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Janni Ree and Susan Astani about being rich: 'It's hard in Denmark' | BT Names - www.bt.dk One has been called 'golddigger', while the other has received mocking remarks from his colleagues. The debate over the country's richest has flared in recent days, and B.T. has asked the two rich men's wives Janni Ree and Susan Astani how they experience being rich in Denmark. Janni Ree became part of the circles of the rich when she married DBA billionaire Karsten Ree seven years ago. And even though the fortune is actually her husband's, she has experienced that people have many attitudes to both her and her husband's fortune - for better or worse. Janni Ree has experienced being called a 'golddigger'. »I do not think that so many are after Karsten. I can feel that there is a lot of respect around Karsten because he has done what he has done with Den Blå Avis. And because he's a man who does not waste money. He walks around collecting bottles and saving on food, "says 52-year-old Janni Ree, who does not think she lives a life of 'hustle and bustle'. 'We have a nice house and we can travel, but he's not the type to take me into a Channel store and say,' Janni, now you're getting bags in all colors, and here's my credit card. If I go shopping, I pay myself and for my own money, so that way I do not feel that he is rich, "she says. Karsten Ree's fortune was based on the takeover of the industrial laundry Sortevit, which he took over after his wealthy parents. Therefore, Karsten Ree's fortune can be described as what is called 'old money', which is considered to belong to the better part of the upper class, and with which it can be difficult to get into the heat. Janni Ree is married to billionaire Karsten Ree. Janni Ree, however, experienced a good reception in Karsten Ree's circle of friends. “People just had to accept me in the beginning. But they have seen that I make my own money and that I manage myself, "she says, adding that she has in turn been called many ugly things on the net by people she does not know. "Of course, people still scold me and say that I just took Karsten for the money, and that I'm just waiting for him to die and that I'm a 'golddigger,'" she says. And it is completely different from what she experienced when she lived in Dallas, USA for seven years with her ex-husband, who was also rich and with whom she has two children. Susan Astani-Kjær with her son Alexander in Switzerland. ‘Over there you get a shrug if you are rich. They love if you are anything, drive in a big car and hold a big party. And then you come home, where you almost have to crawl along the panels. It is typically Danish. It is narrow-minded, "she says. And it's Susan Astani Kjær, who is married to FLSmidth heir Christian Kjær, agrees. The Kjær couple came out in the storm of their lives, after Christian Kjær in 2019 was deprived of his royal titles, after he received a verdict in 2019 to hit a traffic official at a bicycle race near his home in Sandbjerg in North Zealand. Christian Kjær felt unfairly treated by Danish society, which led to many people criticizing the couple, who in 2020 moved to Switzerland, where they have lived ever since. Christian Kjær and Susan Astani with their son, Alexander, on one of their countless hunts. However, the criticism has not subsided, and most recently it was Jubii founder Martin Thorborg, who in an article attacked Christian Kjær's attitude and believed that the rich man 'was completely out of step with ordinary people'. "Janteloven rules the country to the extent that you are almost a criminal if you are wealthy," says Susan Astani Kjær, who believes that Christian Kjær would never have been punished so severely for his transgression if he was not rich and famous. However, she agrees with Thorborg that it is also about attitude. “But it's easy to sit on the couch and judge others. But when you are treated unfairly and badly, then of course you may get a little attitude, "she says. However, she believes that one should also look at what her husband has done for society - including paying a lot of taxes and creating a lot of jobs. Janni Ree at his house in Vedbæk. Susan Astani Kjær says that she has always been well received in Christian Kjær's circle of friends, but that she has experienced envy from ordinary people several times - among other things when she worked as a doctor at a hospital when she first met Christian Kjær. ‘When I was having lunch with colleagues, someone said to me,‘ Now remember, you have to put your plate in the dishwasher. No one will come and clean up after you here in the department ',' she says and tells that she was warned another time by her boss that there was a Susan before and after the meeting with Christian Kjær. ‘My boss said to me,‘ Be careful. Until now, you have just been a regular doctor on the ward, but now you are with Christian Kjær. Now you are a public person. ”Susan Astani Kjær married Christian Kjær in 2014, and the couple have a son Alexander together. In addition, they each have three children from previous relationships. Since 2020, the couple has lived in Switzerland - but they also have a home in the south of France and a home in North Jutland. In addition, they travel a lot around the world. »Denmark is not a fun country to be rich in. It is much more fun to be rich in Switzerland. There you do not experience prejudice - only respect and gratitude for the contributions you make to society, "says Astani Kjær. 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