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[–] Limfjorden@feddit.dk 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

On this map, you can see why Denmark's capital is Copenhagen. When Denmark controlled Scania and Schleswig-Holstein, it was much more centrally located than today. The borders of Denmark in this map correspond roughly to the borders before the Treaty of Roskilde.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

it's also weirdly accurate to where people might commute to copenhagen today

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Seconded, if Danes would take the hot potato out of their mouth and start speaking proper Swedish. :p

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The question is, do Scanians speak proper Swedish?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 2 points 1 day ago

Depends, when actually speaking Swedish only with Scanian accent, they are ok to understand, but when switching to Scanian – impossible, but in a different way than the Danes.

[–] retrolasered@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago

You either want the danes, or you want someone else who doesnt speak danish, you cant have both