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In beginning of May 2013, citizens of Chennai will have the possibility to experience five short stories by famed Danish fairy tales author Hans Christian Andersen, performed by the Indian Theatre Nisha, as part as a series of events in the city which are organised to raise awareness of study and work opportunities for talented [...]

Theatre of Danish fairy tales to reach students in Chennai

To promote bicycling in India, the Embassador of Denmark in India, H.E Mr Freddy Svane, and the Indian artist Mr Deepak Tandon are launching ‘The Free Bike Initiative’: 100 free bikes for 100 Indian citizens. How: Through a charity sale of art works Why: The aim of the ‘Free Bike Initiative’ is to popularise the biking [...]

Promoting bicycling in India

Urban artscape: Use of light, filled with art and literature, to illuminate and augment urban spaces in flux. This is a project currently developed and co-created in Denmark and India: ‘The Urban Wiki Light Project’. It offers the possibility to co-create stories and poems in words and pictures between people in different cities around the [...]

Chandigarh and Copenhagen: explore light, art and urban space

Competition-winning students from Denmark and India were given an opportunity to present practical solutions to world leaders on challenges of resource efficiency. The four winning projects provided practical solutions and received appraisal at the 13th Delhi Sustainable Development Summit on 1 February 2013. Presidents, ministers, technology companies and NGO’s met at the 13th Delhi Sustainable [...]

Sustainability awards to four Indian and Danish students

In 2013, the Danish-Indian dance project ‘Footprint’ will be performing in Bangalore, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Kolkata. Later will it perform in Paris and various European cities. Here is a video news release about the project which was recently shown on 56 tv-stations and seen in 65 countries: See the video by VNR.tv: ‘Footprint’ (Duration: [...]

Indian-Danish performance tour in India

“I see myself as belonging to a long tradition of ‘small town cosmopolitanism’, a tradition often overlooked in metropolitan and so-called ‘global’ circles today. I grew up in a small town – Gaya, Bihar – and left it at the age of 24 or 25 for the first time. I worked for four or five [...]

Tabish Khair: Indian born Danish professor and writer

Co-creative projects

Denmark has decided to lead the transition to a green growth economy and will be independent of fossil fuels by 2050 as the first country in the world. Already by 2020, half of Denmark's electricity is to be provided by wind mills. The City Council of Copenhagen wants to become the first carbon neutral capital in the world by 2025.

Sustainable living
Denmark has gained world-wide recognition for its ‘Scandinavian Model’ with core values of equality, solidarity, and a concept of taking care of each other. Denmark has the highest income equality when compared to 168 other countries, according to the 2010 Human Development Report from United Nations Development Programme. Generally the Danes strive to run fair businesses based on transparency and mutual trust.

Peace, welfare and social responsibility
In recent years, Danish artists have had an increased contact with the international art scene. It is especially within the field of visual arts and children’s performing arts that Denmark has gained acclaim and recognition world-wide.

Arts and creativity
The Danish film industry is placing its mark on the international screen with various stylistic expressions and genres. Cinematography that reflects tragedies and is critical of society is perhaps one of the most widespread tendency in Danish cinema of today.

Film and media
Danish mentality and identity are largely influenced by the country’s history and the thinking of its philosophers. By maintaining old buildings and using them for something new and modern, the Danish society is uniting its past with its presence.

Heritage
Danish design, fashion, crafts and architecture are recognisable for their minimalistic form, combined with practicality and quality. With this style, Denmark has created an unmistakable trademark for itself throughout the world.

Design, fashion, crafts and architecture
One of the most notable things about the Danish education system is that it connects high quality education with an ability to question conventions and the conventional. Historically the open exchange of ideas has been central for Denmark to attain the wealth and level of research and industry of present. A lot of effort is put into inviting foreign students and international talent to Danish schools, as well as sending Danish students abroad.

Education
Denmark had 42 million overnight stays in 2010 where families represented almost half the amount of the visitors. But please don't come to Denmark for its beach life. The capital's uniqueness lies within its professional cultural setting of theatres, visual arts, music and festivals as well as architecture and traditional Danish cuisines.

Tourism, food and lifestyle
Close cooperation between universities, hospitals and industries has made Denmark a global leader in biotech research and innovation. Denmark has a high focus on medical research, and through cooperation with global operators, Denmark will put even more efforts into the field of genetic research in the future.

Science
One of the noticeable aspects of Danish worklife is its management culture which is dominated by a high degree of respect for the individual employee and a relaxed and friendly tone at the workplace. The manager prefers to be a member of the team and will typically see the employees as equals. For many Danish companies it has proved to be a successful business strategy.

Business

Influences

Approximately 300 Danes live in India on a permanent basis. On this page we collect examples of what the Danes are doing – or have been doing – in India.

Denmark influences India
Approximately 9,000 Indians live in Denmark, and there are more than 100 Indian restaurants in the capital Copenhagen. Also a large number of Danes have been so inspired by India that they have become deeply involved in work which promotes the Indian culture within the borders of Denmark.

India influences Denmark
 
 

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