International churches in Denmark
Copenhagen has an Anglican church and several international congregations, and Aarhus, Odense and Aalborg have English-speaking churches too. They serve students, researchers, people working for Danish companies and families who moved for love. Many members are married to Danes or bring Danish friends along.
Danes speak English well, but an English-speaking church that also offers Danish signals that it belongs to Denmark, not only to the expat community. It helps children who go to Danish schools and feel more at home in Danish, and it helps in-laws who would otherwise never sit through an English sermon. It can also be the first step for a Danish neighbour who knows the folkekirke from baptisms and Christmas but has never heard a sermon in another tradition.
Mixed families and life events
Weddings, baptisms and funerals bring Danish relatives into English-speaking churches, in Denmark and abroad. A British-Danish couple marrying in England may have grandparents from Jutland in the front row. With Danish on their phones they understand the vows and the address instead of waiting for the reception to find out what was said. See weddings, baptisms and funerals.
Danes in Britain
Danish-language congregations abroad serve some Danes in Britain, but many others, especially students and young professionals, join a local church near home or work. When their family visits, or at a baptism in the family, switching on Danish for a single service is easy and costs only that service's minutes.
Danish, Norwegian and Swedish
Danes, Norwegians and Swedes understand each other's languages to varying degrees, and written Norwegian is usually easier for a Dane than spoken Swedish. You do not need to rely on that. Each is a separate language in ChurchTranslate, so at a Nordic event a Dane chooses Danish, a Swede chooses Swedish and a Norwegian chooses Norwegian.
How listeners use it
- 01Scan
From the screen, the notice sheet or a card at the door. The page opens in the browser.
- 02Choose Dansk
No account and no download. iPhone users can also use the App Store app.
- 03Listen or read
The Danish voice follows the preacher a few seconds behind, with captions on screen. The original English can be shown alongside.
What to expect
The translation is into standard Danish. It follows the line of a sermon well. Danish church vocabulary, much of it shaped by the folkekirke, and Bible names are the hardest part, and ChurchTranslate keeps a terminology list per language to correct known terms in the captions. It is good for following a sermon; it is not flawless. See Bible names and terms.
Cost
A 75-minute service into Danish uses 75 credits. A weekly service comes to about 300 credits a month, within the Lite plan (€65 per month, 480 credits); for occasional use a credit pack that never expires is enough. See the pricing.