Incomes in Copenhagen up 21.5 percent in last decade, Queen Margrethe in hospital again and other news from Denmark on Tuesday.
Copenhagen incomes up by 21.5 percent in last decade
The typical person in Denmark has seen their income increase by 8.7 percent in the last ten years, with inflation taken into account, according to new figures from The Economic Council of the Labour Movement.
Most regions in the country have seen wages grow over the past ten years, although Copenhagen in particular has seen a much higher level than elsewhere with a whopping 21.5 percent increase in salaries over the past decade.
All of the top ten municipalities in the figures, where wages have grown the most, are in the capital region. Typically, wages in these municipalities have risen by 11 percent.
According to the council, many of the municipalities in the capital region have seen such a high increase in wages as ten years ago, their salaries were either the same as or lower than salaries in the rest of the country. In other words, people in the capital region are increasingly moving into roles with a higher income.
Danish vocabulary: indkomst ‒ income
Denmark’s former queen Margrethe in hospital again
Denmark’s 86-year-old Queen Margrethe, who abdicated two years ago, has been taken to hospital with bruising after a fall, the royal palace said on Monday.
A scan revealed “a significant accumulation of blood in the hip area following a fall”, a statement read.
Margrethe is expected to remain in Copenhagen’s Rigshospitalet for several days.
The palace said she was “doing well under the circumstances”.
Margrethe underwent angioplasty earlier this month and spent several days in hospital.
The former queen, a heavy smoker for much of her life, remains popular among Danes for having subtly modernised the monarchy but has faced multiple health problems in recent years.
She had long maintained that she would never abdicate but a major back operation in 2023 led her to change her mind. (AFP)
Danish vocabulary: hospital or sygehus ‒ hospital
Rare bird spotted in Denmark for first time since 2003
The dværghornugle, or Eurasian scops owl, has been spotted in Denmark for the first time in 2003, according to TV 2 Kosmopol. The organisation said that this is only the seventh time the bird has been seen in the country since 1910.
“It’s huge,” Rasmus Strack, member of the Danish Ornithological Society’s Rarities Committee told TV 2. “We’re very excited.”
He added that this is the first time the bird has been seen in Denmark since 2003, and back then it was spotted in Jutland. This time, it has been seen near Græsted Kirke in northern Zealand.
When speaking to the Ritzau newswire on Monday, Strack predicted that as many as 200 ornithologists were planning to visit Græsted on Monday evening to see, or even hear, the owl, which only makes noise after nightfall.
He said that if it was heard hooting then it was entirely possible that adult birdwatchers might “cry with happiness”.
Danish vocabulary: ugle ‒ owl
Danish king celebrates birthday after yesterday’s Royal Run
King Frederik celebrates his birthday today, but it’s likely that his legs are a bit more tired than they usually are on this day.
Frederik, who turns 58 today, took part in the Royal Run in Randers, Middelfart and Copenhagen, running a total of 16 kilometres. He said after the last run that he could feel the effects of the day’s activities in his back.
Frederik will appear on the balcony at Amalienborg, the royal residence, at noon today to wave to those who have turned up to congratulate him. He also said on Monday that he will likely visit his mother, Queen Margrethe, at Rigshospitalet.
According to TV 2, Frederik ran the last ten kilometres around Copenhagen and Frederiksberg in about 56 minutes.
Danish vocabulary: en løbetur ‒ a run