Badass Danish Girl, 1969... WAIT FOR IT!

In 1969, a young Danish woman who’s being interviewed by a TV reporter about why she’s traveling alone on foot. She produces some papers to say it’s ok, her parents and the officials have approved hee walking in public. She even procures “a document with a stamp from the local police chief, to verify her story.”

The reporter is worried about her safety and the potential for unwanted harassment, and wonders how she’ll protect herself and... she shows him:

54 Fantastic Photos Document Everyday Life in Roskilde, Denmark From the 1900s and 1910s

Roskilde is a city in Denmark, west of Copenhagen. Next to its harbor, the Viking Ship Museum has 11th-century vessels and an active boatyard. In its center, the Gothic, twin-spired Roskilde Cathedral holds the tombs of many Danish kings and queens. The nearby Museum of Contemporary Art sits in a former royal mansion. West of the city, the huge Land of Legends open-air museum recreates Stone Age and Viking life.

These fantastic photos from 200 år i skole document everyday life of Roskilde, Denmark from between the 1900s and 1910s.

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Everyday Life of Denmark During the 1930s and 1940s Through Sven Türck's Lens

Sven Türck (1897 - 1954) was a Danish photographer who had a versatile repertoire, and primarily worked in the 1930s and 1940s. He made more than 70,000 recordings of daily life, national symbols, events, businesses and people, almost all of them at the Royal Library.

Türck's pictures give us a photographic impression of Danish society during the 1930s and 1940s. The cities have grown and rural life is already distant to many people. Clerks and sales women are biking through the streets or enjoying leisure time on the beach...

Riding a bike

Romantic kiss

Showing the catch

Statue of a soldier carrying a bugler in Copenhagen

Summer at Bellevue

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53 Wonderful Snapshots Documented Everyday Life of Copenhagen in the 1960s

Copenhagen is the capital and most populous city of Denmark. The city is situated on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand; another small portion of the city is located on Amager, and is separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the strait of Øresund. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road.

Originally a Viking fishing village founded in the 10th century, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. Beginning in the 17th century it consolidated its position as a regional centre of power with its institutions, defences and armed forces.

After suffering from the effects of plague and fire in the 18th century, the city underwent a period of redevelopment. This included construction of the prestigious district of Frederiksstaden and founding of such cultural institutions as the Royal Theatre and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

Make a trip back to 50 years ago to see what everyday life of this city looked like in the 1960s.

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21 Rare Vintage Photos Capture People Cycling on Copenhagen Streets From Between the 1930s and 1940s

Bicycle is an important and popular mean of transportation in Copenhagen, so we can easily see people cycling on streets. It's a dominating feature of the cityscape, and the city offers a variety of favorable cycling conditions.

Here is a rare photo collection that shows people cycling on Copenhagen streets back to the 1930s and 1940s.

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Denmark 80 Years ago – 40 Vintage Photos of One of the Happiest Places on Earth in the 1930s

These photos were taken by a woman when she had a trip to Europe with her parents during the summer of 1937. They are wonderful pictures that show everyday life in Denmark in this time.

Copenhagen commuters in 1937

Copenhagen in 1937

Copenhagen in 1937

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1937

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1937

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Coats Coat Coat Store as Novel Sales Scheme in Copenhagen, 1936

Overstocked with a large supply of men’s spring and winter coats, a clothier in Copenhagen, Denmark, adopted a unique sales scheme. He erected a scaffolding around his store building and completely covered it from roof to sidewalk with more than a thousand overcoats.

The novel display attracted prospective customers in such droves that police were summoned. Although the police ordered the proprietor to remove the display, he succeeded in selling all the overcoats.

(via Popular Science, July 1936)

Vintage Bicycles in Copenhagen, Denmark From Between the 1910s and 1950s

Bicycles became common in Copenhagen at the beginning of the twentieth century. In 1890 there were 2,500 bicycles in the city, just 17 years later that figure had increased to 80,000 and Copenhagen was already considered the top cycling city in Europe. Below is a small collection of interesting vintage photos of biking culture in Copenhagen from between the 1910s and 1950s.

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Wartime Cycle Taxi in Copenhagen

The rationing of petrol during the Occupation gave rise to creative solutions. Here’s a custom made cycle taxi.

(via Copenhagenize.com)

37 Amazing Vintage Photos of Greenland From Between the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries

Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe (specifically Norway and later Denmark) for more than a millennium.

Greenland is, in area, the world’s largest island, over three-quarters of which is covered by the only contemporary ice sheet outside of Antarctica. Here’s a collection of some of amazing vintage photographs of Greenland in the late 19th to early 20th centuries taken by Th. N. Krabbe, via National Museum of Denmark.

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Old Photos of Daily Life in Denmark During World War II

Images mostly from 1940-1945, during the occupation of Denmark.

Queue outside a soup kitchen,at Klostertorv in Ålborg, 1943

Cyclists at Nørrebrogade in Copenhagen (1940-45)

Queue outside the cigarette shop at Bakken (amusement park) in Klampenborg. Summer 1945.

People near the central square. May 1945.

People at the central square. May 1945.

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16 Interesting Black and White Photos of Denmark in the 1930s

Denmark had joined the League of Nations in 1920 and had worked for a peaceful solution to international problems during the interwar period. In the 1930s, however, foreign policy was complicated by events in Germany.

When Adolf Hitler came to power and Germany began to rearm, Denmark’s position again became vulnerable. Although Germany had never recognized the alterations in its boundaries as laid down by the Treaty of Versailles, Denmark tried in vain to obtain German recognition of the Schleswig boundary. At the same time, it avoided measures that could offend its powerful neighbor. When in June 1939 Hitler offered nonaggression pacts to those countries that might feel threatened by Germany’s expansionist policy, Denmark, in contrast to the other Scandinavian countries, accepted the offer. In September of that year, at the outbreak of World War II, Denmark—this time together with the other Nordic countries—issued a declaration of neutrality.

Below is a collection of some of interesting vintage photographs that capture everyday life in Denmark in the 1930s:

Sølvgade Barracks in Copenhagen, Denmark

Children in Kalundborg, Denmark

House in Helsingoer, Denmark

Town Hall in Viborg, Denmark

Cyclist in Copenhagen, Denmark

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Amazing Photograhs of Life in Denmark Through World War II

Images mostly from 1940-1945. During the occupation of Denmark.

Flags at Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen. The king's birthday, 26th September 1945.

The Royal Guard replaces the police at Amalienborg Palace. 10th of June 1945.

Bike with a side car (Between 1940 and 1945)

Queue outside the bank in Kolding because of the currency reform. 23th of July 1945.

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