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Growing Up in Christiania: Lukas Graham's Story
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To illustrate what growing up inside Christiania actually looked like, Josh pulls out a Rolling Stone interview with Lukas Forsheimer, the lead singer of the pop-country band Lukas Graham. Forsheimer is described as mellow, open, and thoughtful — but his most memorable line from that interview is anything but soft: he learned to mix a Molotov cocktail before he learned to mix a Long Island iced tea. Josh uses this as a pivot point, noting that while Christiania is broadly a peaceful, peace-loving community, you can't forget it's a group of anarchist squatters in the heart of a modern city, constantly under pressure from outside — and sometimes from inside.
Christiania has roughly 800 to 900 residents, approximately 150 of whom are children raised within the community's self-built social infrastructure.
Lukas Forsheimer, lead singer of pop band Lukas Graham, was born and raised in Christiania and told Rolling Stone he learned to mix a Molotov cocktail before a Long Island iced tea.
Lukas Forsheimer, lead singer of Lukas Graham, was born and raised inside Christiania. In a Rolling Stone interview he revealed he learned to mix a Molotov cocktail before a Long Island iced tea — a line that perfectly sums up what a Christiania childhood looks like.
What started as casual hash sales in Christiania's 'Greenlight District' exploded into Pusher Street, home to 40 hash stalls and an estimated $100 million annual drug trade. The Hells Angels and BS Motorcycle Club fought a gang war there, leaving residents — ideologically barred from calling the police — largely powerless.
