Denmark has one official language: Danish. However, there are several minority languages spoken throughout the territory, if you include The Faeroe Islands and Greenland. Danes are taught English from a very young age and 86% of all Danes speak English as a second language.

Do the Danes speak English?

Denmark has one official language: Danish. However, there are several minority languages spoken throughout the territory, if you include The Faeroe Islands and Greenland. Danes are taught English from a very young age and 86% of all Danes speak English as a second language.

Do Danes and Swedes speak the same language?

Danish is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Swedish. Proficient speakers of any of the three languages can often understand the others fairly well, though studies have shown that speakers of Norwegian generally understand both Danish and Swedish far better than Swedes or Danes understand each other.

Is Danish the same as Dutch?

The Netherlands and Denmark are close neighbors in the northwestern region of Europe. People from The Netherlands are called Dutch. While it is acceptable to call a person from Denmark Danish, the correct term is Danes. The official language of The Netherlands is Dutch, while Denmarks is Danish.

Do Danish speak Spanish?

While those secondary languages saw significant drop-offs, the most surprising figure in Eurostats overview of Europeans language usage was that, in stark contrast to their neighbours, Danes do not learn Spanish. When measured by native speakers, Spanish is the second most widely spoken language in the world.

Why do Danes hate Swedes?

The Swedes mocked the diminutive geographical size of Denmark. The Swedes further pointed out Denmarks lack of notable features such as lakes and mountains, to which the Danes countered by pointing out the number of their beaches. Both sides poked fun at the others language and accent.

Is health care free in Denmark?

Denmark provides “free” health care to all residents, funded through taxes. There is an optional private health care sector, but it is tiny compared with the vastly larger public system that is used by most of the population.

Has Denmark ever won a war?

The battle ends in a decisive Danish victory, and the Swedish withdraw to the Kiel Bay. 1644 – 12 October: A combined Swedish and Dutch fleet defeats a Danish fleet at Fehmarn. This effectively decides the outcome of the war.