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For context, this is made by the Norwegian broadcaster. They’re not speaking anything close to Danish—it’s just a skit on Danish pronunciation.

While written Danish is relatively close to both Swedish and Norwegian, the pronunciation is significantly removed. This is most likely due to the printing press arriving too early and locking down the orthography rules while the spoken language was still evolving massively (similar to the GVS in English).

It takes a significant effort for foreigners to understand the relationship between written and spoken Danish.

NRK was clearly inspired by the Two Ronnies [1]. Those two also made this sublime skit [2].

[1] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gi_6SaqVQSw

[2] https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=y0C59pI_ypQ

The video is pretty funny. I'm kinda sad that they turned comments off, as I'd like to hear from actual Danish people in the comments about it.

It is true in some sense

https://jyllands-posten.dk/uknews/ECE3948498/Language-tough-...

It is a good watch, but not exactly what usually goes under the headline of "documentary".

Word of advise: many Danes are not amused at all when you use the word kamelåså. I dont't know if it is because it hits too close to home, or if the joke is wearing thin from too much repetition. :-)