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Does Denmark have a superiority complex towards Scandinavia?

I can't help but notice this recurring vibe that Denmark considers itself the "true capital" of Scandinavia.

Whenever I see Danes talking about Sweden or Norway there seems to be an underlying smugness. They often look down on Sweden as being overly rigid/bureaucratic and politically correct (they call it forbudssverige), and they always joke about Norway just being a historically poor rugged mountain province that got lucky with oil money. I've seen Sweden being called poor too.

Plus, Copenhagen always markets itself as the "Capital of Scandinavia." For example Scandinavian Airlines (national airline of Sweden, Norway and Denmark) selected Copenhagen as their sole global hub for international travel over Oslo and Stockholm. I should note Helsinki offers more intercontinental flights than both Stockholm and Oslo.

Another thing I noticed when looking at their music charts is they consume very little Swedish (and Norwegian) music. For example, Sweden's last Eurovision winner went #1 in Sweden, #2 in Norway, #3 in Finland but only #13 in Denmark (it charted higher in basically every other European country). You can have the #1 song in the world, but if you are Swedish, Danish radio will act like it doesn't exist.

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u/Accomplished-Air232 — 5 days ago

Why is Albania the least religious in the Balkans, historically and presently?

How did Albanians emerge as the least religious Balkan people? More specifically, what historical factors led to the widespread adoption of rigid atheism and how did this phenomenon weaken institutional religious loyalty?

Unlike their Balkan neighbors - such as the deeply Orthodox Greeks and Serbs with their national historic ties to the church or the highly observant Muslim Bosniaks - Albanians generally lack strong ties to religion and stand out to me as a highly secular people.

I'm aware that they were religiously diverse (for example Catholics in North Albania, Muslims in Kosovo/Macedonia and Orthodoxs in South Albania) but even then Albania is no longer Muslim majority according to their last census.

So, as it stands, they do not have a majority religion in their country, which is quite rare in the Balkans.

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u/Accomplished-Air232 — 24 days ago

Why is Albania the least religious in the Balkans?

Unlike their Balkan neighbors - such as the deeply Orthodox Greeks and Serbs with their national ties to the church or the highly observant Muslim Bosniaks - Albanians generally lack strong ties to religion and stand out to me as a highly secular people.

I'm aware that they were religiously diverse (for example Catholics in North Albania, Muslims in Kosovo/Macedonia and Orthodoxs in South Albania) but even then Albania is no longer Muslim majority according to their last census (2023)

So, as it stands, they do not have a majority religion in their country, which is quite rare in the Balkans.

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u/Accomplished-Air232 — 24 days ago

Why is Albania the least religious in the Balkans?

How did Albanians emerge as the least religious Balkan people?

Unlike their Balkan neighbors - such as the deeply Orthodox Greeks and Serbs with their national ties to the church or the highly observant Muslim Bosniaks - Albanians generally lack strong ties to religion and stand out to me as a highly secular people.

I'm aware that they were religiously diverse (for example Catholics in North Albania, Muslims in Kosovo/Macedonia and Orthodoxs in South Albania) but even then Albania is no longer Muslim majority according to their last census.

So, as it stands, they do not have a majority religion in their country, which is quite rare in the Balkans.

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u/Accomplished-Air232 — 24 days ago

Structure de Anglese

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Le grammar et le phonology d'isse dialect maintains une Romance morphosyntatic structure. Les phonemes et le accentuation de le syllables estes distinct, renderant le pronunciation et articulation de consonants et vowels very similar au contemporary Anglese. Isse vocabulary est consistent con academic terminology, inclusive de nouns, adjectives, et prepositions derivent de Romance languages, in particular Frenche.

Structure of Anglese

It maintains a morphosyntactic structure and pronunciation very similar to modern English, making it highly intelligible to native English speakers and those familiar with other Romance languages.

The grammar and phonology of this dialect maintains a Romance morphosyntactic structure. The phonemes and the stress of the syllables are distinct, making the pronunciation and articulation of the consonants and vowels very similar to contemporary English. This vocabulary is consistent with academic terminology, including nouns, adjectives, and prepositions deriving from Romance languages, in particular French.

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u/Accomplished-Air232 — 4 months ago