Immigrants

This is an English translation of Dorte Lønsmann and Jacob Thøgersen’s article. Read the Danish article here.

During the recent election campaign for municipal and regional elections in Denmark, we encountered a new linguistic phenomenon: although the election campaign was conducted predominantly in Danish, the English language – and other languages – also played a significant role, at least in some places. This has led us to consider: what role does English actually play in the Danish democracy?

Unlike in parliamentary elections, foreign nationals residing in Denmark have the right to vote in local elections if they are EU citizens or if they have lived in Denmark for at least 4 years. Kommunernes Landsforening (Local Government Denmark) estimates that … ↪