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A new tally shows a sharp difference from one municipality to the next in how many marriages are dissolved each year.

The risk of divorce is significantly higher in some Danish cities than in others

Most people probably don’t give the risk of divorce much thought when they get married, but it varies surprisingly widely from one municipality to another. Here are Sara Eckhart Boesen and Rasmus Glasdam, who appeared in the ninth season of DR’s program 'Married at First Sight' - a show where the divorce rate, incidentally, is very high. Foto: Finn Frandsen
Most people probably don’t give the risk of divorce much thought when they get married, but it varies surprisingly widely from one municipality to another. Here are Sara Eckhart Boesen and Rasmus Glasdam, who appeared in the ninth season of DR’s program 'Married at First Sight' - a show where the divorce rate, incidentally, is very high. Foto: Finn Frandsen

Mange kender nok den lidt nedslående statistik om, at næsten halvdelen af alle ægteskaber i Danmark ender i skilsmisse.

Det er næppe noget, mange tænker over, når de vælger bopæl. Men en ny opgørelse viser en markant forskel mellem landets kommuner i, hvor mange ægteskaber der hvert år ender med at blive opløst.

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