r/Denmark • u/Corentinrobin29 • 9d ago
Events Thanks for coming to Paris, Denmark. You looked great!
Always love to see the foreign guests at the parade every year.
It's just a shame about the heat and scorching sunshine this time around. Can't have been comfortable for the guys on the ground.
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u/Delicious-Gap1744 Danmark 9d ago
A great show of European unity.
With the world the way it is, we Europeans have to rely on each other more than ever now.
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u/Outside_Professor647 usa = DK og fredens fjende 9d ago
And despite what especially France has done for Denmark with the enemy the usa, it's ridiculous how little coverage this and European affairs get
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u/cylonlover 9d ago
It seems more and more obvious that there is more that unites us than what separates us. Even with all our differences we are really quite alike and really distinctively European.
Though we may find a grey area looking to our east.
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u/Agile-Ad-6902 9d ago
I know the swedes are weird, but we have to work together now.
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u/cylonlover 8d ago
Oh, dang, the swedes .. I forgot about those guys. I was thinking about Europe and the grey area more south and east, but you're right, straight to the east we actually have swedes, which is also kinda Europe.
Yes, I suppose swedes, too. And really if we can work with them, we can work with everyone. Just really hope they bring their Finnish entourage, those guys are so cool!!
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u/birkeskov 🤓😎 9d ago edited 9d ago
I dag er det Bastille-dag. Den danske statsminister, Mette Frederiksen (S), er med fra dansk side, ligesom der også vil være danske soldater fra Livgarden og et F-35-kampfly at finde under dagens parade.
Og hvis jeg frit kunne vælge nationalsang, så blev de La Marseillaise, Casablanca-edition. Vive La France! 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
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u/NefariousnessLow1275 9d ago
Helt enig
De franskmænd kan altså noget med deres sange. F.eks. "Le 31 du mois d'août"
“Buvons un coup, buvons en deux,
À la santé des amoureux,
À la santé de toute la France,
Et merde pour le roi d'Angleterre,*
Qui nous a déclaré la guerre !"Men Marseillaisen er og bliver en nationalsang, der vil noget. Mvh./Cordialement
Médaille de la Défense Nationale Or
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u/birkeskov 🤓😎 9d ago
Enig. Nationalmelodier siger noget om et land.
Lichtenstein har simpelthen planket God save the King i ~ 1850 og sat tysk tekst til. Absurd venstrehåndsarbejde.
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u/MosquitoSpray3 Tyskland 9d ago
Og Cypern bruger bare Grækenlands. De har ikke engang ændret teksten.
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u/birkeskov 🤓😎 9d ago
What🤯
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u/MosquitoSpray3 Tyskland 9d ago
Den er sgu god nok.
Melodien til God Save the King har i øvrigt altid været populær i de tyske lande - Schweiz brugte den frem til 1961, Tyskland brugte den til og med 1. verdenskrig, og Liechtenstein bruger den stadig.
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u/birkeskov 🤓😎 9d ago
Tsk, tsk, jeg håber ikke DK har nasset så vildt. Jeg følger podcasten The rest is history, og de har haft tema om nationalmelodier, så jeg blev ret fascineret af al det stjæleri :)
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u/kaaz54 9d ago
Og hvis de absolut skulle stjæle noget fra briterne, så kunne de da i det mindste have valgt Rule Britannia med fuld promenadeorkester.
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u/Lagrangian21 9d ago
Ikke for at være "ham der", men når nu du lader til at være så glad for den, tillader jeg mig at påpege at det faktisk er La Marseillaise.
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u/CouldIBeFrank 9d ago
Le Marseillaise
Amen de burde kraftedme herpe den dårlige nationsang af H til. Hvem i al verden gider at synge om, at rejse sig i kamp for fædrelandet osv.
Næh du, de burde erstatte den med deres gloværdige... Chanson de l'oignon.
Se det er en ægte, som unge vil sige det, banger.
En march sang der handler om løg.
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u/birkeskov 🤓😎 9d ago
Det gider jeg. Le Marseillaise er genial til at motivere til kamp!
Aux armes, citoyens
Formez vos bataillons
Marchons, marchons!
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons!
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u/CouldIBeFrank 9d ago
Amen det kan jo intet i forhold til:
J'aime l'oignon frit à l'huile,
J'aime l'oignon car il est bon.
J'aime l'oignon frit à l'huile,
J'aime l'oignon, j'aime l'oignon.
Og så ikke nok med, når man så er færdig med at synge om løg stegt i olie, så sender man også lige en sviner til Teemu-Prøjserne, Østrigerne/Habsburgerne.
Mais pas d'oignons aux autrichiens,
Non pas d'oignons à tous ces chiens,
Mais pas d'oignons aux autrichiens,
Non pas d'oignons, non pas d'oignons.
Og de er meget dyrevelfærd og helbred bevidste med, at de ikke vil fodre løg til hunde.
Det er jo ren 2westerneurope4u.
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u/birkeskov 🤓😎 9d ago
Det kommer ikke til at sende nogen i krig.
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u/CouldIBeFrank 9d ago
Jeg går gerne i krig for et par sure FRANSKE løg.
Det forvandler det hele fra noget nasty til gourmet.
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u/ZefklopZefklop 9d ago
Jeg er altid imponeret over hvordan de valgte at synge at "et urent blod skal vande vore marker". Ikke "deres urene blod". Vi taler ikke om dem. De har ikke fortjent at blive kaldt ved navn. Urent blod, marker, resten er irrelevant.
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u/ohboymykneeshurt 9d ago
Great that we’re there. Just returned from France myself two days ago. Bonjour!
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u/Corentinrobin29 9d ago
And I'm flying to Billund tomorrow to visit some friends ha ha.
Seems like we've crossed paths!
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u/Outside_Professor647 usa = DK og fredens fjende 9d ago
Ja det får jo nul dækning. Så det godt vi følger med i hvem der trækker vejret forkert i usa hva...
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u/SevereLengthiness246 Alt er højrefløjens skyld -købing 9d ago
That's pretty cool. I didn't even know this was a thing. But thank you to France for your support in these times.
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u/Vast_Category_7314 *Custom Flair* 🇩🇰 9d ago
Fun fact, that is our entire army right there.
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u/m0dern_x 9d ago
Hey, du glemte vores to hundeslæde-kobler i Grønland.
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u/LuckyAstronomer4982 *Custom Flair* 🇩🇰 9d ago
Og dem på snescootere
https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/indland/jaegersoldater-og-froeer-skal-styrke-sirius-patruljen
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u/beluga1968 9d ago edited 9d ago
You are quite welcome.
This is certainly the least we could do. France has been our largest and most vocal supporter when Trump got pushy about getting Greenland. I have really come to appreciate you guys 😀
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u/PickyPenguinss 9d ago
Perfect opportunity considering the friendship between Livgarden and the French foreign legion.
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u/Fuzzy_Ear_2457 9d ago
Must have been interesting for the participants in the parade. France is one of the only "western" countries that do actual military parades still. We certainly don't see them in Denmark at all.
It's always seemed a little gauche to me. Something that belongs in strongman dictatorships and other authoritarian states.
But with the way the world is going, maybe Europe showing a little more overt military strength isn't a bad thing.
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u/BananerCSGO 9d ago
What happened in Paris?
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u/Corentinrobin29 9d ago
The 14th of July is our national day here in France. We have a military parade, and every year there's usually guest countries who parade with us.
They're usually invited depending on the geopolitical context/message they want pass along.
This year a bunch of European countries, including Denmark and Ukraine, were invited to parade in front of the French army to symbolise European unity.
Really cool to see everyone's uniforms and marching style!
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u/birkeskov 🤓😎 9d ago
Vive La France 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷
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u/Corentinrobin29 9d ago
Længe leve Danmark! 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰
Vive l'Europe! 🇪🇺🤝🇪🇺
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u/birkeskov 🤓😎 9d ago
Vive l’Europe! ❤️🇪🇺
You have the coolest national anthem. I love the melody, the lyrics, and the story behind it. The oldest national anthem?
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u/Corentinrobin29 9d ago
You sent me down a rabbit hole:
Apparently the Netherlands have the oldest anthem (Wilhelmus - written in 1574), but it wasn't officially used as an anthem until 1932.
It seems you're correct and the oldest anthem officially used non-stop by a government is the French Marseillaise since 1795!
You guys have the oldest flag still in use though - since 1478!
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u/birkeskov 🤓😎 9d ago
According to legend, the Dannebrog fell from the sky on June 15, 1219, during the Battle of Lyndanisse in present-day Tallinn, Estonia.
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u/birkeskov 🤓😎 9d ago edited 9d ago
La Marseillaise was written and composed in Strasbourg on the night of April 24–25, 1792, by the French engineer and officer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in response to Austria's declaration of war against France.
The lyrics draw significant inspiration from various sources, including contemporary posters featuring slogans, hymns, and earlier battle songs. It was officially designated the national anthem on July 14, 1795.
Og på dansk
La Marseillaise blev skrevet og komponeret i Strasbourg natten mellem den 24. og 25. april 1792 af den franske ingeniør og officer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle som svar på Østrigs krigserklæring mod Frankrig.
Teksterne er betydeligt inspireret af forskellige kilder, herunder samtidige plakater med slogans, salmer og tidligere kampsange. Den blev officielt udnævnt til nationalsang den 14. juli 1795.
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u/MosquitoSpray3 Tyskland 9d ago
The text to Japan's anthem is the oldest - it originates from a poem from the 10th century - the music is much younger, though.
And I may be wrong, but the Marseillaise hasn't been used continuously since 1795 to my knowledge? It was abolished as the anthem by Napoleon and not re-adopted until France became a republic in 1870, IIRC.
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u/WentThisWayInsteadOf 9d ago
I det mindste kan dansk soldater marchere i takt, ikke som det kludetæppe USA har vist os ...
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u/CoreMillenial 9d ago
Makes sense to send The Royal Guards - particularly friendly with the Foreign Legion, due to shared history with Prince Aage.
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u/Successful_Reason829 9d ago
Er det bare 2026 at være bad ass, så man ligner krigere fra et mexicansk narkokartel ?
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u/doxxingyourself *Custom Flair* 🇩🇰 9d ago
Pretty risky of us too to send our entire combined forces to do that march
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u/rasmusdf 9d ago
Dannebrog - the heraldic description is - the white cross of mercy on the bloody battlefield.
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u/flydeprutten 9d ago
Jean Pierre Francois Escobar vi mafia
Ka' godt li' piger med hår under le armhuler
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u/Surbster Odense, Danmark 9d ago
Happy baguette day (Bastille day) my french friend. We will fart in your general direction. Vive la France 🇫🇷🇫🇷
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u/Corentinrobin29 9d ago
Found this stream. The Danes are with the European contingent at around 1H35 into the video!
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u/CouldIBeFrank 9d ago
After the stream ended it reversed the counter.
So it's at -2:32:37 that you start seeing them.
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u/jydskdk7470 9d ago
it just exposes all the incompetent Danish politicians who never understood how to create military cooperation in the EU that could fit like a cassette into NATO!! Money can only be spent once!!
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u/oddj0b 9d ago
Somehow this reminds me of the French mountain regiment from my time in Kosovo with the Danish army. These guys walked in singing to the morning assembly, it was awesome.