{"id":3983,"date":"2026-06-04T20:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bliv-klogere.dk\/?page_id=3983"},"modified":"2026-06-04T20:28:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T20:28:02","slug":"danish-sayings","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bliv-klogere.dk\/index.php\/danish-sayings\/","title":{"rendered":"5. Danish Sayings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Der skulle have v\u00e6ret revolution i torsdags, men s\u00e5 begyndte det at regne<\/em> = We planned a revolution last Thursday, but then it started raining”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lykken st\u00e5r bag den k\u00e6kke bi<\/em> = Happiness stands behind the cheeky bee<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00d8velse g\u00f8r mester<\/em> = practice makes master<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingen roser uden torne<\/em> (og ingen grise uden orne)<\/em> = No roses without thorns (and no piglets without orns<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Janteloven, a law written down in a book about a working in a ficive town called Jante. It goes however for a typically Danish town. It’s a rather negative law said to influence much of the Danish personallity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Du skal ikke tro, at du er noget.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Du skal ikke tro, at du er lige s\u00e5 meget som os.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Du skal ikke tro, at du er klogere end os.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Du skal ikke bilde dig ind, at du er bedre end os.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Du skal ikke tro, at du ved mere end os.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Du skal ikke tro, at du er mere end os.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Du skal ikke tro, at du duer til noget.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Du skal ikke le ad os.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  9. Du skal ikke tro, at nogen bryder sig om dig.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  10. Du skal ikke tro, at du kan l\u00e6re os noget.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  11. Du skal ikke tro, at vi ikke ved noget om dig<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Here is an English translation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    1. You should not think that you are something.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    2. You should not think that you are as much as us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    3. You should not think that you are smarter than us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    4. You should not imagine that you are better than us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    5. You should not think that you know more than us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    6. You should not think that you are more than us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    7. You should not think that you are good for anything.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    8. You should not laugh at us.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    9. You should not think that anyone cares about you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    10. You should not think that you can teach us anything.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    11. You should not think that we do not know anything about you.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

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      Der skulle have v\u00e6ret revolution i torsdags, men s\u00e5 begyndte det at regne = We planned a revolution last Thursday, but then it started raining” Lykken st\u00e5r bag den k\u00e6kke bi = Happiness stands behind the cheeky bee \u00d8velse g\u00f8r mester = practice makes master Ingen roser uden torne (og ingen grise uden orne) = … Continue reading 5. Danish Sayings<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3983","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bliv-klogere.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bliv-klogere.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bliv-klogere.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bliv-klogere.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bliv-klogere.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3983"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/bliv-klogere.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3985,"href":"https:\/\/bliv-klogere.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3983\/revisions\/3985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bliv-klogere.dk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}