The video, entitled “What is Scandinavian for real? Absolutely nothing," was uploaded Tuesday and was taken down hours later. The video says that what is usually considered to be Scandinavian, like democracy, open sandwiches, parental leave and Swedish meatballs, have been imported and Scandinavia was "brought here, bit by bit, by ordinary people who found the best of our home in other places."
Richard Jomshof, a lawmaker with the anti-immigrant populist party
In neighbouring
There was plenty of criticism on social media from non-politicians as well.
The airline said it stands by the core message that travel enriches people. But it added that the reaction online to the ad suggested an “online attack,” without elaborating. "We have therefore temporarily removed the film from our channels," it said.
"It seems provocative because Scandinavians know very well that we did not invent, for example, democracy,” he told Denmark’s Ekstra Bladet tabloid on Wednesday.
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