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Culture Stats: compare key data on Denmark & Norway

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STAT Denmark Norway HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 13.37
Ranked 18th. 71% more than Norway
7.81
Ranked 73th.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 372 million L
Ranked 29th. 52% more than Norway
244 million L
Ranked 35th.
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date April 15, 1981 November 18, 1983
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen Nedre Slottsgate, Oslo
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes See McDonald's Denmark see McDonald's Norway
Happy Planet Index 35.5
Ranked 105th.
51.4
Ranked 29th. 45% more than Denmark

Hobbies > Homebrewing legality Legal. No limit per household per year of beer, given that it is for personal consumption. Legal for personal use only.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some Bans all anti-gay discrimination.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > LGBT individual may petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Legality of homosexual acts Legal since 1933 UN decl. sign. Legal since 1972 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 1986) Legal since 1993
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes (since 2010) Legal since 2009
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2012) Legal since 2009
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,413
Ranked 32nd. 3 times more than Norway
534
Ranked 91st.
World Heritage Sites 3
Ranked 70th.
6
Ranked 43th. Twice as much as Denmark
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 295.62 kg
Ranked 8th. 13% more than Norway
261.52 kg
Ranked 13th.
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 58th. The same as Norway
18
Ranked 74th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 5.06
Ranked 14th. 70% more than Norway
2.98
Ranked 53th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.71
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Norway
5.5
Ranked 72nd.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couple may jointly petition to adopt a child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex partner may petition to adopt partner's child Yes Yes
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex couples are allowed to foster or stepchild foster Yes Yes
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Homemade and illegal drinks 2
Ranked 60th. 25% more than Norway
1.6
Ranked 73th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.78
Ranked 65th. 39% more than Norway
1.28
Ranked 85th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 4.43
Ranked 13th. 2 times more than Norway
2
Ranked 36th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 161st.
0.11
Ranked 63th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 11.37
Ranked 16th. 83% more than Norway
6.21
Ranked 68th.
Smoking > Tobacco vending machine legal status Sales prohibited to under 18s. Machines generally situated in restaurants, bars and hotel lobbies. Age verification monitored by staff. Sales prohibited to under 18s. Machines are token operated.

SOURCES: Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Per Capita Beer Consumption by Country in 2012, Kirin Holdings Company. Table 3.; Wikipedia: List of countries with McDonald's restaurants (Countries and territories with a McDonald's outlet); http://www.happyplanetindex.org/data/; Wikipedia: Homebrewing (Legality); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Australasia); Wikipedia: LGBT adoption (European laws on adoption by same-sex couples); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights in Asia (Central Asia); Wikipedia: LGBT rights by country or territory (Central Europe); Wikipedia: List of countries by cigarette consumption per capita (List); Wikipedia: Table of World Heritage Sites by country (Table of World Heritage Sites); Wikipedia: List of countries by milk consumption per capita ("Countries by milk consumption per capita" . "Countries by consumptions per capita" .); Wikipedia: Cropping (animal) (Status by country); Wikipedia: Smoking age; World Health Organization. Source tables; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff.; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation. p. 273 ff. ; Global status report on alcohol and health, World Health Organisation, 2011. p. 273 ff. ; Wikipedia: Cigarette machine (Tobacco vending machine prevalence by country) ("Japanese smokers to face age test" . BBC . 2008-12-06 . Retrieved 2008-03-07 .)

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