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Culture Stats: compare key data on Denmark & Sweden

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STAT Denmark Sweden HISTORY
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > All drinks 13.37
Ranked 18th. 30% more than Sweden
10.3
Ranked 41st.
Food and drink > Beer consumption 372 million L
Ranked 29th.
472 million L
Ranked 26th. 27% more than Denmark
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet date April 15, 1981 October 27, 1973
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet location Vesterbrogade 2D, Copenhagen Kungsgatan 4, Stockholm
Food and drink > Fast food > McDonalds > First outlet notes See McDonald's Denmark First outlet in Scandinavia . See McDonald's Sweden
Happy Planet Index 35.5
Ranked 105th.
48
Ranked 53th. 35% 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, not for sale.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Anti-discrimination laws Some All
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 1944 UN decl. sign.
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Recognition of gay relationships Yes (since 1986) Yes (since 1995)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex adoption Yes (since 2010) Yes (since 2003)
Sexuality > Homosexuality > Same-sex marriage Yes (since 2012) Yes (since 2009)
Smoking > Cigarettes per adult per year 1,413
Ranked 32nd. 98% more than Sweden
715
Ranked 74th.
World Heritage Sites 3
Ranked 70th.
13
Ranked 15th. 4 times more than Denmark
Food and drink > Milk consumption per capita 295.62 kg
Ranked 8th.
355.86 kg
Ranked 2nd. 20% more than Denmark
Pets > Animal cropping (legal status) Banned Banned
Tobacco > Purchase age 18
Ranked 58th. The same as Sweden
18
Ranked 24th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Beer 5.06
Ranked 14th. 95% more than Sweden
2.6
Ranked 59th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Litres of pure alcohol drunk per year 11.71
Ranked 9th. 96% more than Sweden
5.96
Ranked 63th.
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.
3.6
Ranked 13th. 80% more than Denmark
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Spirits 1.78
Ranked 65th. 62% more than Sweden
1.1
Ranked 95th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Wine 4.43
Ranked 13th. 53% more than Sweden
2.9
Ranked 27th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Other alcoholic drinks 0.0
Ranked 161st.
0.0
Ranked 127th.
Food and drink > Alcohol > Alcohol consumed from > Legal sources 11.37
Ranked 16th. 70% more than Sweden
6.7
Ranked 62nd.
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.

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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