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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 ...
"Culture and Contrasts in a Northern European Village: Lifestyles among Manorial Peasants in 18th-Century Denmark, Journal of Social History Volume: 29#2 (1995) pp 275+. Johansen, Hans Chr. Danish Population History, 1600–1939 (Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark, 2002) 246 pp. ISBN 978-87-7838-725-7 online review
Gorm the old’s conquest of Denmark [2] 936 Gorm becomes king of most of Denmark Christianization of Denmark: 960s Denmark officially converted to Christianity German–Danish war of 974: 974 Hedeby under German occupation from 974 to 981 Battle of Svolder: 1000 Division of Norway Cnut's invasion of England: 1016 England subjugated by Denmark
The former Danish royal arms, left, established in 1972, and the latest arms by royal resolution on Dec. 20, 2024.
The Danish king has changed the country’s royal coat of arms to display symbols of Greenland and the Faroe Islands more prominently – in an apparent rebuke to Donald Trump.. King Frederik has ...
Danish culture and society are broadly progressive egalitarian, and socially liberal; Denmark was the first country to legally recognise same-sex partnerships. It is a founding member of NATO, the Nordic Council, the OECD, the OSCE, the Council of Europe and the United Nations, and is part of the Schengen Area. Denmark maintains close political ...
Danes (Danish: danskere, pronounced [ˈtænskɐɐ]), or Danish people, are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark. [27] This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural.
An incident off the coast of West Africa in late 2021 offered a rare look at the operations of Denmark's Fromandskorpset, or Frogman Corps. Meet the Danish Frogmen who just took down a boatful of ...