Statistics Denmark, which the real estate chain Nybolig has analyzed. And it is especially popular among seniors aged 60-80 years. According to Nybolig, they make up 64 percent of the people who live in the […]
Huge drop in household CO2 emissions during the COVID-19 pandemic
Significant decrease in emissions The figures also revealed that total greenhouse gas emissions in Denmark have fallen by 44 percent over the last 30 years to 42 million tonnes of CO2 equivalents by 2020. The largest drop in emissions took place in the utilities sector, which has reduced emissions by 73 percent. Meanwhile, greenhouse gas […]
Employers and employees agree on new maternity model
– This is an agreement that goes in and moves at fence posts in our society by ensuring that we actually get equality in the distribution of maternity and leave in the first year of the child’s life, says deputy chairman of FH, Majbrit Berlau, to Berlingske . With the agreement, the mother will now […]
Denmark is experiencing the highest consumer price increase in almost a decade
Bad communication Meanwhile, tobacco and alcohol prices also played a role as they experienced the largest price increase (4.6 per cent), largely driven by sharp tobacco price increases. Elsewhere, renting cottages, charter trips, furniture, and home furnishings helped pull the index down, as did hotels and restaurants. The communication experienced the largest annual reduction of […]
Guest opinion • Painful comments: Why is it best not to tell them to a childless person
You are lucky that you do not have children … ” Have you ever made this remark to a childless friend or relative? Chances are that you have inadvertently stepped on a landmine of grief and loss for the person at the receiving end. On average, every fifth woman in the developed world does not […]
Increasing number of Danes who choose to change their Christian name
Danish people changed their Christian names more in 2020 than in previous years, Statistics Denmark reports. Between 2015 and 2019, there were an average of 4,600 name changes each year. But in 2020, there were 5,932 – an increase of 29 percent. More LGBTI + changes The increase is partly due to an increasing number […]
Almost 30 percent more Danes changed their first name last year
The Danes took greater advantage of the opportunity to change their first names last year than has been the case before. In 2020, 29 percent more people changed their first name compared to the average for the period 2015-2019. This is shown by figures from Statistics Denmark (DST). There was a clear increase after corona […]
Several Danes changed their first name last year
The number of Danes who changed their first name increased steadily last year, when corona hit Denmark. Here, 29 percent more people changed first name than the average for the period 2015-2019. This is shown by figures from Statistics Denmark (DST). There was a clear increase after restrictions were imposed on the community in March […]
FACTS: More than 100,000 are ready for work – but are unemployed
* Among the group of unemployed, 89,900 are on unemployment benefits, of which 9900 of them are in activation. * 14,700 are job-ready cash benefit recipients, of which 3,500 are in activation. Source: Statistics Denmark’s figures for July. The figures have been adjusted for seasonal fluctuations.
