Denmark is a country built on a commercial fleet. That's basically what we have been doing. We're just a small country of islands, and every family has a sailor. So, in many ways, my father was a sailor before I was born.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Everyone in Denmark has at least two or three sailors in their family; sea travel is part of the DNA of our nation, and because of that, I'd always wanted to tell a story aboard a ship.
My father was born in Denmark. He came to this country when he was 12 years old.
Denmark is a small nation of five million people, but our economy is completely dependent on our commercial fleet. Every family has some connection to it.
My father was a sea captain, so was his father, and his father before him, and all my uncles. My mother's people all followed the sea. I suppose that if I had been born a few years earlier, I would have had my own ship.
Denmark is a small place. We all know each other.
My wife is Danish and we go to Denmark a couple of times a year.
Denmark is like a secret little place with its own special language.
You have to have a little humility if you're Danish because you're never going to be able to travel outside the country unless you can speak another language.
Denmark has long been regarded as one of the world's most attractive nations, for citizens and tourists alike. My own visits there, years ago as a student, were delightful.
Denmark is like a big family of people.