C1 · Advanced
Cultural References
Widely recognized Danish traditions, institutions, and cultural references that often appear in conversation, humor, and public life.
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- Words & phrases
- 33
- Lessons
- 2
- Conversations
- 1
- Readings
- 1
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- the Law of Jante
- folk high school
- the Danish national church
- the royal house
- Friday bar
- allotment garden
- the cooperative movement
- summer cottage
- Midsummer's Eve
- continuation boarding school
- The Little Mermaid (statue)
- Tivoli Gardens
- the welfare state
- club life, associational life
- Matador (the TV series)
- The Olsen Gang
- the folk high school songbook
- morning singing, assembly
- to play soccer regularly
- N.F.S. Grundtvig
- Roskilde Festival
- a cultural frame of reference
- a household name
- to resonate with
- to catch a reference
- to be lost on someone
- to be steeped in
- cultural capital
- a rite of passage
- to riff on
- shorthand for
- to date badly
- to allude to
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Your lessons, step by step.
- Lesson 1
Danish Cultural References
- Lesson 2
Explaining Cultural References
Where this unit fits
Courses with this unit.
Advanced · Part 1
Work through the vocabulary, lessons, conversations and reading activities in this part. Practice grammar along the way.
19 Units · about 17.5 h
Culture in Media and Literature
Catch the cultural references, irony and style in Danish media and literature.
7 Units · about 4.5 h
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