Denmark

The Kingdom of Denmark (Danish language: ''Kongeriget Danmark'') is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. It is located in Scandinavia, which is in northern Europe. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germany named Jutland (''Jylland'' in Danish), the islands Funen (''Fyn''), Zealand (''Sj�lland''), Bornholm and many smaller islands. Denmark is north of Germany, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are The Crown of Denmark's territories, each with Devolution. {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaaaaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" |+Kongeriget Danmark | align="center" colspan="2"| {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:#f9f9f9; text-align:center;" | width="130px"| || align=center width=130px| |- | width="130px"| (Flag of Denmark) |} |- | align=center colspan=2 | ''Motto of the Queen: Guds hj�lp, Folkets k�rlighed, Danmarks styrke
(English language: God's help, the People's love, Denmark's strength)'' |- | align=center colspan=2 style="background:#f9f9f9;" | |- |Official language || Danish language¹ |- |Capital || Copenhagen |- |Largest City || Copenhagen |- |List of Danish monarchs || Margrethe II of Denmark |- |List of Prime Ministers of Denmark || Anders Fogh Rasmussen |- |Area
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1 E10 m2
1.6%
2,389,903km� |- |Population
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5,432,335
125/km² |- |Gross Domestic Product (2005)
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$188 billion (List of countries by GDP (PPP))
$266 billion (List of countries by GDP (nominal))
$34,718 (List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita)
$49,182 (List of countries by GDP (nominal) per capita) |- |Currency || Danish krone |- | Time zone
- in European Summer Time | Central European Time (Coordinated Universal Time+1)
Central European Summer Time (Coordinated Universal Time+2) |- | National anthem || Der er et yndigt land |- | Royal anthem || Kong Christian |- | Top-level domain || .dk |- | List_of_country_calling_codes || +45 |- | colspan=2 | ¹ Co-official with Greenlandic in Greenland, and Faroese language in the Faroe Islands, as well as German language, which is a recognised and protected minority language in southern Denmark. |} == History == ''Main article: History of Denmark'' The origin of Denmark is lost in prehistory. Prior to being populated by Scandinavians, Denmark was home to Celts - as evidenced by the discovery of ritualistic bog murders and burials. The oldest Danevirke is from the 7th century, at the same time as the new Runic alphabet. Up into the 11th century the Danes were known as Vikings, together with Norwegians and Swedes, colonising, raiding and trading in all parts of Europe. Many archaeologist and historians believe that the Viking even made it as far as America. They traveled from Scandinavia to Iceland, then further to Greenland and then finaly America. At various times Denmark has ruled parts of England and Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland and parts of the Virgin Islands, Tranquebar in India, parts of the Baltic region coast and what is now northern Germany. Scania, Blekinge and Halland were part of Denmark for most of its early history, but were lost to Sweden in 1658. The Denmark-Norway was dissolved in 1814, when Norway entered a new union with Sweden (until 1905). The Danish liberal and national movement gained momentum in the 1830s, and after the European revolutions of 1848 Denmark became a constitutional monarchy June 5 1849. After the Second War of Schleswig in 1864 Denmark was forced to cede Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia, in a defeat that left deep marks in the Danish national identity. After this point Denmark adopted a policy of neutrality, following which Denmark stayed neutral in World War I. On April 9, 1940, Denmark was invaded by Nazi Germany (''Operation Weser�bung)'' and remained Occupation of Denmark throughout World War II, despite some internal resistance. After the war, Denmark became a member of NATO and, in 1973, the EEC (later, the European Union). == Politics and Government == ''Main article: Politics of Denmark'' In 1849 Denmark became a constitutional monarchy with the adoption of a new constitution. The List of Danish monarchs is formally head of state, a role which is mainly ceremonial, since executive power is exercised by the cabinet ministers, with the prime minister acting as the first among equals (''primus inter pares''). Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Danish parliament, known as the ''Folketing'', which consists of (no more than) 179 members. The courts of Denmark is functionally and administratively independent of the executive and the legislature. Elections for parliament must be held at least every four years; but the prime minister can call for an earlier election, if he so decides. Should parliament succeed in a vote of no confidence against the Prime Minister the entire government resigns. == Counties == ''Main article: Counties of Denmark'' Denmark is divided into 13 county (''amter'', singular ''amt''), and 271 Municipalities of Denmark (''kommuner'', singular ''kommune''): (Right now (june 2005) the municipalities are changed to larger areas => less municipalities. Not all new borders are defined yet. * Aarhus County * Frederiksborg County * Funen County ''(Fyn)'' * Copenhagen County ''(K�benhavn)'' * North Jutland County ''(Nordjylland)'' * Ribe County * Ringkj�bing County * Roskilde County * South Jutland County ''(S�nderjylland)'' * Storstr�m County * Vejle County * Viborg County * West Zealand County ''(Vestsj�lland)'' Three municipalities have county privileges: * Bornholm (regional municipality) * Copenhagen (K�benhavn) * Frederiksberg Copenhagen County comprises the municipalities of metropolitan Copenhagen, except Copenhagen Municipality and Frederiksberg Municipality. Bornholm Regional Municipality comprise the five former municipalities on the island Bornholm and the island's former county. It should be noted that as of July 2004, the government is in the process of a structural reform (the Municipality Reform, Kommunalreformen). The 13 counties (amter) will in 2007 be replaced with 5 new regions (regioner), while the 271 municipalities will be consolidated into around 100 larger units of at least 20,000 inhabitants and take over most of the responsibilities of the current counties. Greenland and the Faroe Islands also belong to the Kingdom of Denmark, but have autonomous status and are largely self-governing, and are each represented by two seats in the parliament. == Geography == ''Main article: Geography of Denmark'' Denmark consists of the peninsula of Jutland ''(Jylland)'' and 405 named islands. Of these, 82 are inhabited, with the largest being Zealand ''(Sj�lland)'' and Funen ''(Fyn)''. The island of Bornholm is located somewhat east of the rest of the country, in the Baltic Sea. Many of the islands are connected by bridges; the �resund Bridge connects Zealand with Sweden, the Great Belt Bridge connects Funen with Zealand, and the Small Belt Bridge connects Jutland with Funen. The country is mostly flat with little elevation; the highest natural point is [Ejer Bavnehoej], at 171 metres. The climate is temperate, with mild winters and cool summers. Main cities are the capital Copenhagen (on Zealand), Aarhus, Aalborg (on Jutland) and Odense (on Fyn). == Economy == ''Main article: Economy of Denmark'' This thoroughly modern market economy features high-tech agriculture, up-to-date small-scale and corporate industry, extensive government welfare measures, comfortable living standards, a stable currency, and high dependence on foreign trade. Denmark is a net exporter of food and energy and has a comfortable balance of payments surplus. The Danish economy is highly unionized; 75% of its labor force [http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/01/10/business/unions2.html] are members of a union in the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions. Relationships between unions and employers are cooperative: unions have a day-to-day role in managing the workplace, and their representatives sit on most company's board of directors. Rules on work schedules and pay are negotiated between unions and employers, with minimal government involvement. The government has been very successful in meeting, and even exceeding, the economic convergence criteria for participating in the third phase (a common European currency) of the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), but Denmark, in a September 2000 referendum, reconfirmed its decision not to join the 12 other EU members in the euro. Even so, the Danish currency remains pegged to the euro. Denmark has also placed first on the Economist Intelligence Unit's "e-readiness" rankings for the past two years. "A country's "e-readiness" is a measure of its e-business environment, a collection of factors that indicate how amenable a market is to Internet-based opportunities." == Demographics == ''Main article: Demographics of Denmark'' The majority of the population is of Scandinavian descent, with small groups of Inuit (from Greenland), Faroese language, and immigrants. According to official statistics in 2003 immigrants made up 6.2% of the total population. Danish language is spoken in the entire country, although a small group near the German border also speaks German language. According to official statistics from January 2002 84.3% of Danes are members of the state church, the Church of Denmark (''Den Danske Folkekirke''), also known as the Church of Denmark, a form of Lutheranism; the rest are primarily of other Christianity denominations and also about 3% are Muslims. == Culture == ''Main article: Culture of Denmark'' Perhaps the most famous Dane is actually a fictional character: Hamlet, the title character of William Shakespeare's greatest play. The Dane most well-known in other countries is probably Hans Christian Andersen, a writer mostly famous for his fairy tales, such as The Emperor's New Clothes and The Ugly Duckling. Other well known Danes include: * Morten Andersen, NFL kicker (Only in the United States) * Bille August, film director * Hans Beck, dancer, ballet master * Karen Blixen, also known as Isak Dinesen, author * Niels Bohr, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate * Aage Niels Bohr, physicist and Nobel Prize laureate * Victor Borge, entertainer, pianist * Auguste Bournonville, ballet dancer, choreographer * Hans Brenaa, dancer, ballet master * Tycho Brahe, astronomer * Erik Bruhn, dancer, ballet master * Ole Kirk Christiansen, inventor of LEGO * Ren� Dif, member of the pop band Aqua (band) * Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, painter * Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger, physician and Nobel Prize laureate * Niels Ryberg Finsen, physician and Nobel Prize laureate * Karl Gjellerup, author and Nobel Prize laureate * N.F.S. Grundtvig, pioneering educationalist * Anders Hejlsberg, computer science, inventor of the C_Sharp_programming_language programming language * Ludvig_Holberg, dramatist, historian, and essayist * Arne Jacobsen, architect, designer * Georg Jensen, designer * Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Author and Nobel Prize laureate * Niels Kaj Jerne, immunologist and Nobel Prize laureate * S�ren Kierkegaard, existentialism philosopher * Schack August Steenberg Krogh, physiologist and Nobel Prize laureate * Toni Lander, dancer, ballet master * Bent Larsen, professional chess player * Vilhelm Lauritzen, architect * Rasmus Lerdorf, computer science, inventor of the PHP programming language * J�rgen Leth, filmmaker * Knud Ejler L�gstrup, Christian philosophy * Viggo Mortensen, actor * Whigfield, singer * Brigitte Nielsen, actor * Connie Nielsen, actor * Carl Nielsen, composer * Jakob Nielsen (mathematician), mathematician * Hans Christian �rsted, physicist, discoverer of electromagnetism * Dirch Passer, actor * Henrik Pontoppidan, author and Nobel Prize laureate * Kirsten Ralov, dancer, ballet master * Knud Rasmussen, explorer * Jacob Riis, photographer,journalist and social activist * Jens Christian Skou, Chemist and Nobel Prize laureate * Niels Steensen, anatomist, Roman Catholic bishop and saint * Bjarne Stroustrup, computer science, inventor of the C_Plus_Plus programming language * Bertel Thorvaldsen, sculpture * Lars von Trier, film director * Lars Ulrich, musician, member of band Metallica * J�rn Utzon, architect == Miscellaneous topics == *Courts of Denmark *Communications in Denmark *Danish colonization of the Americas *Education in Denmark *Foreign relations of Denmark *Holidays in Denmark *List of Danish monarchs - Danish monarchs family tree *Danish Orders of Chivalry *List of towns in Denmark *Military of Denmark *Rescue of the Danish Jews *Stamps and postal history of Denmark *Tourism in Denmark *Transportation in Denmark *Trees of Denmark *Reporters without borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2004: Ranked 1 out of 166 countries (in an 8-way tie) ==See also== * Cuisine of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * List of Danish painters * List of Danes * List of people on stamps of Denmark * Music of Denmark ==References== * [http://www.um.dk/Publikationer/UM/English/Denmark/index.asp In-depth description of Denmark published by the Royal Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs] == External links == * [http://www.denmark.dk/ Government of Denmark] * [http://www.mediatico.com/en/newspapers/europe/denmark Danish Newspapers] * [http://grundlov.thepusher.dk/index.english.php Information on the Danish constitution] * [http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=14785 Satellite image of Denmark] at NASA's Earth Observatory * [http://www.bo-k.dk/dk/ Old Denmark in Cyberspace - Information about Denmark and the Danes] * [http://www.world-gazetteer.com/s/p_dk.htm List of Danish cities] from world-gazetteer.com * [http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/denmark/index.do Human rights reports] from Amnesty International * [http://www.milhist.dk/index_uk.htm Danish military history] * [http://www.kms.dk/C1256C62002F8C6B/ Online charts and maps by the Danish survey authority] Denmark Monarchies European Union member states ang:Denemearc bn:ডেনমার্ক fo:Danmark ga:An Danmhairg gd:An Danmhairg ht:D�nmak hi:डेनमार्क ka:დანია ks:Ḍēnamārka la:Dania lv:Dānija li:Daenemark ms:Denmark zh-min-nan:Dan-kok nds:D��nmark se:D�nm�rku simple:Denmark ta:டென்மார்க் yi:דענמאַרק

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==Danish mottos== Are the danish moto: "Lad os hygge os" not rigtigt correctly translate to "Let's have a good time" or are it untranslatable? :It are untranslatable. :"Hygge" is nearly intranslatble. "Good time" is not really appropriate as "hygge" implies a lack of rowdiness. "Hanging out" has some of the same connotation.--User:SVTCobra 23:53, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC) :National motto: The help of God, the love of people, the greatness of Denmark. :is slogan of election of Queen or motto of the Queen. ::"Lad os hygge os" can easily be translated as "Let's have a good time". It might miss a few nuances, but in general it expresses the same sentiment.--User:Kristjan Wager 20:13, 29 May 2005 (UTC) Wouldn't the Queen's motto "Guds hj�lp, Folkets k�rlighed, Danmarks styrke" perhaps be better as "God's help, the People's love, Denmark's strength" rather than "God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength"? If nothing else, then because it is close in structure to the Danish version.--User:Kristjan Wager 20:13, 29 May 2005 (UTC) Agreed. I think it gets to the heart of the motto. - User:Agendum | User talk:Agendum 23:17, 29 May 2005 (UTC) ==Maps== I have made maps of the 13 counties of denmark - http://cryosphere.net/~morwen/denmark/ These aren't showing the municipalities with the status of counties because I couldnt find maps showing those borders. Any comments? User:Morwen 22:10, Jan 28, 2004 (UTC) : Great! I was actually going to ask you how you made your maps of the English counties, in order to give the Danish ones a try myself - you beat me to it and probably made the maps look better than I would have managed. :-) : You can see the municipalities on http://www.kmdvalg.dk/ (an election site); select the counties to "zoom in" (the municipalities in white didn't want to submit election information to the site, their colours have no relevance otherwise). : There is one error in your County of Copenhagen map: the county doesn't include the municipalites of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg (despite its name). Exclude both [http://www.kmdvalg.dk/k389.htm the light greenish municipalities] as seen on the election site. : For completeness, and in order not to annoy the people living there, you should probably also include the island of Bornholm in your maps, even though it's not a county by definition (but like the Copenhagen and Frederiksberg municipalities, Bornholm Regional Municipality has country privileges) - maybe you could use a third colour for these three areas? : Oh, and if you decide to add municipalites, please notice that Bornholm is now one municipality, and no longer five as shown on the election site. : - User:Kaare 20:08, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC) ::Thanks. Done. I uploaded a map of copenhagen municipality, leaving it here :: :: :: ::This probably wants adding to the copenhagen city page? I didn't upload the Fredricksberg map since it is impossible to see it. I will ponder that. ;) User:Morwen 21:22, Jan 29, 2004 (UTC) ::: Thanks. I'll add the county maps to da: and the Copenhagen Municipality map to either the city page or a new municipality page. ::: You're right about Frederiksberg Municipality, it would be a tiny dot. ;-) Its area is very small, but 90,000 people live there... ::: - User:Kaare 21:41, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC) A controversy has erupted over the choice of map for this article. The two candidates are shown here, along with any others that other Wikipedians may choose to enter. Feel free to make any comments. The lower map may also appear in the corresponding Geography article for this country. User:Kelisi 02:59, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC) :I like the small one best; the text in the large one doesn't look good when the map is scaled to the size in which it is used (too small and too cluttered), and the colors in the big one are too strong. It may be a good idea to show amt borders as the big one does, but it may end up too cluttered for the size we use. User:Thue | User talk:Thue 06:25, 2 Apr 2005 (UTC) ==Janteloven== Are you able to translate the Danish text of te article on Janteloven into English, please? See my request at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:The_Jante_Law User:Agendum 00:39, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC) : The additional information in the Danish article has already been deleted once, but was apparently added back. The reference to Jesus (quoting the bible) is far-fetched in my opinion (so I'm not going to translate it) - but I haven't read Sandemose's book nor the bible... - User:Kaare 20:08, 29 Jan 2004 (UTC) ==Harold Bluetooth== "Denmark was united by Harold Bluetooth (Harald Bl�tand) around 980" No, his father Gorm the English was king of Denmark and Norway. And father and son were kings together by 14 year. Gorm the Old is identical by Guthrum of East_Anglia. Danish: Gorm = English: Guthrum. Guthrum the Young was king from 902 to 918 in East_Anglia. ==Flag colour== ([http://www.sodipodi.com/clipart/flags/denmark.svg SVG Format]) The red of this flag is to light. ==Msg boxes rm'd== (Mon May 31, 2004). Sky, why did you remove the messages boxes about Denmark being among monachies, and being member of the Nordic Council? - I'm talking about this change: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Denmark&diff=0&oldid=3789741 --User:Tarvin :Hmm, maybe he/she did it due to some consensus among the Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Countries#Footers: functionality, aesthetics and standards members? (warning: long discussion, but essential). I also notice that there's a new 'category' feature popping up in many countries' articles; perhaps this is meant to replace msg boxes? Just guessing here. --User:Wernher 20:42, 31 May 2004 (UTC) ( who, incidentally, made the monarchies msg box, and now is considering to make it into a category instead... I would like this information to be available in the kingdoms' articles, one way or another. ;-/ ) ::IMO, Nordic Council can stay. It was there before all this MediaWiki boxes crazyness came about. I'm thinking that monarchies should go to Politics of Denmark, NATO should go to Military of Denmark, etc. Feel free (to anyone) to comment at WikiProject Countries, BTW. --User:JiangUser talk:Jiang 21:39, 31 May 2004 (UTC) :::OK, I will take part in further discussion on this matter in WikiProject Countries' Talk page. I agree on the theme-based placement of boxes as outlined. But I think a monarchy *category* marker could be placed in the top right(?) of the main article of the monarchial countries. --User:Wernher 17:54, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC) ::::Update: see :Category:Monarchies (so far only Andorra included, as a test). The MediaWiki box is now placed in the category page instead. --User:Wernher 20:29, 1 Jun 2004 (UTC) == Denmark's area == This article says that Denmark is smaller than more than 100 countries, but List of countries by area says that it is a lot larger. Any comments?? User:66.32.242.106 00:02, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC) : The list (as you may have noticed) includes Greenland and the Faroe Islands, both of which are home rule territories of the Kingdom of Denmark. This article, however, leaves the description of Greenland and the Faroe Islands to their respective articles. Usually when you say ''Denmark'', you don't also mean Greenland and Faroe Islands, who in several ways are independant countries and dislike being thought of as mere remote parts of Denmark. - User:Kaare 00:39, 11 Sep 2004 (UTC) ==Page organization== It seems a bit strange to me that we have both a "Miscellaneous topics" section and a "See also" section. The two don't seem to differ much. Would anyone oppose to a fusion of the two, and an alphabetization of the items in the fused section? By the way: I would like to add ISO 3166's two-/three-letter code and numeric code, the Danish language code, Denmark's international licence plade code, perhaps the International Telecommunication Union letter code for Denmark, etc. I thought this could be put in a little table somewhere on the page. Any thoughts on this? User:Tarvin 09:57, 11 Nov 2004 (UTC) == Religion == there is really no mention of religion in Denemark... I know you are very secular country...but... there seems to be something missing --User:Macronyx 12:14, 3 Mar 2005 (UTC) Religion is of so little importance that it's rarely ever heard off, I see no reason why it should have any special mentioning other than than the obvious; That most citizens are born into the Lutheran church and freedom of religion is allowed. == "Robert Lacy" == Some anonymous editor (138.217.68.91) has added a stub atticle about a writer called Robert Lacy and added him to the list of well known Danes (the Culture section). Allegedly, Robert Lacy lives in Odense. I cannot find any evidence of a such a writer, neither in the White Pages, in the databases of Danish libraries, nor in Amazon. I'll remove the link (and ask for removal of the "Robert Lacy" page) if noone confirms the existence of "Robert Lacy" (with relevant proof of existence, like a reference to a publisher having published his work) soon. User:Tarvin 08:22, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC) :I have never heard of him, and I don't get any google hits for [http://www.google.dk/search?q=%22Robert+Lacy%22+%22portraiture+prize%22&btnG=Search&hl=en&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aunofficial "Robert Lacy" "portraiture prize"] and only one bad hit for [http://www.google.dk/search?q=%22Robert+Lacy%22+%22Fish+in+a+Barrel%22&sourceid=mozilla-search&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial "Robert Lacy" "Fish in a Barrel"]. Wikipedia:Votes for deletion/Robert Lacy. User:Thue | User talk:Thue 11:37, 9 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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