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The Kingdom of Denmark is a unitary state that comprises, in addition to metropolitan Denmark, two autonomous territories [11] in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
The Kingdom of Denmark is a unitary sovereign state. It has Arctic territorial claims in the Arctic Ocean: various sites near the North Pole (Lomonosov Ridge, Gakkel Ridge, Alpha - Mendeleev Ridge complex, and the Chukchi Borderland).
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.
This article covers principally the land and people of continental Denmark. However, the Kingdom of Denmark also encompasses the Faroe Islands and the island of Greenland, both located in the North Atlantic Ocean. Each area is distinctive in history, language, and culture.
In the midst of the Viking era, in the first half of the 10th century, the kingdom of Denmark coalesced in Jutland (Jylland) under King Gorm the Old. Gorm’s son and successor, Harald I (Bluetooth), claimed to have unified Denmark, conquered Norway, and Christianized the Danes.
Denmark (officially, the Kingdom of Denmark) is divided into 5 administrative regions (regioner, sing. region). The regions are: Hovedstaden (Capital Region of Denmark), Midtjylland (Central Denmark Region), Nordjylland (North Denmark Region), Sjaelland (Region Zealand) and Syddanmark (Region of Southern Denmark).
Destination Denmark, a virtual guide to the Kingdom of Denmark, a Scandinavian country situated on the Jutland Peninsula and several islands, north of Germany. The last dependencies of Denmark are the Faroe Islands and Greenland. The country shares maritime borders with Norway, Sweden, Poland, and the United Kingdom.
KINGDOM OF DENMARK: FACTS. Capital: Copenhagen. Area: 42,926 sq km (Denmark) Population: 5.9 million (Denmark) Languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, German. Life expectancy: 79 years (men)...
Denmark is a constitutional monarchy. Its head of state is the Danish monarch, and the head of government is the prime minister. Denmark was inhabited by about 12,000 bce. During the Viking period the Danes expanded their territory, and by the 11th century the Danish kingdom included parts of what are now Sweden, England, and Norway.
Between 1340 and 1523, the Danish monarchy was strengthened both externally and internally. In relation to the outside world, Denmark went from being a mortgaged kingdom at the mercy of foreign rulers to being a regional great power. This transition will be discussed in the next section.