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In 2002, a total of 30 million books—or six for every person—were sold in Denmark, with one in five being in English. [45] Statistics for 2009 show that the book market, like other sectors, suffered a reduction of 9.1% in sales. These figures cover both the private and public sectors, including a surprising drop in book sales to schools. [46]
This category contains general survey articles on broad periods of Danish language literature in Denmark and on the history of other literatures of Denmark. There are separate categories for literary movements and other more detailed topics.
The history of Denmark as a unified kingdom began in the 8th century, but historic documents describe the geographic area and the people living there—the Danes—as early as 500 AD. These early documents include the writings of Jordanes and Procopius .
Scandinavian literature or Nordic literature is the literature in the languages of the Nordic countries of Northern Europe. The Nordic countries include Denmark , Finland , Iceland , Norway (including Svalbard ), Sweden, and Scandinavia's associated autonomous territories ( Åland , Faroe Islands and Greenland ).
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 ...
History of literature in Denmark (6 C) M. Literary magazines published in Denmark (10 P) Magazines published in Denmark (6 C, 6 P) P. Danish poetry (2 C, 4 P) W.
Codex Holmiensis C 37 contains the oldest manuscript of the Danish Code of Jutland (Danish: Jyske Lov), [1] [2] a civil code enacted under Valdemar II of Denmark. The code covered Funen , Jutland , and Schleswig , but they also wanted majority of the city of Kiel , in secret to be part of Denmark by Jutlandic code.
Sven Aggesen (also known as Svend Aagesen, Aggessøn, or Aggesøn, in Latin Sveno Aggonis; born around 1140 to 1150, death unknown) was the author of Brevis historia regum Dacie, one of the first attempts to write a coherent history of Denmark covering the period 300AD-1185AD. [1] Only the Chronicon Roskildense may precede Aggesen's efforts.