Who are better known as Gog and Cokke in Denmark and Dick and Doof in Germany?
"""Dick & Doof"""", was written and directed by German film-maker Andreas Baum. It includes many movie clips, rare and unpublished photographs, interviews with family, fans, friends, showbiz pals and newly recovered footage. Laurel´s daughter Lois Laurel Hawes said of the film: ""The best documentary about Laurel and Hardy I have ever seen!"". It has also been released as a Director´s Cut with a length of 105 minutes, plus 70 minutes of bonus materials on DVD. The official Laurel and Hardy appreciation society is known as The Sons of the Desert, after a fraternal society in their film of the same"
"Danish cinematography's major export product and the world's first internationally renowned film comedy pair. Ole & Axel were known as ""Telegrafstolpen og Tilhengeren"" in Norway, ""Fyrtornet och Släpvagnen"" in Sweden, ""Majakka ja Perävaunu"" in Finland, ""Doublepatte et Patachon"" in France, ""Watt en Halfwatt"" in the Netherlands, and ""Long & Short"" in England. Relatively few of their films were screened in the United States. In other countries the duo was known by their German name, ""Pat und Patachon"". Ole & Axel Ole & Axel (American) or Long & Short (British) were a pair of comics from Denmark, known in Danish as"
"Mediterranean region (Peter Oluf Brøndsted, Jörgen Zoega) the Americas (Peter Wilhelm Lund, Frans Blom, Rane Willerslev) and the Arctic region (Therkel Mathiassen, Erik Holtved, Eigil Knuth). Danes have made significant contributions to the field of computer science. Some notable figures include: Per Brinch Hansen, known for concurrent programming theory; Bjarne Stroustrup, who invented the C++ programming language; Janus Friis, the co-inventor of Skype; Jens and Lars Rasmussen, the co-founders of Google Maps; and Peter Naur, a contributor to ALGOL 60 and a recipient of the Turing Award. Social equality, including sexual equality, is a priority in Denmark. Danes are somewhat"
"KaDeWe, Germany's largest department store. For six years, the extortionist who had started calling himself ""Dagobert"" after the German name for Scrooge McDuck, baffled police and entertained the general public. Due to his careful precision and effort to eliminate any chance of anybody being hurt in his attacks, he was seen as a harmless prankster by many, and ""I am Dagobert"" T-shirt sales were brisk at kiosks throughout the city. When police released a tape of his voice in an attempt to trace him, a music group mixed it into a rap song dedicated to ""Dagobert"", during his later trial"
"artist Shiro Amano worked with Donald on the graphic novel ""Kingdom Hearts"" based on the Disney-Square Enix video game. Donald Duck has a slightly different character abroad. Donald Duck (""Kalle Anka"" in Sweden, ""Anders And"" in Denmark, ""Andrés Önd"" in Iceland, ""Donald Duck"" in Norway, and ""Aku Ankka"" in Finland) is a very popular character in Nordic countries. In the mid-1930s, Robert S. Hartman, a German who served as a representative of Walt Disney, visited Sweden to supervise the merchandise distribution of Sagokonst (The Art of Fables). Hartman found a studio called L'Ateljé Dekoratör, which produced illustrated cards that were"
"or in Internet websites. Although Gisle's book was translated into Danish with the title ""Andeologien"" (""The Donald / Duck -ology""), after Donald's Danish name ""Anders And"", currently the Norwegian/international term ""donaldism"" is the most commonly used. In Denmark, one of the main sources for donaldistic research and other donaldistic articles is ""Carl Barks & Co."", with Freddy Milton as editor and main driving force. The first issue was published in 1974, and the fanzine continued until 2000 at a varied frequency; sometimes several issues per year, sometimes years passed without an issue. The fanzine presented much donaldistic research, including a"
"the world. This production is not only for Denmark proper, but nearly identical magazines are being published simultaneously every week for all the Nordic countries, Germany (see below) and since the fall of the wall, Eastern Europe. The Danish company started publishing their own series in the early 1960s, however, a majority of Egmont's production have been made by foreign artists such as Vicar and Daniel Branca, even US based artist such as Don Rosa, and Willam Van Horn. The Scandinavian countries are among the countries in which Donald Duck is more popular than Mickey Mouse. Though Mickey Mouse was"
"of energy, and the contributions to atomic physics of Niels Bohr (1885–1962) indicate the range of Danish scientific achievement. The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), the philosophical essays of Søren Kierkegaard (1813–55), the short stories of Karen Blixen (penname Isak Dinesen), (1885–1962), the plays of Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), and the dense, aphoristic poetry of Piet Hein (1905–96), have earned international recognition, as have the symphonies of Carl Nielsen (1865–1931). From the mid-1990s, Danish films have attracted international attention, especially those associated with Dogme 95 like those of Lars von Trier. A major feature of Danish culture is Jul"
"Donald is popular in Germany because ""almost everyone can identify with him. He has strengths and weaknesses; he lacks polish but is also very cultured and well-read."" It is through this everyman persona that Donald is able to voice philosophical truths about German society that appeal to both children and adults. Donald's writers and illustrators Carl Barks, Don Rosa and Ub Iwerks are well known in Germany and have their own fan clubs. Donald Duck (named Paolino Paperino) is also a very popular character in Italy, where new stories about him and Scrooge McDuck are hosted in the kids' weekly"
"with LEGO, gaining it some market. A popular newer Danish band is Nephew, who play a blend of indie and electro rock and utilize a mixture of Danish and English lyrics. Famous Danish rock musicians are among other Lars Ulrich, the drummer and co-founder of Metallica, and Mike Tramp, the vocalist and co-songwriter of White Lion. More extreme Danish metal bands include Mnemic, Illdisposed, Illnath, Corpus Mortale, Panzerchrist, Konkhra, Hatesphere, Marodium, Nortt and Iniquity. The annual Roskilde Festival is held in Danish city of Roskilde. The festival is the second-largest in Europe with ticket sales normally running from 70,000 to"
"to have inspired a further exploration of the Ducks' motivation and the darker sides of their psyches in subsequent stories. In January 2006, the Danish Ministry of Culture published a canon of works significant to Danish culture. This story — the only item in the entire canon not of Danish origin — was included on the list of children's culture items, alongside LEGO building blocks. In 1989, two Danish teenagers, Jesper Lund Madsen and Theis Christiansen won a competition in the Danish ""Anders And"" (Donald Duck) magazine, with a comic produced completely by themselves, ""På gensyn med den gyldne hjelm"""
"Hans Christian Andersen, known for his stories and fairy tales, e.g. ""The Ugly Duckling"", ""The Little Mermaid"" and ""The Snow Queen"". In recent history Johannes Vilhelm Jensen was also awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Karen Blixen is famous for her novels and short stories. Other Danish writers of importance are Herman Bang, Gustav Wied, William Heinesen, Martin Andersen Nexø, Piet Hein, Hans Scherfig, Klaus Rifbjerg, Dan Turèll, Tove Ditlevsen, Inger Christensen and Peter Høeg. Danish philosophy has a long tradition as part of Western philosophy. Perhaps the most influential Danish philosopher was Søren Kierkegaard, the creator of Christian existentialism."
"in the old peasant superstition that day was important for determining what the Christmas weather would be. If it was very cold on November 30, there would be much sleet on Christmas (and vice versa). In Denmark (but not in Norway or Sweden), Donald Duck's name is ""Anders And"". The Fering name Anders may have been borrowed from the Danish version. Anders Anders is a name in Scandinavian languages and Fering North Frisian, the equivalent of the Greek Andreas (""manly"") and the English Andrew. In Sweden, Anders has been one of the most common names for many centuries. According to"
"Some Danish English language rappers have become more well-known abroad than at home, such as Static and NATiLL, both popular German acts, and Funk Flush and Delireeus, who are well-known elsewhere in Scandinavia. Prominent Danish-language artists include: The members of Full Impact Productions (F.I.P.), (Orgi-E, Bai-D, Troo.L.S, L.O.C., Rune Rask & U$O), The members often refer to themselves as F.I.P.G.C. (Full Impact Productions Gangster Click). The (in)famous Danish rap group Suspekt is made up of F.I.P members Orgi-E, Bai-D & Rune Rask although L.O.C. is a frequent guest, as well as Troo.L.S produces most of the tracks together with Rune"
"Sobol are active both at home and abroad, participating in key exhibitions around the world. Danish design is a term often used to describe a style of functionalistic design and architecture that was developed in mid-20th century, originating in Denmark. Danish design is typically applied to industrial design, furniture and household objects, which have won many international awards. The Danish Porcelain Factory (""Royal Copenhagen""), including Bing & Grøndahl, is famous for the quality of its ceramics and export products worldwide. Danish design is also a well-known brand, often associated with world-famous designers and architects such as Børge Mogensen (1914–1972), Finn"
"Danish design Danish Design is a style of functionalistic design and architecture that was developed in mid-20th century. Influenced by the German Bauhaus school, many Danish designers used the new industrial technologies, combined with ideas of simplicity and functionalism to design buildings, furniture and household objects, many of which have become iconic and are still in use and production. Prominent examples are the Egg chair, the PH lamps and the Sydney Opera House (Australia). Among the most successful designers associated with the concept are Børge Mogensen (1914–72), Finn Juhl (1912–89), Hans Wegner (1914–2007), Arne Jacobsen (1902–71), Poul Kjærholm (1929–80), Poul"
"technical innovation. The Danish filmmaker Carl Th. Dreyer (1889–1968) is considered one of the greatest directors of early cinema. Other Danish filmmakers of note include Erik Balling, the creator of the popular ""Olsen-banden"" films; Gabriel Axel, an Oscar-winner for ""Babette's Feast"" in 1987; and Bille August, the Oscar-, Palme d'Or- and Golden Globe-winner for ""Pelle the Conqueror"" in 1988. In the modern era, notable filmmakers in Denmark include Lars von Trier, who co-created the Dogme movement, and multiple award-winners Susanne Bier and Nicolas Winding Refn. Mads Mikkelsen is a world-renowned Danish actor, having starred in films such as ""King Arthur"","
"negro was phased out by all major producers due to its use as a racial slur. Denmark also markets a variation shaped more like a patty, hence the name ""bøf"" (steak). Denmark is one of the largest producers of chocolate-coated marshmallow treats, producing approximately 800 million of these every year. The largest Danish producer, Elvirasminde, produces roughly 650 million treats, sending 400 million abroad and leaving the remaining 250 million to be eaten by the Danish population, putting the amount of ""flødeboller"" eaten at 45 per Dane per year. In Denmark chocolate-coated marshmallow treats are traditionally handed out in school"
"musicians today include Carsten Dahl, Jørgen Emborg, Thomas Clausen, Fredrik Lundin, Marilyn Mazur, Mads Vinding, Ib Glindemann, Jakob Bro, Chris Minh Doky and his brother Niels Lan Doky. The organization JazzDanmark, funded by the Danish government, works to promote jazz in Denmark and Danish jazz abroad. In the early days of rock and beat, some Danish artist quickly adapted this new type of music with success. Bands like Peter og Ulvene, Sir Henry and his Butlers, The Beefeaters and later on Steppeulvene (the Steppenwolves), Alrune Rod and Savage Rose were among the popular bands in Denmark throughout the 1960s and"
"dissatisfaction among the native Danish population with the German influence on Danish society. The Danish intellectual Peter Andreas Heiberg joined the feud by writing a satirical version entitled ""Holger Tyske"" (""Holger the German"") ridiculing Baggesen's lyrics. During the German occupation of Denmark, presentation of the same opera in Copenhagen became a manifestation of Danish national feeling and opposition to the occupation. The hero's popularity led to him being depicted on 15th- and 16th-century paintings in two churches in Denmark and Sweden. The Holger Danske and Burman painted on the ceiling of Floda Church in Sweden are attributed to Albertus Pictor"
"Denmark in 1971. It was renamed ""Daim"" in most countries in 1990, although it continued to be marketed in the United Kingdom and Ireland as Dime. The brand was purchased by the American company Kraft Foods in 1993 and is now held by Mondelez International, which Kraft spun off in 2012. A famous 1995 television commercial (directed by John Lloyd) for the chocolate bar in the United Kingdom featured the comedian Harry Enfield, in which a salesman describes the Dime bar as ""smooth on the outside, crunchy on the inside"", while a customer says he prefers armadillos, which are ""smooth"
"have been released on DVD in Germany. In 1977 the Dutch public broadcasting system created a Dutch version starring Joop Doderer but the sketch never achieved the fame the sketch has in German speaking and Nordic countries. In 1999, the NDR released a colourised version. In Denmark, a parody of the sketch was filmed with the subtitle ""The 80th Birthday"" in which Miss Sophie's friends are still at the table (though the NDR version mentions that the last of Miss Sophie's friends actually died 25 years ago). Other versions had been produced in different German dialects, including one in Low"
"Among their largest sabotage actions were the blowing up of the Forum Arena in 1943 and the attack on Burmeister & Wain in 1944. Two of the members of Holger Danske were Jørgen Haagen Schmith and Bent Faurschou-Hviid, who became famous under their aliases, Citronen (the Lemon) and Flammen (the Flame). Both led numerous sabotage operations in 1943 and 1944. They were portrayed in the 2008 movie ""Flammen og Citronen"" by Thure Lindhardt and Mads Mikkelsen. One member of the group, Lis Mellemgaard, survived the war as she remained at home with a sore throat when her colleagues were rounded"
"Polo detta Il Milione"" (free translation ""The Million - A Story of Marco Polo"") and ""Paperino in: Il mondo perduto"" (free translation ""Donald in: The Lost World""). As a result, he has achieved a quite significant popularity in Italy (he's known there as Pico De' Paperis). In an episode of ""Goof Troop"", it was revealed that Goofy has an uncle named Ludwig Von Goof. Von Goof is also a scientist, whose appearance is almost identical to Von Drake, except for the fact that Ludwig Von Drake is a duck and Ludwig Von Goof is a dog. Ludwig Von Drake Professor"
"Rollo & King Rollo & King was a Danish group, formed by Søren Poppe and Stefan Nielsen. The two men named themselves after two dog names. They topped the charts with their very first album ""Midt i en løbetid"" which stayed in the charts for 13 weeks in 2000-2001. Before Søren Poppe got famous with the band, he was a teacher in a school in Valby, in Copenhagen teaching music and mathematics. Danmarks Radio invited them to enter the Dansk Melodi Grand Prix in 2001. They won with their song ""Der står et billede af dig på mit bord"" (literal"
"German department store chain Karstadt from 1992 until his capture in 1994, under the alias ""Dagobert"", the German (first) name for Scrooge McDuck. In the ""Family Guy"" episode ""Lottery Fever"", Peter injures himself trying to dive into a pile of coins like Scrooge McDuck. In the 2013 episode of ""Breaking Bad"", ""Buried"", Saul Goodman associate Patrick Kuby remarks to fellow associate Huell Babineaux ""we are here to do a job, not channel Scrooge McDuck"" when Huell lays down on Walter White's pile of cash stored in a storage facility locker. ""Dagobertducktaks"" (""Dagobert Duck"" is the Dutch name for Scrooge McDuck),"
"in the Nordic countries, and Nordic peoples recognise him better than Mickey Mouse. ""Kalle Anka & Co"", Donald's first dedicated Swedish anthology, started in September 1948. In 2001 the Finnish Post Office issued a stamp set to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Donald's presence in Finland. By 2005 around one out of every four Norwegians read the Norwegian edition ""Donald Duck & Co."" per week, translating to around 1.3 million regular readers. During the same year, every week 434,000 Swedes read ""Kalle Anka & Co"". By 2005 in Finland the Donald Duck anthology ""Aku Ankka"" sold 270,000 copies per issue."
"Editore. Other countries, such as Estonia, have only recently begun printing Nancy Drew books. Nancy's name is often changed in translated editions: in France, she is known as Alice Roy; in Sweden, as Kitty Drew; in Finland, as Paula Drew; and in Norway the book series has the name of ""Frøken Detektiv"" (""Miss Detective""), though the heroine's name is still Nancy Drew inside the books. In Germany, Nancy is a German law student named Susanne Langen. George Fayne's name is even more frequently changed, to Georgia, Joyce, Kitty, or Marion. Cover art and series order is often changed as well,"
"their connection to Svend Poulsen Gønge, known from the historical novel and tv-series, ""Gøngehøvdingen"". Some forms are just replacement of ä/ö with æ/ø based on typewriter keyboards used by the press. This can sometimes be used for further places, any with ä and ö, .e.g. Växjö, but are often considered misspellings. This is in contrast to Swedish exonyms for places in Denmark where æ and ø are usually converted by the press. The U.S. Virgin Islands were formerly a colony of Denmark, often referred to simply as ""Sankt Thomas, Sankt Jan og Sankt Croix"". Danish exonyms Danish language exonyms for"
"popular ""Olsen-banden"" films; Gabriel Axel, an Oscar-winner for ""Babette's Feast"" in 1987; and Bille August, the Oscar-, Palme d'Or- and Golden Globe-winner for ""Pelle the Conqueror"" in 1988. In the modern era, notable filmmakers in Denmark include Lars von Trier, who co-created the Dogme 95 film movement, and multiple award-winners Susanne Bier and Nicolas Winding Refn. Danish cinema pioneer Peter Elfelt, a photographer, was the first Dane to make a film. Between the years of 1896 and 1912, he produced around 200 documentary films on life in Denmark. His first film was ""Kørsel med Grønlandske Hunde"" (""Traveling with Greenlandic Dogs"")."
"Victor Borge Børge Rosenbaum (3 January 1909 – 23 December 2000), known professionally as Victor Borge ( ), was a Danish and American comedian, conductor, and pianist who achieved great popularity in radio and television in the United States and Europe. His blend of music and comedy earned him the nicknames ""The Clown Prince of Denmark,"" ""The Unmelancholy Dane,"" and ""The Great Dane."" Rosenbaum was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, into a Jewish family. His parents, Bernhard and Frederikke (Lichtinger) Rosenbaum, were both musicians: his father a violist in the Royal Danish Orchestra, and his mother a pianist. Borge began piano"
"und Doktor Faust"" in 1937. Other examples include fine art works by K. Ehrenberg (""Frigg, Freyja"", drawing, 1883), John Charles Dollman (""Frigga Spinning the Clouds"", painting, c. 1900), Emil Doepler (""Wodan und Frea am Himmelsfenster"", painting, 1901), and H. Thoma (""Fricka"", drawing, date not provided). Frigga appears in Marvel Comics and in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the queen of Asgard, wife of Odin, mother of Thor, and the adoptive mother of Loki. The Finnish folk band Frigg takes its name from the deity. Frigg In Germanic mythology, Frigg (; Old Norse), Frija (Old High German), Frea (Langobardic), and Frige"
"for most foreign visitors. Swedish and Norwegian tourists often come to visit the relatively lively city of Copenhagen, while many young Scandinavians come for Denmark's comparably cheap and readily accessible beer, wines and spirits. As Europe's oldest kingdom and the home of Hans Christian Andersen, Denmark is often marketed as a ""fairytale country"". The term is so ingrained, that it is still used in international news reports, especially when the news is of a nature contradicting the image, such as the Copenhagen riots or the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy. Denmark has a relatively large outbound tourism, with Spain as primary"