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The culture of Denmark has a rich artistic and scientific heritage. The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), the philosophical essays of Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), the short stories of Karen Blixen, penname Isak Dinesen, (1885–1962), the plays of Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), modern authors such as Herman Bang and Nobel laureate Henrik Pontoppidan and the dense ...
Becca Itkowitz left the US with her husband and two young sons and lived in Denmark for three years. The boys really liked it as their parents and school embraced the non-helicopter-parenting culture.
The Danish military until 1849 employed various groups of foreign professional soldiers, implying that German was used as the command language in the Danish army until 1772-73. [6] Also the central administration and other parts of the political, scientific and cultural elite in Denmark were influenced by immigrants during the 18th century.
Danish-American culture (2 C, 6 P) Culture of the Faroe Islands (19 C, 21 P) Culture of Greenland (22 C, 18 P) A. Adaptations of works by Danish writers (7 C)
Carl Christian Anton Christensen, is America's Danish-American equivalent of "Grandma Moses." Another early Danish-American artisan was Peter Hanson, a landscape painter, tulip authority, and daguerreian. Hanson was born in Denmark in 1821 and came to America c. 1847, when he settled in Brooklyn, NY, with a photography studio in the Bowery.
Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen repeated on Monday that Greenland is "not for sale," but she remained open to bolstering the American "footprint" on the Arctic island. As European Union ...
Like its neighbors, Denmark is generally more expensive than the U.S. Consumer prices are 28% higher in Denmark than in the U.S., according to Numbeo, a cost-of-living data base. How to Retire in ...
In the 20th century, the reasons for Danish immigration to Canada diversified. Some sought economic opportunities, while others came for family reunification or to escape political turmoil in Europe. The establishment of Danish-Canadian communities, societies, and churches helped preserve the Danish culture and traditions in Canada.