Talk:Sólrun Løkke Rasmussen

First Lady
She is not the "first lady" of Denmark. Denmark does not have a first lady, it has a Queen. There are several women that take precedence before the wife of the Prime Minister, including the Queen (the actual "first lady", although the American term "first lady" is not officially used), the Crown Princess, Princess Marie, Princess Benedikte, Princess Elisabeth, the wives of the Counts of Rosenborg, the Countess of Frederiksborg... 85.164.196.159 (talk) 19:28, 10 April 2009 (UTC)

For comparison, Sarah Brown (spouse) is called "the wife of Gordon Brown, the current Prime Minister of the United Kingdom" and the "Spouse of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom", not the "first lady of the UK". 85.164.196.159 (talk) 19:30, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * She is called First Lady (Førstedame) in all the referenced material. The article is simply providing the information given by the Danish media. It is not attempting to make any statements about politics nor the monarchy. — Cactus Writer |   needles  19:56, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * No, she isn't. She is perhaps inaccurately referred to a such by some unofficial sources. This has no place in an encyclopedia, Denmark does not have a first lady any more than the UK. 85.164.196.159 (talk) 20:11, 10 April 2009 (UTC)


 * I understand your point. Queen Margrethe is the Danish head of state and, as such, is the woman who holds the first position in Denmark. The term First Lady is an adaptation of the English language term -- and the term as applied to the wife of the Danish Prime Minister has only come into usage in Denmark during recent years. In the English language the term is applied regardless of whether or not there is such a role - and it seems the Danish language has adopted the same position. The title in Denmark is unofficial, however the references are not since national news services are reliable sources. It can be designated in the article that it is the media who described Rasmussen as the first lady. That is indisputable. I think if the terminology is controversial in Denmark than there will be equally good Danish sources which object to the media applying this unofficial title for Rasmussen. It would be great if you can provide those kinds of references. — Cactus Writer |   needles  06:33, 11 April 2009 (UTC)


 * In Denmark the word førstedame is not considered controversial. A female leader of a shop is also called førstedame. She could be called statsministerfrue (wife of prime minister) but that sounds old fashion so all the media in Denmark use the word førstedame. That it may not be logically correct (when compared to First Lady) is not impotent because a language can not be 100 % logical but we understand what we are talking about. I have the feeling that 85.164.196.159 dont like the word førstedame because it makes the queen sound less impotent but I don't believe anyone using the word do it to offend the queen. 85.164.196.159 is putting to much into the etymology of the word. Kinamand (talk) 09:40, 11 April 2009 (UTC)


 * Thanks for your clarification. I agree with you with you completely. In the English language the term First Lady is not an official title either. Even in the United States First Lady is not an official title. I had already tried to explain to 85.164.196.159 that the term has nothing to do with political power. It has nothing to do with precedence or order of succession. (In the sense of succession in the US, Nancy Pelosi is the first woman in line for the presidency at no. 3, Hillary Clinton is no 5 -- and Michelle Obama, the US First Lady, is not in line at all). I agree with you that 85.164.196.159 has somehow taken it to be a denigration of Queen Margrethe, and yet it isn't -- not even in Denmark. Unfortunately, 85.164.196.159 is trying to have this article deleted at Articles for deletion/Sólrun Løkke Rasmussen over this. — Cactus Writer |   needles  11:35, 11 April 2009 (UTC)

Name
I just want to mention, that Sólrun Jákupsdóttir is a good example for a patronym, which are typical in the Faroes since the end of the 20th century. She is the daughter of Jákup Petersen -> Sólrun Jákupsdóttir Petersen ("Jacob's daughter"). When she married Lars Løkke Rasmussen, she changed her family name from Petersen to Løkke Rasmussen, but "Jákupsdóttir" remained of course. -- Arne List (talk) 21:22, 12 April 2009 (UTC)