5 Things America could learn from DENMARK

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In this video, we examine different aspects of life in Denmark that we think the United States could benefit from adopting. Some of these aspects of a Danish lifestyle are things we have grown to love since moving to Denmark in 2017 and others are part of the ethos and nature of the country.
No country is perfect and we are of course discussing both countries from a generalized point of view, but having lived in America and lived in Denmark for many years - we think we have found some things that America could learn from Denmark.
Of course, the Danes are known for many parts of their culture like happiness and work life balance - but behind those metrics, there are lessons that we think Americans would benefit from. The same things that make Denmark a great place to call home could be implemented in the United States.
Since moving to Denmark, these are just five of the things we picked that we'd love to see adopted more broadly in our home country. Let us know your thoughts or additional aspects below.
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@martinpoulsen6564 День назад

Not to fuel the fire, but the US could probably also benefit from a multi party system, rather than the abysmal divide between the two giants currently playing out. The winner take all approach is always going to leave a lot of people behind, and is everything but inclusive. Minority governments always have to stay focused on the ball to stay in power.

@lordwholesome1053 День назад

You'd think so but that feeling of inclusivity is lacking everywhere in Europe too because we too vote on a party that prioritizes their agenda, putting the other issues in a lower priority bracket. In that sense, it's relatively similar. However, there IS more choice in voting, generally speaking.

@Jadewizard День назад

Yes 💯 🎯!

@dorisw5558 День назад

The US has more than 30 parties. You just never hear about any of them

@martinpoulsen6564 День назад

@lordwholesome1053 A minority government doesn't get to ignore everyone else, like a majority government does. That is of course just as true with any number of parties, but the more parties active and present, the bigger likelihood of a minority government. On top of that, you get multiple views on same issues, rather than just black or white.

@Donnah1979 День назад

Absolutely!! A few US states seem to have changed their voting systems to 'Ranked Choice ' or 'Approval' voting, replacing the 'First past the post ' voting, which causes this "you only have two choices" thinking 🎉🎉🎉 - Hoping that most of the states will follow 🥹

@Ikkeligeglad День назад

Number 6: I had an operation here in the spring, on the day of the operation I was picked up by a taxi and driven 60 km to the hospital, had the operation, got something to eat, got medicine for a few days, was taken back home, was on sick leave for two weeks with full pay. my expense for the whole thing was DKK 0.00. Universal healtcare payed by tax. USA is the only western country that doesn't have that and just look at what happens if you get a complicated open femur fracture🤯

@Lupinemancer87 День назад

That is so true it's scary. For a country that fancies itself the "great country in the world," it's lacking behind in many aspects. I don't say this to insult the US, there are a lot of things I like about it, and several people I admire as well, but it is a fact that the US is way behind in several areas.

@Ikkeligeglad День назад

@@Lupinemancer87 We all have to listen and learn from each other and that way we make progress, the worst thing we can do is say that we can't learn anything new and that we can't implement something because of the composition of the population or because of the size of the country if anyone claims it is only because of narrow-mindedness. We that lives in small countries know that

@blueeyedpunk День назад

Eh you pay both in France,UK, Germany and Switzerland. The US is just taken over by corporations so all the medicine stuff is way more expensive than it should be

@relaxdreams8391 23 часа назад

Europeans, in general, have a very simplistic understanding of how things work in the United States as a whole. This is probably due to intense propaganda from childhood. The government acts like a 'sugar daddy' to the kids. In the state I live in (California), we have short-term disability insurance. I pay for additional short-term disability insurance through my employer at a very low rate-about $10 per paycheck. That’s way cheaper than a 25% VAT plus 45% taxes. My out-of-pocket expenses per year are $3,000, and I have an HSA account, meaning it’s pre-tax, and I can invest that money to grow in value. Where I work, if you are salaried (I’m hourly), you can get unlimited time off. In your example, you would receive full pay. If it goes beyond two weeks, short-term disability kicks in. Again, if you make €100,000 a year in Denmark and give 60% to the government in various taxes, that’s €60,000 a year, or €1.2 million over 20 years. That’s way more expensive than in the United States. The U.S. is based on meritocracy

@Ikkeligeglad 23 часа назад

@@relaxdreams8391 Nobody pays 60% in tax, all in all I pay 38%, for that I get free health care, with no copay at all. Free education including university and 6 weeks of vacation payed. We get one year of parental leave per child, a pension to live on when you get old, no road tolls, maximum medical expenses of 800 USD per year regardless of what medicine you need even if it costs 100,000

@donmeisner4438 День назад

Great to hear a perspective from two sides. Biking and public transportation is probably the best thing they could learn, and try to redesign cities away from the car dominated system you have now

@kevinwalsh4125 День назад

I like the idea of decentralization of DC! A great conversation …

@Phiyedough День назад

I'm from England which actually went backwards in terms of higher education access. I was at college in the 1980s when there were no tuition fees and you could get a local government grant for living expenses. Now England is the most expensive country in the world to get a degree. The rest of UK is not as bad but students still end up with some student debt.

@majamogens День назад

Many (?) years ago the mantra was; We have no other raw materials (metals etc.) in this country than our population - therefore education.

@kasperkjrsgaard1447 День назад

It’s still most valid. Occationally.

@DNA350ppm 14 часов назад

There was research founded by the OECD in the 1960's, that maintained the same about Finland - when there was so few natural resources in Finland that were highly valued on the world market, and Finland was very burdened from five years of war (WW 2) with the attacking Sovietunion and all the bombing it lead to (compare with Ukraine) - which Finland fought to a great extent with borrowed money. The debt was paid back to every cent with interest and all. So progress was initially slow. But education for both female and male citizens of all ages really helped. In the 1970's women already had more university level degrees (masters and other 5-7 years of university-level studies) than men. It is really admirable how Denmark has managed to stay on top in agriculture, sea-transport, energy-production, architecture, medicine, design, etc, thanks to excellent quality education. It is no easy task to accomplish a masters-degree at a Danish university - but thanks to everything about Denmark being expected to be of high standard, Denmark is the next happiest country in the world, despite Danish being one of the most difficult languages in the Western world. All students learn foreign languages, too! Danes speak excellent English! How easy for Americans who already know English, and aren't required to become bi- or trilingual on a high level - the majority can go directly for the subject-matters. USA can do it - and American men could feel useful and competent, and thrive as well as the American women. Just investing in education and social development.

@BEASTYkiller День назад

Tusind tak. Som altid en varm og kærlig gennemgang af det danske samfund. Kunne godt tænke mig en video om det modsatte aspekt. Danmark kan lære af USA, er jeg sikker på. Har i mulighed for at komme op med 5 ting, vi kan lære af USA?

@m0rt11 День назад

Jeg tænkte det samme

@sebastianwittenkamp2738 День назад

Danmark har den værste service kultur når man sammenligner med USA

@Donnah1979 День назад

Optimisme? Udadvendthed?

@sebastianwittenkamp2738 День назад

Another one is the cultural attitude towards unions. Denmark is the home of the ombudsman and things like collective bargaining are not considered the devil.

@jandamskier6510 День назад

This is heavy stuff. Amazon, Musk etc. do not like trade unions, to say the least. The USA used to have them. Why on earth did you let them disappear, so to speak?

@vrenak День назад

@@jandamskier6510 Murdered, and I'm not speaking metaphorically, literally murdered, but a detective agency employers hired to kill them, and guess who didn't face any consequences for their crimes.

@Ikkeligeglad День назад

Number 6: universal helthcare, USA could learn somthing instead of paying a ton of money to the shareholders of the big insurance compagnies

@bati1012 День назад

Det kommer aldrig til at ske

@Ikkeligeglad День назад

@@bati1012 Man skal aldrig sige aldrig

@Phiyedough День назад

I dare say the US government is already spending as much per capita on health care as Denmark but it gets such poor value for money that only a minority of people can benefit.

@Ikkeligeglad День назад

@@Phiyedough Americans spend more and are not covered anyway

@bati1012 День назад

@@Ikkeligeglad med din anden kommentar omkring din operation giver det sig selv. USA vil gå bankerot hvis rig og fattig får den samme hjælp ganske gratis. Hvem skal betale? Landet er simpelthen for stort. Dem der har penge i USA vil aldrig nogensinde finde sig i det. Ikke engang den alm amerikaner vil gå med til det. Så glem det

@chardington3412 День назад

If you two think back on your mindset before you moved to Denmark. if you now take these propositions, that you come out with in this video. Would you have believed if someone else told you then, either that it would be a good way for the US to take these suggestions and change the way your society is set up, or that you some day would make the suggestions your self? The common view being what it is in US, I would doubt that it would seem possible. 😆

@janlindtner305 День назад

❤👍🤟

@sortehuse День назад

So, what can we in Denmark learn from the US? 🙂

@marieuglemoes3303 День назад

Nothing

@timpeterjensen2364 День назад

What not to do

@sortehuse 19 часов назад

@@marieuglemoes3303 There most be something. They have a higher average income in the US, a lower cost of living and better Burgers.

@padden999 16 часов назад

Maybe this: Queuing systems work in the US. Make queuing systems simple so there's no confusion about where to stand. Clerks pull from one queue so customers are served equally fast, not who gets to a newly opened checkout first.

@snugglistiske 15 часов назад

To have less strict laws about housing structures, in order to enable Tiny house living, as this is almost impossible to legally do in Denmark. Also, loosen the grip on car modifications.....as a handy car enthusiast, it´s really frustrating to have dreams about certain modification or projects you want to make, but are illegal, even though it doesn´t impact safety or emissions.....In US you can practically built your own car, slap some lights on it and get a license plate no problem.....that´s so far away from what´s possible in Denmark.

@biostud666 День назад

While a nice idea decentralization of the government is a horrid idea. If you want to make legislation across different bodies of government, it's quite inconvenient if they are spread all over the country. Obviously minor bodies of government can be placed other as we see with the military and security/intelligence.

@Ikkeligeglad День назад

There are more advantages than disadvantages, but not from the perspective of the capital and those who live there

@Donnah1979 День назад

It's more like the administration, which has been spread out.

@DaneInTheUS 13 часов назад

Why would that matter? The US still uses fax machines for much official paperwork. But eventually I'm sure things will move along. I'm any case, there's no difference, outside of the time zone, in whether a government office is in DC, California or Illinois. It could be easily decentralized much more than it is. Who cares where you send a letter, fax or email to?

@HenrikWind День назад

Unfortunately there is a 6th thing America have to learn. Paying higher taxes. With out that, the 5 things would not happen 🙂

@gabrielkempf5577 День назад

Taxation is theft

@Phiyedough День назад

If they spent the money on the country itself instead of starting wars everywhere they could do a fair bit without raising taxes.

@Donnah1979 День назад

Maybe they merely need to close the tax loopholes for the rich 🤑

@charleholst3881 20 часов назад

People would resent higher taxes much less if we felt sure the money wasn’t being squandered on foolishness or lining the pockets of the well-connected.

@tommykrmer3666 День назад

you cant compart 1 of the worst contryin the the world to live in to denamark woude rater be poor in afganistan than usa

@hamza9540 9 часов назад

Hvad snakker du om?

@Solfalk 16 часов назад

I feel the need to point out that the reason Denmark has pretty good work-life balance and rules, are due to unions. We don't have many labor laws as all that is handled by the unions and the contracts they make with the employers. This system works when the unions have a lot of members. A couple of generations ago the unions fought to gain most of the benefits we have today and they succeeded because they were big, unfortunately today a lot of Danes take it for granted and aren't a member, which again makes the unions less strong.

@RobeTrotting 16 часов назад

Very good point

@tyrellalexander-f1i День назад

Denmark has all these bonuses because it is a Parliamentary system that is MORE responsive to the voters wishes and MORE responsible for its own actions (more democratic and more checks and balances). Regardless if it is a Republic or Constitutional Monarchy; Parliamentary systems are Superior to Presidential systems.

@RobeTrotting 16 часов назад

Drawbacks on both but it’s tough to change the systems that keep people in power. The government can’t be blown up by one small faction of a party in the US for example.

@Sianistic 15 часов назад

@@RobeTrotting for all that i politically dislike him, McCarthy getting ousted as Speaker of House of Representatives, and all the air that whole deal sucked out, would effectively be comparable

@JunkerOnDrums День назад

Thanks for a nice positive video. Will mention 3 additional things the US can improve: 1. Health care. 2. A political system where it is the popular vote that counts - and proportional representation for parliament etc. - so that everyone in society is heard as opposed to winner takes it all. 3. The political culture in Denmark is - in contrast to the USA - characterized by cooperation and consensus as well as faith in science about many important things such as the green transition :D

@charleholst3881 20 часов назад

My home town has added more and more bike lanes in recent years. They are clearly marked, often narrowing thoroughfares to one lane in each direction, often sacrificing parking spaces in the process. There is only one thing missing: bicyclists. Almost never do I see bikes in the bike lanes.

@DNA350ppm 14 часов назад

They will come with increased safety!

@libertariansocialist7371 День назад

1. there was a rich man, I think he was from Mexico that found out a 4 day work week was better than a 5 day. as you worked more after up to a day off and the day off. 2. yes in the US environmentalism was seen as "only annoying extreme liberals" think of Lisa from the Simpsons 4. I see Bike culture is growing in the US, I see more and more on twitter complaining about lack of bike lanes etc.

@CharlieIsOnTheMoon День назад

Nice video. Ultimately I think there are things we each can learn from each other! Like the incorporation of sports and arts in education in the USA. I'm personally in a STEM field and I love how I was easily able to put a lot of focus on math and science, but I know many who would have benefited from being able to put more focus on their talents in sport and/or the arts earlier in their education.

@ThaMonza День назад

I'd love to see one about 5 things Denmark could learn from America, Mange tak :)

@Alhem11 16 часов назад

Unrealistic, Americans will not pay the tax it takes to implement the topics you are talking about. Thought you were going to mention gun control?

@inuuteqstotts9639 19 часов назад

Big fan of you both doing this podcast/youtube work and incorporating other folks. Keep up the good work. Another idea for your team to expand on (down the road) is to look into Greenland and Faroe Islands. These are important parts of Denmark and would help explore/educate the larger audience. Thanks again!

@Celldwellerz 14 часов назад

the bikeing here in dk, is good in the city, on the Bikelanes outside of the big citys, they never get clean'd or snow removal. i bike 16x2km everyday to go to work and home. atleast have a flat tier 2-8 times a year even with puncture free tires. During witner i have to take the bus if it snows because they dont remove the snow like 95% of the time :s if its a little snow i dont care i bike over it.

@Sigart 20 часов назад

I think the biggest thing US could actually learn is to adopt the... Our government bodies have analysts hired whose job it is to spot future issues before they affect the country. So, e.g. coal miners in.. is it mid-western USA? So there should have been a focus as soon as those work places started disappearing to ensure those people could get other kinds of jobs. Do they need training first? Need to make them aware that it's available and all those kinds of things. Now USA has a large segment of the population that somehow feels left out and struggling because their jobs were terminated or moved overseas and I think (as a Dane XD) that the American government should have had to responsibility to ensure they had other prospects.

@Lupinemancer87 День назад

We actually have a rule here (not sure it's an actual rule or more of an unspoken agreement) that if you chop down a tree, you have to plant a new one (maybe two new ones) which is just a great mindset to have when it to the environment.

@ronniedalgaard1381 День назад

Jeg synes det er fuldstændig fantastisk at i nævner vores cykelkultur 🚴🏼‍♂️ At cykle i Danmark er en velfungerende måde at komme fra A-B Det sætter jeg pris på ikke at sq nødvendigvis ha' en fancy bil for at komme rundt. Som i har nævnt i en foregående ep. såkommer man ikke langt med at "puste sig op" p.g.a. din arb. titel.... Elsker at poppe ind og se/høre, følge med i jeres oplevelse om at være foreingers in a country which is not your native....❤

@relaxdreams8391 23 часа назад

I'm sure must be wonderful during the winter

@jespernielsen8549 11 часов назад

@@relaxdreams8391It is, if you dress accordingly. Don't do it in shorts and a t-shirt during a blizzard. 😂

@johnvaller1707 День назад

But but but don't you know that windmills causes cancer - especially in the USA - LOL

@nicklasberg5146 6 часов назад

but its true, many countries really could learn a thing or 6 billion from denmark,..

@nicklasberg5146 6 часов назад

denmak and amurica works close togehter so if they dont alreaddy have it, they wont ever get it.

@frbboy 19 часов назад

No. 1 dependent on your employer = 0 days holiday as a starting point. Be honest guys.

@TheAndesteg День назад

You two are wonderful :) I still hope that I run into you someday. Cheers.

@holdermeddk День назад

I live in Skanderborg and in certain areas cars are parked in the bicycle lane 😮

@financialconnectioninc День назад

Denmark is a ;largely homogeneous western cultured nation. This allows the social welfare system and other laws/norms to be seen by Danes as doing things for "us". In the US it is seen as providing services for "them". America will always be clash of clans.

@tikimillie День назад

DENMARK NUMBER ONE YAAAAAAA

@herdisweins943 День назад

Waw - someone got a new hairdo 😄

@kiffermachon 13 часов назад

Out of curiosity, do you know how big your american audience is ?

@RobeTrotting 12 часов назад

Depends on the video/topic but maybe a quarter to a third.

@ninakeller5310 7 часов назад

They forgot to mention free healthcare.

@RobeTrotting 4 часа назад

It’s not free, just different pay-fors. My doctor doesn’t volunteer 😂

@olejensen3125 День назад

🥰

@futtejanas5690 День назад

it's kind of funny.... Denmark... a cold little country to the north... "a week long summer".. and yet.. both sitting with short sleeves, showing tanned skin. lol... now where does that come from?

@sebastianwittenkamp2738 День назад

Traveling to sunny southern Europe is not too expensive when you’re already in Europe 😊

@jandamskier6510 День назад

incidentally, this summer = August and September have been nicely warm and sunny.

@sablatnic8030 16 часов назад

We happened to have almost two months of summer this year, all of August and most of September. But the normal weather, with rain and wind, started again three days ago! But it is still warmish, around 11C.

@MRbanan1 День назад

Im from denmark

@jandamskier6510 День назад

Og?

@relaxdreams8391 23 часа назад

Sorry not my fault.

@pingvingaming День назад

Its easy to hear you two are from Copenhagen only culture that the government wants to protect are your Copenhagen culture we in jutland want farm land not wind and solar farms put them in Copenhagen

@martinwinther6013 День назад

(off topic, inspired by a previous podcast) As a dane to other danes: PLZ.. !!! Stop the liqurice. I LOVE liqurice.. In my liquorice. Not in my beer, not in my sauce, not in my pastry, not in my popcorn, -not in- mebbi in my ice cream, not in my cereal, not in my salad. Like wtf is it about?? it wasnt like this 20 years ago

@sebastianwittenkamp2738 День назад

Thomas Bülow will find you

@frankmos61g89 День назад

@@sebastianwittenkamp2738 I already snitched on him to Thomas Bülow.

@relaxdreams8391 23 часа назад

My personal experience in the United States is that most of the best benefits are based on MERITOCRACY and not just because you are born American or happen to be American. Currently, the company I work for in the United States offers 4 weeks of vacation time, 10 paid holidays, and 26 Fridays off. Because I max out my vacation time (I still have 160 hours), I only work 4 days a week. I like to start early, so by 3:30 PM, I'm home. I can start any time from 5:30 AM to 9:30 AM. They prefer you to pick a time so they can schedule meetings and tasks, but you are free to change it at any time if you give them advance notice. I live in California, where more than 300 days a year are sunny, and even right now, as I write this at 6:10 PM, it is still light outside. We are almost in October. California is by far more progressive than Denmark when it comes to sustainability, especially considering the size of the state and its large population. There are more people using subways, buses, electric cars, and bikes in California than the total population of Denmark. I drive once a week and take the bus to work 3 times a week. I have a special card that I can load using an app. If I spend more than $5 a day, all other trips are free as long as I’m within the network. My employer offers commute cards pre-tax, meaning I can set aside a fraction of my pay for transportation. A credit card is provided to me, which I load with the funds from the card I mentioned above. Denmark has a very small economy. Walmart's gross income alone is higher than Denmark's annual GDP. In the United States, you don’t need a higher education to make a living. Many jobs that pay well do not require that level of education; it’s nice to have but not a necessity. Here are some examples of people without college degrees: the founders of Microsoft, Apple, and Facebook. To me, Denmark feels like a mirage or a prison without walls-a cult where people have been brainwashed to depend on the government, much like a sugar daddy. Still a nice place to visit during the summer, only, but not to live full time. ---

@Ikkeligeglad 22 часа назад

@@relaxdreams8391 You are lucky to have that job but what about if you work at Walmart, what benefits do you have then, what about Mcdonald, how much do they earn, how much vacation do they have and what about health care and payed vacation do they have, who pays their salary if they are sick? You don't give a shit, that's the problem, egocentric, it's only about "what can I get", "me me me" the rest of the people can just die and I don't care, it's only about me! And you call your self Christian! Read the Bible again and read it all

@relaxdreams8391 2 часа назад

@@Ikkeligeglad The reason someone enjoys good job benefits is often due to their skills, hard work, and dedication. In a meritocratic system, these qualities lead to success and recognition. Attributing their achievements to luck undermines the effort and commitment they invested to reach their goals. Success is built on perseverance and skill development, not chance.