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☆ Denmark Awaits New King, as Queen Margrethe to Bow Out
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-13 | by ( Jan. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +3 min

People from all over Denmark are expected to crowd Copenhagen in a sign of the huge popularity the monarchy is enjoying. "It could be that she thinks Prince Frederik is prepared to take over now," said Lars Hovbakke Sorensen, a historian and associate professor at University College Absalon in Denmark. "He's 55, and maybe the queen wanted to avoid a situation where you would have a very, very old king, as you saw with Prince Charles." The British king was 73 when he ascended the throne after his mother Queen Elizabeth died in September 2022 aged 96. The new Danish royal couple will take the throne at a time of huge public support and enthusiasm for the monarchy.

Persons: Stine Jacobsen, Johannes Birkebaek COPENHAGEN, Margrethe II, Denmark's, Frederik, Danes, Margrethe, It's, Anna Karina Laursen, Hans Christian Andersen, Mary, Royce, Christian, Mette Frederiksen, Klaus Johansen, Prince Frederik, Lars Hovbakke Sorensen, Prince Charles ., Queen Elizabeth, Johannes Birkebaek, Jacob Gronholt, Pedersen, Frances Kerry Organizations: of State, Reuters, ROYAL POWER, University College Absalon, Danish Locations: Copenhagen, Danish, Denmark, Britain

☆ Russian flag painted on base of Denmark's "Little Mermaid" statue
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

COPENHAGEN, March 2 (Reuters) - A Russian flag was discovered painted onto the base of Denmark's "The Little Mermaid" statue on Thursday in what police said was a "case of vandalism" at Copenhagen's most famous landmark and a popular tourist attraction. Denmark has been a vocal critic of Russia alongside other Western nations following last year's invasion of Ukraine. The 110-year-old bronze statue depicts the little mermaid from 19th-century Danish author Hans Christian Andersen's tale of the same name, and is sat on a rock by a waterside promenade. The white, blue and red stripes of the Russian flag were painted across the front of the stone. Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, Johannes Gotfredsen-Birkebaek, Editing by Terje Solsvik and Raissa KasolowskyOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Soman Chainani Creates Complex Fantasy Tales
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-14 | by ( Emily Bobrow | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

Growing up as a gay Indian kid on the posh island of Key Biscayne, Fla., outside of Miami, Soman Chainani sensed he didn’t fit in. He felt alien among his mostly white peers, and overlooked by the Disney films he watched until he knew every frame. “I remember not seeing myself in anything,” he says over video from his home in Manhattan. He found in the grisly yarns of Hans Christian Andersen and the Brothers Grimm a more nuanced appreciation of good, evil, luck and hubris. “I realized that fairy tales were meant to do something other than engender jealousy or resentment in those of us who don’t get the happy ending,” he says.

☆ Analysis: Why racist 'The Little Mermaid' arguments don't hold up
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-17 | by ( Aj Willingham | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Claim: ‘The Little Mermaid’ is a Danish story, therefore Ariel should be WhiteThe original “Little Mermaid” story was written by Hans Christian Andersen and first published in 1837. (Also “The Little Mermaid” isn’t real.) Also, “The Little Mermaid” isn’t real.) Disney’s 1989 “The Little Mermaid” is still available to watch, own and share. Also – and this is very important – “The Little Mermaid” isn’t real.

De-a lungul istoriei, această țară a dat omenirii mai mulți oameni de cultură și știință, printre care scriitorul Hans Christian Andersen sau fizicianul Niels Bohrs. Danemarca este recunoscută în întreaga lume și pentru celebrul brand de jucării pentru copii LEGO (denumire derivată din cuvintele daneze „leg godt”, care înseamnă „joacă bine”). Grupul LEGO își are sediul la Billund, în localitatea de baștină a creatorului acestei companii, Ole Kirk Christiansen. Tot aici se află și Legoland, una dintre cele mai vizitate atracții turistice din Danemarca, grație și aeroportului aflat la aproximativ 3 km de oraș. Echipa națională de fotbal a Danemarcei a devenit competitivă abia la mijlocul anilor '80.

Persons: William Shakespeare, Hans Christian Andersen, Niels Bohrs, Ole Kirk Christiansen Organizations: Aalborg, fotbal, Fotbal Locations: Danemarca, Copenhaga, Arhus, Odense, Danermaca, Billund, Danemarcei, Iugoslaviei

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Persons: Sixtus al V - lea, George Washington, Grigore Vieru, Ion, Doina Aldea - Teodorovici, Eminescu, Hans Christian Andersen, Ali, Bill Bryson, Yoda Organizations: Bayer, EA, HIM Locations: Roma, Germania, Germaniei, SUA, Washington, Bhutanului, Europa, Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Republica Democratică Congo, Africii, Maraton

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