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holland vs nederlandene

The Danish government has been very stubborn of using the term Holland instead of the correct Netherlands to name my home country (Holland is just a part of The Netherlands).

I found out that they’re in the process of changing this to Nederlandene though. Post Danmark has been one of the first to put this change in their systems. And the police in København too, because a dutch guy complained when he got ‘Holland’ on his new drivers license…

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2 Responses to “holland vs nederlandene”

  1. Albert van Harten Says:
    January 13th, 2009 at 8:18 pm

    Well, that Dutch guy, who complained about “Holland” on the drivers license, would that be me? ;)

  2. Robert de Jong Says:
    January 13th, 2009 at 10:03 pm

    We are allways intrested in having members, like yourself, in our “Foreningen Nederlandsk Nu! If you are intrested to become a member, than you can contact me on the given emailadres.

    The main language is however in danish, but “Foreningen Nederlandsk Nu” has belgian, danish and dutch members.

    For more information,
    contact me, or look at our website at “www.nederlandsk.nu

    Sincerely,
    Robert de Jong

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