Dansk kultur

Danmark har en lang tradition for kunst og kultur, fx litteratur, teater, musik, billedkunst, film og arkitektur. I 1700-tallet levede Ludvig Holberg, som voksede op i Bergen i Norge og blev professor i København. Han kaldes dansk litteraturs far. Han skrev komedier som 'Jeppe på Bjerget' og skrev om oplysningstidens ideer, fx tolerance og lige ret for mænd og kvinder.

Denmark has a long tradition of art and culture, for example literature, theatre, music, visual art, film and architecture. Ludvig Holberg lived in the 18th century (1700-tallet). He grew up in Bergen in Norway and became a professor in Copenhagen. He is called the father of Danish literature. He wrote comedies such as 'Jeppe på Bjerget' (Jeppe of the Hill) and wrote about the ideas of the Enlightenment, for example tolerance and equal rights for men and women.

I 1800-tallet blev H.C. Andersen fra Odense kendt i hele verden for sine eventyr, fx 'Den Grimme Ælling'. De er oversat til omkring 125 sprog. Maleren P.S. Krøyer var født i Norge, men boede mest i Danmark og malede i Skagen sammen med andre kunstnere. Filosoffen Søren Kierkegaard mente, at mennesker har ret og pligt til at vælge selv. Komponisten Carl Nielsen skrev symfonier og satte melodi til danske digte, som blev til kendte sange.

In the 19th century (1800-tallet), H.C. Andersen from Odense became known all over the world for his fairy tales, for example 'Den Grimme Ælling' (The Ugly Duckling). They have been translated into about 125 languages. The painter P.S. Krøyer was born in Norway but lived mostly in Denmark and painted in Skagen together with other artists. The philosopher Søren Kierkegaard believed that people have the right and the duty to choose for themselves. The composer Carl Nielsen wrote symphonies and set Danish poems to music, which became well-known songs.

I 1900-tallet skrev Karen Blixen 'Den afrikanske farm' om sin kaffefarm i Kenya. Tove Ditlevsen voksede op i fattige kår på Vesterbro i København og skrev både digte og romaner, der handler om at være fattig, kvinde og barn i datidens samfund. Arkitekten Arne Jacobsen var kendt for funktionalisme. Han tegnede Danmarks Nationalbank og møbler som '7-eren' og 'Ægget'.

In the 20th century (1900-tallet), Karen Blixen wrote 'Den afrikanske farm' (Out of Africa) about her coffee farm in Kenya. Tove Ditlevsen grew up in poverty in Vesterbro in Copenhagen and wrote both poems and novels about being poor, a woman and a child in the society of her time. The architect Arne Jacobsen was known for functionalism. He designed Denmark's National Bank (Danmarks Nationalbank) and furniture such as '7-eren' (the Series 7 chair) and 'Ægget' (the Egg).

Mange af filminstruktøren Thomas Vinterbergs film handler om svære valg i familien. Hans film 'Druk' vandt en Oscar i 2021. Susanne Bier har også vundet en Oscar for 'Hævnen'. Danmark har vundet Eurovision Song Contest tre gange: i 1963, 2000 og 2013. Gruppen Aqua blev verdenskendt med 'Barbie Girl' i 1990'erne.

Many of the film director Thomas Vinterberg's films are about difficult choices in the family. His film 'Druk' (Another Round) won an Oscar in 2021. Susanne Bier has also won an Oscar, for 'Hævnen' (In a Better World). Denmark has won the Eurovision Song Contest three times: in 1963, 2000 and 2013. The group Aqua became world famous with 'Barbie Girl' in the 1990s.

Kunstneren Olafur Eliasson har lavet 'Your rainbow panorama' oven på kunstmuseet ARoS i Aarhus. Værket er en rund bro af glas, og når man går rundt på den, ser man byen i regnbuens farver. Forfatteren Yahya Hassan skrev digte om at vokse op som indvandrer i et ghettokvarter. Hans digtsamling fra 2013 er den mest solgte digtsamling i Danmark nogensinde, og den skabte stor debat.

The artist Olafur Eliasson has made 'Your rainbow panorama' on top of the ARoS art museum in Aarhus. The work is a round bridge made of glass, and when you walk around it, you see the city in the colours of the rainbow. The writer Yahya Hassan wrote poems about growing up as an immigrant in a ghetto neighbourhood (ghettokvarter). His poetry collection from 2013 is the best-selling poetry collection in Denmark ever, and it caused a big debate.