Femmes au foyer désespérée

My German is not the best. I will give you that. Actually my German is quite bad. It will give you that too. But my English is quite good. That, you have to hand me. Actually my fellow Danes and Scandinavians are quite good at English in general, but why? I think the answer is Read More

Celebrating an 800-year-old Dane

The candles placed in the glace on the many layered birthday cake are lit. The colorful candles are accompanied by the 800-year old ‘Dannebrog’, the Danish national flag consisting of a white cross on a red background. 12 candles in blue, pink, yellow, orange and green and 12 small ‘Dannebrog’ flags on wooden sticks are Read More

The art of interviewing

“A day rarely goes by without me making at least one interview.” With a cup a coffee in her hand and the weekend’s printed newspaper lying on her desk, I meet journalism student, Ida. Doing 1-10 interviews every day she is used to being the one asking the questions, but not today. Today she is Read More

Mathilde Chocolate Milk

In the year 1995 in the country of Denmark, 403 baby-girls were born and named Mathilde. One of them was me. While my father was busy watching Tour De France, my mother was giving birth to me. Luckily my grandmother was there too. Normally babies cry when they are born. I didn’t and therefore I Read More