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Danish Women: Everything You Need To Know (Tips)

Written by Anna Armstrong

Last updated on April 17th, 2022

Table of contents:

Characteristics Of Danish Women Regarding Mentality?
Characteristics Of Danish Women Regarding Moral?
Characteristics Of Danish Women Regarding Education?
Characteristics Of Danish Women Regarding Family?

Denmark belongs to one of the three Scandinavian countries located in northern Europe. The population of the country is about 5.5 million. Citizens of Denmark are called Danes, and they’re known to be among one of the happiest people in the world. Furthermore, Denmark includes 406 islands or thereabout, meaning that a larger part of Denmark is surrounded by water. Water permeates every nook and cranny of this country; even Copenhagen, the capital, is situated on the island of Zealand, the largest and most populous island in Denmark. The geographical location of Denmark is amazing, in that other cities of Europe can be easily accessible. For example, you can fly to Berlin within an hour from the Copenhagen airport (Kastrup). From London and Paris, you can fly to Denmark in under two hours while Barcelona, Rome, and Vienna can be reached within three hours. In other words, visiting Denmark from most European countries is fairly easy and affordable.

From a socio-economic perspective, the Danes enjoy a prosperous economy, and the Danish government is known to have little corruption and to be fair. In Denmark, all citizens are treated fairly and equally, and there is no gender in higher esteem than the other. The margin between the rich and the poor isn’t wide, unlike in some other countries of the world. The tax system in Denmark is progressive, i.e., the more money you make, the higher taxes you pay. As a result, Danes enjoy high salaries but also extremely high taxes that, according to the OECD, are the highest in the world. When it comes to Danish women, there are a lot of interesting things to know about them. The first category of Danish women can be categorized as the no-nonsense and more serious types. This group isn’t particularly focused on what they look like; instead, they focus more on matters such as their career, health, and hobbies. Another group of Danish women can be categorized as progressives or leftists, where they are all into feminism, animal rights, and a vegan lifestyle.

Nonetheless, the majority of Danish women are relatively traditional, independent, and no-nonsense. As a matter of fact, most Danish women don’t find feminism very attractive. Instead, they enjoy dressing up, taking good care of themselves, and being educated. These are the modern Danes. When it comes to how Danish women look, a characteristic feature of Danish women is their need for comfort, and thus, most Danish women will dress either stylish or casual, depending on their mood – yet the rule is that comfort is essential. Thus, in contrast to, e.g., Russian Women or Ukrainian women, you don’t see Danish women wear high stilettos unless for very special occasions. Regarding body shape and height, Danish women are relatively tall compared to many other countries, and especially the younger generations enjoy working out regularly. In terms of hair color, most Danish girls are blond when they are born; however, their hair color changes to light brown as they grow older. Although in this day and age you see all kinds of hair colors in Denmark, from red, green and blue as women in Denmark enjoy changing their hair often.

Characteristics Of Danish Women Regarding Mentality?

Another fascinating thing about Danish women is their temperament when it comes to love and relationships – and you can definitely argue they’re not quick to make up their minds. Danish women don’t just play hard to get; generally, they have difficulty committing to a serious relationship, just as seen in other Scandinavian women like the Swedes and Norwegians. Nonetheless, women in Denmark are charismatic and take pride in being independent, making them very self-assured when it comes to men. This is not to categorically say that dating Danish women are an impossible mission – it is just a harder mission compared to many other women in the world. Danish women generally don’t appreciate conversing with random men that try to catch them up in the street. Instead, Danish women want to take their time to get to know you for whom you are before they decide to take things to the next level. Become their friend first, and you’ll find them to be the most welcoming and interesting women you can encounter.

In Denmark, the whole idea of marriage and childbearing is different or, appropriately said, unique – compared to many other countries in the world. The main reason is that the genders are equal in Denmark, and it is not really an issue that the Danes spend much time on. Hence, when it comes to marriage or having children, Danish women take their time, as they are financially very good at taking care of themselves and, from that perspective, don’t need a man. Another interesting fact about Danish women and their mentality is their ability to be free thinkers and truly independent. In other words, they don’t mind much what other people think of them. Furthermore, their free spirit makes them, on the one hand, difficult to date, but also more interesting than many other women. Another factor that affects the mentality of Danish women is that in Denmark, more men than women are interested in starting a serious relationship, and thus Danish women who are looking for a partner can choose and pick when it comes to available single men.

So if you are a foreigner to Denmark, the odds of finding a single Danish woman ready to start a relationship are not nearly as good as in, e.g., in Russia or Ukraine, where women outnumber men in great numbers. A final thing that should be mentioned when it comes to the mentality of Danish women is their sometimes too strong affinity for being single. Women in Denmark over 35 are more likely than not to choose a single life if they are not already married and, as a result, many Danish women have children, but the biological father is not part of the family. Hence, many women in Denmark don’t feel they really need men, or in other words, they have enough in themselves. Compared to other countries, Danish women since the 1970s have taken the idea of independence more seriously and today see it as a virtue even though it often results in living a lonely life, especially later in life when the children have moved away from home.

Characteristics Of Danish Women Regarding Moral?

It’s quite surprising to learn that loyalty isn’t a common virtue for Danish women. They particularly aren’t loyal and not ready to remain committed to a relationship once their mind is made up on calling it quits. Many reasons account for this side of Danish women, where their upbringing is one of them. Many Danish women grow up in an environment where traditional values are a thing of the past, and both state and media over the years have taught women in Denmark that, e.g., getting a divorce is no big deal. Thus, divorces and breakups are the norms with most Danish women, and as a result, there is almost a 50% chance for a marriage in Denmark to end in divorce. Regarding infidelity, Denmark is more or less a country where it is socially accepted, and as a result, it is estimated that most women in Denmark (as well as men) will cheat on their partner or husband. Of course, the result is that after several recurrent episodes of unfaithfulness in a relationship, the couple breaks up and goes to each their own way.

Dating a Danish woman isn’t a “bed of roses” thing. It comes with significant risks and unpleasant experiences; however, it is not all bad, and it has some benefits as well. Dating a Danish woman could result in a lot of good regarding having an equal and competent partner. However, expect quite a few headaches too. Many men have raised the question – what does dating a Danish woman anticipate, or how do Danish women behave when in a relationship? And well, there is no straight answer. However, when in a relationship with a Danish woman, you have to keep challenging her on many levels, such as intellectually, sexually, and when it comes to standing up for yourself. Another issue when it comes to Danish women and morals is that of children. Most Danish women see no problem bringing up their children alone, and thus especially boys grow up without any father to teach them how to be a man. And well, Danish women have no remorse even though many young boys or men in Denmark feel abandoned and without any male figure in their life.

Overall, when examining the morals of Danish women, it seems like they more or less do what they want and that traditional values have gone out the window when it comes to especially the relationship between a man and a woman. Yet, when it comes to other matters than relationships, Danish women tend to be quite moral, e.g., regarding what they eat, what products they buy, if they recycle their garbage the right way, human rights, etc. Hence, virtues that women in other countries find rather unimportant – well, not as important as family and children. Anyway, you probably get the idea. On a final note, if you plan on dating a Danish woman, you should prepare for some ups and downs, and if you are seeking an old-school relationship where traditional values matter, you are better off looking for a single woman in a different country than Denmark.

Characteristics Of Danish Women Regarding Education?

One thing that Danish women take very seriously is their education, and thus, women in Denmark tend to be highly educated and competent. Since the 1970s, women in Denmark have gone from being housewives to become everything you can imagine within all fields of profession. Also, Danish women believe they can do anything equally as good as men and that nothing can limit them or make them inferior to their male counterparts. In fact, more women in Denmark than men go to university, and generally, they get better grades in high school, as well as any further education. For example, there has been a massive increase in the rate of Danish women with tertiary education, and statistics tell us that over 60% of women in Denmark have a tertiary diploma, and the trend keeps progressing. Women in Denmark are at the front line in the world of medicine, where they’re significantly better represented compared to other women within the OECD monitored countries.

Danish women also do well in business, marketing, administration, and law, where they outrank many other countries in terms of outcome. However, the case isn’t the same with regard to engineering, computing, construction, and a range of industrial areas where men are highly overrepresented compared to women. About 90% of men in Denmark are working and take interest within before mentioned professions, while just 10% of women enroll and show an interest. In addition, the Danish government has for decades tried to encourage women to enter male-dominated work areas and has provided laws that provide women with equal opportunities and rights regarding, e.g., paid maternity leave. Nonetheless, they have not been very successful, maybe due to the fact that men and women don’t always share the same interests.

When it comes to women and politics in Denmark, between 1990 and 2019, the number of women in the Danish parliament (Folketinget) has gone up and down, but overall the number has increased. Nonetheless, the biggest share of women ever in the Danish parliament was slightly more than a third of the total seats, where the number of women in parliament reached an all-time high in 2019, with 68 women elected. The Danish parliament consists of 179 members, where 175 of these mandates derive from Danish political parties, while four mandates come from Greenland and the Faroe Islands. In other words, the actual share of women in the Danish parliament, including the delegates from Greenland and the Faroe Islands, amounted to 70 women. Also, Denmark gained its first female prime minister with Helle Thorning-Schmidt, who assumed office in 2011.

Characteristics Of Danish Women Regarding Family?

When it comes to Danish women and their family values, we already gave you an idea in the above sections. Nonetheless, if we dig in a little deeper, we identify the disturbing fact that a large percentage of Danish women after the age of 30 prefer to live a single life without any man, whereas only 9% of men share the same preference. In other words, in Denmark, if you are over the age of 30 and a man who is looking for a lifetime partner, your odds are slim compared to most other countries. Yet, you do have around 50% of the women in Denmark who choose to get married, most often in their early or mid-thirties. Hence, compared to other countries like, e.g., Russia and Ukraine or other Slavic countries, it is around ten years later. Still, as we mentioned above, marriages in Denmark tend no to last that long. According to various statistics, we can see that almost half of the people who get married in Denmark end up separating after 12 years of their union together.

Thus, if you marry a Danish woman, there is a 50% chance that you will have to go through a divorce, and in the case you at that point have children, well then they will have to go through it as well. Also, divorces in Denmark are known to be a battle to the death, where couples fight about custody of the children and assets such as houses, cars, and similar belongings the divorcing couple purchased together. When it comes to children, the average woman in Denmark gets 1,5 children. As a result, Denmark has a negative growth in its population of ethnic Danes, and to counter that, the Danish politicians have opened the borders to immigration primarily from third world countries. In addition, the vast majority of Danish women don’t favor foreign men, especially from third or developing countries. Regarding foreign men from other Western or Scandinavian countries, Danish women are open to relationships – but in general, Danish women prefer Danish men, especially when it comes to marriage and having children.

When it comes to family life, norms, and general practices in Denmark, Danish women expect men to participate equally in the household. Thus, when going over some statistics, we identify that men in Denmark do more household work than men in other countries. Also, Danish women expect their men to equally pick up kids from school or kindergarten, taking the kids to ball games, and everything else related to the welfare of the children. Likewise, when it comes to grocery shopping, buying close for the children, and the list goes on. In order words, if you desire to date or marry a Danish woman, you have to accept that you have to at least contribute with half the work and tasks that need doing around the house and children, on top of having a full-time job and being able to provide half the household incomes. This takes us to our final point, which is that most women in Denmark work full time and have a career. The concept of family life we used to know where a woman took care of the kids and house, and the man would be the sole provider – in today’s Denmark simply does not exist.