Denmark



Denmark is a European country, and are the smallest of the Nordic countries. Denmark consists of 1419 islands of various sizes (excluding Greenland and the Faroe Islands), 443 of them are named and 76 are inhabited, and the peninsula of Jutland that connects Denmark to Germany and the rest of Europe.

Unlike the other Scandinavian contries (Norway and Sweden) Denmark have never had a co-production of Sesame Street. The last few seconds of the opening sequence of the Danish dub of Open Sesame, Sesam, luk dig op, was customized with Danish landmarks.

Jeff Marx and Bobby Lopez wrote a script treatment for a Muppet film called Kermit, Prince of Denmark. Based on Shakespeare's Hamlet, that takes place at the Danish castle Kronborg.

The Danish author Hans Christian Andersen have been mentioned in both The Muppet Show and on Sesame Street. Among the more notable mentiones are the Sesame Street album Big Bird presents Hans Christian Andersen.

Dubs
Only productions aimed at young children gets dubbed in Denmark. The Muppet Show, Dinosaurs and things like that have never been dubbed in Danish. They have, however been shown with Danish subtitles. Dubs of Muppet/Henson productions include the following:
 * Bjørnen i det Blå Hus (Bear in the Big Blue House)
 * Elmers Verden (Elmo's World)
 * Elmo I Surmuleland (Elmo in Grouchland)
 * Fragglerne (Fraggle Rock)
 * Hundekøbing (Dog City animated series)
 * Legetøjets Hemmelige Liv (The Secret Life of Toys)
 * Muppets Fra Rummet (Muppets From Space)
 * Muppets Juleeventyr (The Muppet Christmas Carol)
 * Sandtrolden (Five Children and It)
 * Sesam, luk dig op (Open Sesame)

TV Stations

 * DR
 * TV 2/Denmark
 * Disney Channel
 * TV Danmark
 * TV 3