Sadly, Benjamin has had his dream crushed by the government (Picture: Benjamin Preisler Herbst/ Facebook)

A Danish toy shop owner who admits his home is so full of model comic-book heroes it looks like a ‘doll’s house’ has received a crushing blow from his government.

Benjamin Preisler Herbst, 26, is not allowed to change his first name to ‘Superhero’.

The decision came as a shock, as the Danish government recently OKed names including Balcony (for a girl), Gandalf, Ninja and Legolas.

‘I fully understand that people under 18 should be protected from being given silly names by their parents,’ Herbst said. ‘But I think it should be up to adults to change their own name to whatever they want.’




But after a tense four-month wait, Herbst was told that Superhero was ‘inappropriate’.

This man has to stick with boring old ‘Benjamin’ (Picture Benjamin Preisler Herbst/ Facebook)

‘The word superhero is the name of a fictional / non-existent figure who perform heroic deeds,’ the government said.

‘We do not believe that “Superhero” meets the criteria for accreditation as a Christian name.’

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Preisler admits his house looks like a ‘doll’s house’ (Picture Benjamin Preisler Herbst/ Facebook)

However, Herbst was adamant: ‘It would give people a smile when I came into the bank and said, “Hi, my name is Superhero”. There is nobody who doesn’t like superheroes.

‘The only ones who don’t are super villains.’