Felice Basboll

After a week on high alert, everyone can breathe a sigh of relief. Donald Trump has pulled back on his tariff threats and made a deal – one that the Danes would happily have agreed to a fortnight ago. Supported by a chorus of European leaders, Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen clarified that sovereignty was a red line: ‘It is for Denmark and Greenland, and them only, to decide on matters concerning Denmark and Greenland.’ But this state of affairs was not a given. Before this crisis, if you had asked a Dane to point to their country on a map, they would not have pointed to what Trump called a ‘cold and poorly located’ ‘piece of ice’. The Greenlanders, for their part, have long been moving towards the idea of full independence.

Gen Z, as is well known, is having significantly less sex than their parents. They also drink less, smoke less, and have fewer close friends. The rise of the internet is often blamed for this development – the anxious generation is having less sex because they are porn-addled and distracted. But a new report shows that, alone in the West, the Danes are bucking the trend. Young Danes between 15–25 are not having less sex than previous generations; in fact, the rate has remained more or less constant since the 1970s. Most people report satisfaction with their sex lives. In Denmark, the sexless Zoomer has been proven a myth. The Danish example suggests that we should rethink the sexlessness crisis elsewhere.