This week’s dates: Happy Birthday Frederik

May 26: Happy Birthday Frederik!
Crown Prince Frederik turns 46 on Monday. Expect lots of flags. He is the eldest son of Queen Margrete II so one day he will become the king of Denmark.

A father of four, a devoted sportsman and a real man-of-the-people, Frederik is expected to be a popular king and unlike to other members of the Royal Family he is rarely ridiculed by the media.

May 29: Kristi Himmelfart
Pray for warm weather on Thursday (and Friday) for those are your days off! Ascension Day on Thursday is a Christian holiday celebrated 40 days after the resurrection of Christ.

Ascension these days means you should get up from your office chair and enjoy the sun. Most companies and shops also close down on Friday, because who wants to work for just one day before the weekend?





  • How internationals can benefit from joining trade unions

    How internationals can benefit from joining trade unions

    Being part of a trade union is a long-established norm for Danes. But many internationals do not join unions – instead enduring workers’ rights violations. Find out how joining a union could benefit you, and how to go about it.

  • Internationals in Denmark rarely join a trade union

    Internationals in Denmark rarely join a trade union

    Internationals are overrepresented in the lowest-paid fields of agriculture, transport, cleaning, hotels and restaurants, and construction – industries that classically lack collective agreements. A new analysis from the Workers’ Union’s Business Council suggests that internationals rarely join trade unions – but if they did, it would generate better industry standards.

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    The numbers are especially striking amongst the 3,477 business and economics students polled, of whom 31 percent elected Novo Nordisk as their favorite, compared with 20 percent last year.