I just googled, ‘how to make Danish people like you.’ Any tip is highly appreciated.

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The original was posted on /r/denmark by /u/pamonhas at 2023-12-09 01:34:33+00:00. Original Title: I’m going to Denmark for the first time in my life, and I have to work with a Danish team doing something quite stressful. What should/shouldn’t I do to make a good impression, and maybe-even-hopefully, friends?

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    RealFakeLlama at 2023-12-09 07:39:25+00:00 ID: kclwwn1

    There are a few things we consider taboo to talk about. Your religion, that is just a personal matter… And last i checked only 25% actualy believe in a higher power here. Your salary, epsecualy if its high (its part of the Jantelov, its not cool to appear to brag and seem like you are better than the others. We are very egalitarian here).

    Friendships. We are a friendly bunch… but, we are very private. Getting past that ‘this dude/dudette is fun to spend the work break with’ into a friendship is hard, and the dane you are trying to befriend might not dare take the next step because we realy dont wanna bother each other… And going from ‘break buddies’ to friends is… we are not very good at it, bevause we realy value our private life. But do do it, ask the buddy if they wanna grap a post work beer or coffe, when you have done that one or two times you can be the foreigner who just dont quite know the danish ‘stay out of each others private life’ and just invite them home for dinner and fasttrack that into a Friendship.

    Friendships and dinner. For dinner, we meet at around 17-18, talk a bit, maybe have a beer/drink. Then eat the dinner. And then sit down and talk and ‘hygge’, leaving just after eating is seen as ‘i want the food, not your companie’. Its its a workday next day, you can leave early like between 21 and 22. If its not, stay at least till 22 but its not uncommon to leave even later. Yes, drinking wine/beer is very normal, but we respect ppls choises to not drink (especialy if you drive your car home). It is expected that you drink something ells with ppl thou, Coke or the or coffe or something, it will weird the poor dane out of you just sit there like a madman and not consune anything.

    About danes: we have a high trust in each other. We generaly believe whoever we meet outside on work/the street dont mean us no harm. And we like it that way. The ‘danish system’/'scandinavian system is not perfect, but we are safe generaly and well off all around and we are proud of that. Because we are all equal here, we believe we are quite safe.