Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Writing this brief editorial from the city of Copenhagen in Denmark, the summer is :inally upon us.The sun is shining, and the temperatures have risen to almost 30 degrees Celsius.As always in Copenhagen, bikes are out, :illing the streets of what is often celebrated as one of the most bikefriendly cities in the world.What is not so usual, however, is that many of the cyclists are wearing the red national team shirt of the Danish football team, because Denmark is currently competing in the EURO 2024; that is, the European football championships.With "Danish Dynamite," as is often stated -and, indeed, with some dif:iculties!-Denmark has quali:ied to the tournament's knockout phase.Tomorrow evening, Denmark will play in the round of 16 against none other than our close neighbor, Germany, who is also the host of the tournament.It goes without saying that this is a match loaded with historical and cultural importance.Although, of course, football is "just" sport.The thing is, however, that sport is never just sport, even if we like to pretend that it is.In Denmark, this is common knowledge for everyone.When Denmark won its :irst and only (so far) European championship in football back in 1992, the Danish national team had not quali:ied for the championship, but was granted entry only because the former Yugoslavia
Source: Journal of Business Anthropology
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4410048099