Danish first names

2009 most populars first names are out! You can spot there a few quite interesting names... much different from France (and yet again you don't know the pronunciation ;-)))

Bets are already open for the upcoming little royal twins... Princess Mary and Frederik have some work ahead of them to choose. Luckily for them they have up to 6 months after the birth to choose so they have still some time ....
Note that first names number one on the list have been given to around 700 babies... not so much risk to have a school classroom full of Freja and Lucas in 6 years...

1.	Freja	1.	Lucas
2.	Emma	2.	Mikkel
3.	Ida	3.	Emil
4.	Lærke	4.	William
5.	Caroline	5.	Oliver
6.	Anna	6.	Magnus
7.	Laura	7.	Victor
8.	Sofie	8.	Noah
9.	Isabella	9.	Frederik
10.	Sarah	10.	Mathias

Source Danmark statistik

Happy Birthday!

Today is Queen Margrethe's birthday ! So congratulations are in order! She has reached the honorable age of 70. Even if some people already talk about retirement, she still seems to be in pretty good shape...
This year is the first public appearance of Prince Henrik, born on 4th of May 2009, the youngest son of Prince Joachim.

For this round birthday, even the medias are doing things really big... for example, you can follow live the events of this crazy day, detailled minute per minute on this TV2 page. And discover that Prince Henrik (the old one) is nearly as dangerous as Mickael Jackson....!

A famous figure

Better than OK Magazine and Perez Hilton combined, DanskViking brings you this week in worldwide exclusivity the picture below, the work of art of an unknow paparazzo (and it should stay unknow for a good reason ;-))
We were walking by Amalienborg when we realized that the really ordinary looking people walking by us were not so ordinary. It was indeed Prince Joachim, Princess Marie, their little one Henrik and Apple the dog (hidden behind the lamppost)!
This is by far the worst picture ever published on DanskViking!

I realise that the only thing barely recognizable on this picture is Joachim's famous hat. This time, you'll just have to trust us....

Make room for the guard!

No, we're not in London! This is just the changing of the queen's guard. When she is in Copenhagen, the guard parades every day at 12:30 and with music on special occasions. It's pretty funny to see these guards passing in the streets amongst the tourists, like automatic little toy soldiers!