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Mikael Jalving (born 1 October 1968) is a Danish journalist, historian, author and political commentator. Jalving worked as a commentator for Berlingske Tidende and wrote as the newspaper's most widely read blogger, until 2009 when he was hired by Jyllands-Posten. He has a Ph.D. in history from the European University Institute in Florence.

Jalving has described himself as politically being national-liberal, social conservative, and more right-wing than all parties represented in the Folketing. He caught attention in Sweden in 2011 for his book Absolut Sverige, which according to Dagens Nyheter describes a land of "self-righteous Swedes, treacherously lulled into a social democratic dystopia of control and political correctness". The book was partly a response to a book by Swedish journalist Lena Sundström that criticised Danish attitudes towards immigration.

During the month of July 2014, Jalving hosted a limited daily radio show called Danmarks Röst ("Voice of Denmark", inspired by Cold War-era Voice of America), which aimed to transmit debate to Swedish listeners about subjects perceived to be taboo in Swedish public debate.

Jalving was criticised by an Islam researcher at the University of Copenhagen for misinforming about a muslim's replies about 'sharia' in a questioner that did not mention sharia, but rules in the Quran, while sharia are based on other texts.

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Forsvar for almindeligheden

Almindeligheden er sat i skammekrogen, herom handler Mikael Jalvings bog. Det almindelige liv, som det leves, er i den post-moderne, globaliserede verden blevet nærmest foragtet. Vi lever i undtagelsernes, distortions og katastrofernes tid. Den almindelighed, Jalving søger at rehabilitere, er ikke bare, hvad vi kalder det ”normale” Det er ikke ugens køtilbud, eller livet ved køledisken, det drejer sig om. Men tag nu familien, det mest normale, der findes både i naturhistorien og i den historie, vi er en del af. Familien er samfundets mindste enhed. Det er der, vi først og fremmest lærer, hvad der er op og ned, rigtigt og forkert. Hvis familierne opløses i dysfunktion, går samfundet i opløsning. Så samfundets vigtigste bestræbelse måtte være at støtte familierne. Men kulturen i disse år lærer os andet: at vi skal fokusere på individet, den enkelte, og staten følger trop og indretter i stigende grad lovgivningen på individerne. I praksis en opskrift på, hvordan man lader ”almindeligheden” i stikken. Jalvings bog lille samfunds- og morallærerummer bidende kapitler, der giver velfærdsstaten flere buler i hatten. Hans mange tusind følgere blandt Jyllandspostens læsere, vil elske bogen.
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Publish date01 Dec 2021
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ISBN epub9788770707909