[JadoJodo]

Without discarding the issue of the moving goalpost, I do wonder what the quality of life contrast looks like between a 70-year old in 2025 and a 70-year old in 1925. Note: I arbitrarily picked the latter date, as I wasn't able to (with a quick search) locate the year in which the original retirement age was established in Denmark.

I also wonder what it would look like for the government to encourage (or even facilitate) "jobs for seniors" that only become available to you after you turn 60. They could be jobs that are, by design, low-risk, low-physicality, but medium-high mental stimulation.

[mistrial9]

around 1900 more than a quarter of the population of Denmark emigrated to the USA IIR

[strange_aeons]

Around 140k emigrated to USA in 1900-1930 (https://danishvoices.ku.dk/danish-in-north-america/)

Denmark’s population was 2.4m-3.5m in that period (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Denmark)

[mistrial9]

my sources : "a History of the Lutheran Church in America", and a personal history written at that time. If your records are accurate and unbiased, I would accept that answer completely and admit it.. but I am not convinced both of those are true. It is interesting and more clarity is welcome. Also your estimate of the population varies by 40% so the accuracy is in question.

[strange_aeons]

ku.dk is Copenhagen University, which I would regard as accurate and unbiased.

Wikipedia cites Danmarks Statistik for the population numbers, the official government statistics.

The 2.4m is in 1900, 3.5m in 1930.

[tokai]

That's a horrible source. You really rather go with an old book about church history instead of official data?