Foredrag med Helen Russell: Living Danishly

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Lørdag den 12. april 2025, kl. 14:00-15:30, Den Internationale Højskole, Montebello Allé 1, Helsingør

Gratis tilmelding: Living Danishly (først til mølle)

Danskerne er et rejselystent folk. Fra vores eget skandinaviske smørhul er vi vant til at kigge ud i verden. Men hvordan ser det ud, når man ude fra verden kigger ind på os? Det har vi inviteret britiske Helen Russel til at fortælle os om.

Helen har af flere omgange boet i Danmark og gjort det til en slags speciale at iagttage og formidle sine oplevelser om det danske folkefærd. Som forfatter, journalist, foredragsholder og vært blev hendes første bog, The Year of Living Danishly, en international bestseller. Siden er det gået slag i slag og løbende hudfletter hun (kærligt!) os danskere på sin blog.

Siden hendes første bog er det blevet til fire yderligere, der er oversat til 22 sprog. Helen er Skandinavien-korrespondent for The Guardian og skriver for prominente publikationer som The Times og The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, National Geographic, Wall Street Journal, The Observer, Metro, Grazia, Stylist og Stella.

OBS – foredraget er på engelsk.

Danmark lander gang på gang i top 3 af verdens lykkeligste lande – men hvad er hemmeligheden, hvis man spørger en udlænding? Og passer det? Helen Russel flyttede til en lille jysk landsby og satte sig for at finde svaret: Kunne øl, bacon, kager og et stærkt velfærdssystem gøre en stresset brite gladere? Eller vejede de lange, mørke vintre og spegede sild tungere på lykkeskalaen? Find ud af, hvad hun kom frem til den 12. april, hvor Helen holder foredrag på Den Internationale Højskole. Deltagelse er gratis, men kræver tilmelding.

Foredrag på Den Internationale Højskole – streamet til England

Foredraget foregår i FN-salen, som blev indviet da Den Internationale Højskole i 2021 havde 100 års jubilæum. Her møder vi skolens personale og elever, som efter foredraget inviterer til uformelt samvær over kaffe og kage.

Magna Vitae Trust for Culture and Leisure er medlemmer af Elsinore 2032 og støtter ambitionen om at Helsingør bliver Europæisk Kulturhovedstad i 2032. Gennem en årrække har organisationen arbejdet sammen med Helsingør Teater om gadeteaterfestivalen SO i byen Skegness, der ligger i Lincolnshire.

Som noget nyt i samarbejdet på tværs af Nordsøen bliver unge fra det midt-østlige county i England tilbudt højskoleophold i Helsingør. Foredraget med Helen Russel er en del af den kulturelle udveksling mellem vores to byer. Derfor bliver det live streamet til et publikum, som sidder forsamlet i Skegness.

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IN ENGLISH:

Lecture with Helen Russell: Living Danishly

Saturday, April 12, 2025, 14:00-15:30, Den Internationale Højskole, Montebello Allé 1, Helsingør, Free registration: Living Danishly (first come, first served).

The Danes are a nation of travelers. From our cozy Scandinavian corner, we are used to looking out at the world. But what happens when the world looks in at us? To explore this perspective, we have invited British author and journalist Helen Russell to share her insights.

Having lived in Denmark multiple times, Helen has made it her specialty to observe and convey her experiences of Danish culture. As an author, journalist, speaker, and host, her first book, The Year of Living Danishly, became an international bestseller. Since then, she has continued to offer (loving!) critiques of Danish life on her blog.

Since The Year of Living Danishly, she has published four more books, now translated into 22 languages. Helen is the Scandinavia correspondent for The Guardian and writes for renowned publications such as The Times, The Sunday Times, The Telegraph, The Independent, National Geographic, The Wall Street Journal, The Observer, Metro, Grazia, Stylist, and Stella.

Please note: The lecture will be in English.

Denmark – A Nation of Happiness? An Outsider’s Perspective

Denmark consistently ranks among the top three happiest countries in the world—but what’s the secret, according to an outsider? And is it really true?

When British journalist Helen Russell moved to a small village in Jutland, she set out to uncover the answer. Could beer, bacon, pastries, and a strong welfare system make a stressed-out Brit happier? Or would the long, dark winters and pickled herring tip the scales in the other direction?

Find out what she discovered on April 12, when Helen gives a talk at Den Internationale Højskole. Participation is free, but registration is required.

Lecture at Den Internationale Højskole – Streamed to England

The lecture will take place in the UN Hall, inaugurated during the school’s 100th anniversary in 2021. Here, attendees will meet the school’s staff and students, who invite you to an informal gathering with coffee and cake after the talk.

The Magna Vitae Trust for Culture and Leisure is a member of Elsinore 2032 and supports Helsingør’s ambition to become the European Capital of Culture in 2032. Over the years, the organization has collaborated with Helsingør Teater on the street theater festival SO in the town of Skegness, Lincolnshire.

As a new initiative in this North Sea partnership, young people from Lincolnshire are now being offered folk high school stays in Helsingør. Helen Russell’s lecture is part of this cultural exchange between our two cities and will be live-streamed to an audience gathered in Skegness.

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