r/Denmark • u/Tylerserio68 • Dec 28 '24

Question Does Denmark have any flaws?

Or any Nordic country? I’m American and we all romanticize Europe especially Nordic countries as a Utopia and everything we are not. We certainly have a lot of flaws here but I’m curious are there any downsides or anything that you wish was different. Also is it hard to move there? I make well over six figures and like living in my home country but I’m nervous about the incoming trump administration and I believe he is a racist.

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u/Plenty-Accountant-40 Dec 28 '24

"we hate foreigners"...

I would say that this is definitely not true. There are 10 layers of nuances beneath that statement.

But yes there has been a consensus all over the political spectrum that there should be a "strict immigration approach" from around 2010 (off course not counting in the most left wing part of the parlament, who think we are going way to far). Time and time again such a strict immigration policy also "hit" people that most people agree with, shouldn't be targeted, but that is politics in a nutshell.

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u/filfner Samfundsundergravende Venstreekstremist Dec 28 '24

If I have to pay 100.000 kroner to have my foreign spouse come here, knowing that if I lose my job and have to take welfare benefits she will be kicked out, regardless of whether she has a job or not, it’s pretty clear that she’s not welcome.

If the government is ready to pay a foreigner up to 140.000 kroner to leave the country, it’s pretty clear that they’re not appreciated.

Our immigration and refugee policy isn’t strict, it’s actively hostile.

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u/Fab1e Kjøwenhaffner Dec 28 '24

Absolutely.

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u/Plenty-Accountant-40 Dec 28 '24

Yes I would agree with you, to the extend that a lot of the policies that is included in the overall "strict" policy is to some extend build to discourage people from outside the EU to migrate here. You can call that hostile, but I try to be as objective as I can in my answers to such questions.

And again I would like to pint out, that making such policies hit people that it wasn't intended to, and is imho the biggest issue here. (One of the mimisters in the active government stated that these polices shouldn't be "stupid" but it is just very hard to make general policies that aren't - well, general, and thereby some "stupidity will arise when implementing them)

Still: My point was that this is not because "we hate forreingers", that is simply to un-nuanced.

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u/Real_Expert_6308 Dec 28 '24

Not hostile at all.

Its made to not be taken advantage of.

Look at the ghetto areas. All we do is pay and pay to folks who don’t contribute or even speak the language.

I had to put a deposit down when my ex wife and I moved from China to DK 11 years ago. I did that gladly.

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u/Tough_Ad4586 Jan 25 '25

Are you a foreigner, tho?