Word: denmark
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...July 1, Denmark will become the first state in modern history to abolish every legal sanction against pornography for adults. That milestone became official last week when the Danish Folketing overwhelmingly approved the necessary legislation. In fact, by deliberately not enforcing the laws still on its books, the Danish government had already achieved that distinction for Denmark -and had become as well the first signatory ever to resign from the Geneva convention on obscene literature.* For the past several months, any Dane over 16 has been able to indulge his appetite for pornography to his limit-in books, films...
Interest in pornography has declined markedly since Denmark's carte blanche began, and sales of all forms of blue stuff have correspondingly declined. Says Minister of Justice Knud Thestrup, who led the effort to legalize pornography across the board: "Publishers who printed the books tried to counter falling sales by price reductions, but even this was not successful." One of those publishers is Stig Vendelkjaer, whose titles include I, a Woman. "I have 500,000 unsold books in stock," he complains. "Heaven knows how I shall ever get rid of them." Hardest hit of all, perhaps, are the obsequious...
People was allowed to be imported from Denmark only after I Am Curious (Yellow) made it safely through U.S. courts. This is an ironic state of affairs, since People could easily be interpreted as a satire on the current vogue for explicit cinematic sexuality. Anyone who watched the two kids coupling on a balustrade or in a tree in Yellow will surely appreciate the absurd acrobatics of the scene in the train toilet. Writer-Director Henning Carlsen often dwells too long on a single joke or effect, and it might be argued that he shrewdly exploits permissiveness while satirizing...
...EFTA members are Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal and the United Kingdom. Finland is an associate member...
...cooperation is a Nordic tradition, and Scandinavia's parliamentary representatives meet annually to coordinate their countries' laws. Doctors or teachers can practice anywhere in Scandinavia. Citizens move freely across borders, and criminals sentenced in another country can even serve their jail terms in their homeland. Now, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland are moving to carry their friendship a step further by creating Nordek-a Nordic economic community...