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To everyone I've forgotten: sorry. And thank you.
Patrick Kingsley is a foreign correspondent for the Guardian, and was a feature writer for the newspaper for three years. He now lives in Cairo and this is his first book.
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INDEX
Aamanns 32
Adscription 83-84
Alcohol 20
Alev, Fatih 97-98, 100-102, 106-107, 111, 113, 116
Andersen, Erik 171
Andersen, Hans Christian 90
Andersen, Mikael 130-131
Arla 34-35
Around coffee table 67-68
Askov, Lasse 51
Asplund, Gunnar 58
Avirkic, Damir 170
Bakeries, high-end 33
Baltic empire, loss of, 117
Bauhaus movement 57
Bendixen, Michala Clante 110, 112, 115
Bentzen, Thomas 63
Around coffee table 67-68
Bernth, Piv 142, 144, 148-149, 151, 152
Birkkjaer, Mikael 152-153
Blood taking, robot for 75
Blumenthal, Heston 39
Bodnia, Kim 77, 152
Borgen 11, 16, 22, 60, 86, 88, 144-145, 152-153
Bosnians 169-170
Brandstrup, Mads 82, 102
Bread making 42-43
Bridge, The 11, 60, 77, 151
British Muslims 109
Brøgger, Ketty 159, 161
Bundgaard Rützou, Peter 69
Byrge, Kristian 61, 67
Camre, Mogens 97-98
Cekic, Özlem 80
Cheese-making 33-35
Childcare, subsidised 18, 79
Children, independence 19
Children's Chair 64
Christensen, Bent 31-32, 42, 46
Christian VII 83
Christiania 133-135
Christianity 118-119
Circusrevy 102
Clausen, Sven 149
Climate change, tackling 173
Colvile-Andersen, Mikael 120, 122-124
Continuation schools 21
Co-operatives, agrarian 26
Copenhagen
car-free days 127-128
carbon neutrality, aim of 173
crisis, in 129
cultural revival 130
culture 128
cycle lanes 126
cycling in 120-124
decisions made in 167
demonstrations 133
distinct districts 128
galleries 130-132
green spaces 130
Karriere bar 131
new neighbourhoods 129
open-plan streets 125
pedestrianisation 126-127
public spaces 125-126
smallness of 135
subway system 129
tram, last 125
unemployment 129
Vesterbro 129, 131
Cycling 120-124, 174
Dairy farming 43-45
Danish architecture 136-141, 174
Danish cinema 35
Danish dramas 11
Danish empire, loss of 24
Danish flag, Dannebrog 117
Danish Folkeparti (DFP) 97-98, 104-105, 179
Danish Islamic Centre 107
Danish language, difficulties of 77-79
Danish Modern chairs 56, 62
Danish Muslims
native 108-110
origins of 103
Danish People's Party 82
Danish television 143-161
Denmark
class in 16-18
conservative and tolerant place, as 133
deficit 92-93
democracy, campaign for 24-26
EU, vote against joining 86
historical context, in 116
immigrants 93, 95-96
international outlook 135-136
map of 162
multi-culturalism 115
poverty, absence of 80
religion 118
taxes 81-82
Dickson, Thomas 69-71
Dansk Design 65-66, 140
Distortion Festival 132-133
Dogme 35, 130, 148-149
Donslund, Peter 165, 169
Early retirement scheme 93
Education
childcare, subsidised 18, 79
continuation schools 21
democratic approach to 23
folk high schools 21-22, 26-28, 84
free 80
nurseries 18-19
private schools 15-17
school disco 14-15
teachers, use of first name 15
university education, free 20
Egg chairs 54-56
Elg, Jesper 132, 135
Eliasson, Olafur 131
Engell, Hans 105
Enhedslisten 82
European Union, presidency 11
Farming cooperatives 43-44
Faroes 155-156
Fleurquin, Thomas 132
Folk high schools 21-22, 26-28, 84
Food culture, transformation 32
Frevert, Louise 101
Fruensgaard Øe, Jacob 71-72
Furniture design 54-75
Gehl, Jan 125-128, 137
Gini index 17
Gråbøl, Sofie 143, 152, 156
Graham, Dan 131
Grundtvig, Nicolai 23-26, 84, 116-117, 119
Gubi 63
Gudrun and Gudrun 155, 158
Hansen, Fritz 54-55, 59, 63-64, 68
Hansen, Helle 98
Hartling, Poul 104
Hatch and Bloom 71-72
Hay 63-64, 66
Hedegaard, Lars 102
Hein, Jeppe 131
Hein, Laerke 131
Helin, Sonia 77
Henningsen, Poul
artichoke lamp 60
Henriksen, Bjarne 152
Hermansen, Søren 172, 176-177
Hoffmann, Susanne 159-160
Højre 84, 86
Holler, Carsten 131
Hollingsworth, Andrew
Danish Modern 58
Holm, Ulla 178-179
Home-cooking 45-46
Hygge 117
pronunciation and meaning of 61-62
Hynther, John 34-35
I'm a Kombo 51-52, 131
Icelandic language 79
IKEA 68
Immigrants 27-28
government policy 102
integration 103, 113
labour market, difficulty of entering 111
marriage rules 102-103
olive branches 106
university, at 111
welfare state, and 93, 95-96
Ingels, Bjarke 136, 138-141, 180
Ingrid Jesperen High School 14-17
Islam, debate on 97-98
Islamophobia 99, 101
Jacobsen, Arne 56-57, 61, 64, 137-138
Jenkins, Richard
Being Danish 116-118, 165-166, 168, 179
Jespersen, Knud 24-25, 91-92
History of Denmark 85
Johansen, Súsan 152, 154, 157-158
Juhl, Finn 56
Jutland
Denmark's history, place in 167-168
position of 162
reserve 165-166
state funding 167
Juul-Sørensen, Nille 56-57, 62, 70, 111, 138
Kaffeslabberas 159-160
Karriere bar 131
Keeler, Christine 56
Kholghi, Farshad 100, 102, 147-148
Kidd 15
Killing, The 11-12, 15, 100, 129, 142-148, 150-158
Kinnock, Neil 88
Kjaersgaard, Pia 16, 105
Klint, Kaare 25, 57-58
Knitting 155-161
Knuthenlund 33-34
Knutz, Eva 74
Kolding design school 73-75
Konsensus 19
Koolhaas, Rem 138
Krarup, Søren 101, 104
Larsen, Danes called 13
Lauterbach, Erwin 47
Lego 19
Levine, Daniel 83
Liberal Alliance 82
Lindegaard, Bo 51-52
Lolland 33
Ludvig, Gudrun 155
Malk de Koijn 15
Malling, Søren 142-143, 152
Mandrup, Dorte 138, 140, 174
Mannerhagen, Hans 54-55
Margaard, Professor Marie 79
Marijuana 133-134
Mater 66
Mathiassen, Else 21, 168
Meyer, Claus 29, 35-37, 46-51, 53, 178
Mikkelsen, Brian 101
Mogensen, Børge 61, 65, 68
Muhammed cartoons crisis 11, 28, 98-102, 133
Muslims, Danish 13
Muuto 63-64, 66-67
New Danes 95, 109
New Nordic cuisine 30-43, 47-53, 178
New Nordic Design 66
Nielsen, Lily 161
Nobody Chair 64
Noma 11
aim of 30
booking table at 31
food served at 30-31
Meyer, role of 46, 49
New Nordic cuisine, flagship for 30
service 31-32
Nordic Food Lab 29, 38-41, 47
Nurseries 18-19
Oldenborg state 25
Open sandwiches 32
Ørestad 139-140
Organic farming 33
Osmundsen, Poul 164-165, 169
Patient & Home 90
Petersen, Professor Jørn Henrik 94-96
Petersen, Professor Klaus 94
Political change, arrival of 83
Proportional representation 87
Radikale Venstre 86, 89
Ransoms, foraging for 33
Rasmussen, Anders Fogh 81, 99, 105
Rasmussen, Lars Løkke 145
Rasmussen, Nyrup 106
Rasmussen, Rud 59
Recycling 174
Redzepi, Rene 30-31, 35, 37, 47, 178, 180
Refugees
camps 114
money given to 104-105
treatment of 113-115
Refugees Underground 110
Relæ 51
Ringkøbing 162-171
Robots, treatment delivered by 90-91
Rógvadóttir, Gudrun 155-157
Royal Academy, Copenhagen 73
Rye bread 42-43
Samsø 171-173
Scandinavian stereotypes 77
Schmidt-Nielsen, Johanne 82
Scotland, class in 17-18
Seaweed, foraging for 33
7 Chair 56, 58, 61, 64
Simple Nordic cooking, invention of 47
Skaarup, Bi 31, 36-37, 42-43, 45
Skovbro, Anne 129
Smørrebrød 43
Social Democrats 86-89
Socialist People's Party 82
Solar panels 172
Sørensen, Professor Anders 90
Sveistrup, Søren 136, 144, 147, 149-151, 153, 180
Thorning-Schmidt, Helle 11, 88-89, 146
Tivoli Gardens 57
Trade unions 17
Trentemøller 132
University education, free 20
University of Southern Denmark
Centre for Welfare Research 94
robotics wing 90
Venstre 84-87, 104-105
Vesterbro 129, 131
Vibskov, Henrik 132, 135, 156, 159-160
Viby Mogensen, Dr Gunnar
History of the Danish Welfare System 92-94
von Trier, Lars 35, 130, 148
Wegner, Hans
The Chair 56-57, 64
Welfare state
ageing population, and 90
defining Denmark 79
free services 80
increasing numbers on welfare 93-95
maintenance of 91-92
robots, treatment delivered by 90-91
size of 80
taxes paying for 81-82
unemployment benefits 94-96
Wetton, Barnabas 73-74
Williams, Lars 29, 38-41
Wind power 174-176
Windmills 171-177
Winterberg, Thomas 130, 148
Women
wages 112
work, in 112
Xenophobia 101, 116
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