Danish Time Machines

This article explores two Danish "time machines": the preservative power of Danish peat bogs and a 1980s Danish film about time travel. The author begins by describing the discovery of a well-preserved female body in a peat bog near Vejle in 1835, initially mistaken for Queen Gunhild but later dated to the Iron Age, demonstrating the bog's remarkable preservation capabilities. The article then analyzes the Danish film Miraklet i Valby (The Valby Miracle), where teenager Sven and his friends accidentally discover that his ham radio equipment can transport them through time. After several temporal jumps, they travel to the medieval period where one friend is captured. The story culminates with Sven's younger sister being mistaken for a divine messenger by medieval monks when she appears in their time-traveling caravan. The narrative connects to Clarke's third law that "any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.