The Kingdom of Denmark is the smallest and southernmost of the Nordic countries. It is also the oldest. Located north of its only land neighbour, Germany, southwest of Sweden, and south of Norway, it is located in northern Europe. From a cultural point of view, Denmark belongs to the family of Scandinavian countries although not located on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The national capital is Copenhagen.
Denmark borders both the Baltic and the North Sea. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland, which borders northern Germany, plus a large number of islands, most notably Zealand, Funen, Vendsyssel-Thy, Lolland, and Bornholm as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago. Denmark has historically controlled the approach to the Baltic Sea, and these waters are also known as the Danish straits.
Denmark has been a constitutional monarchy since 1849 and a parliamentary democracy since 1901. Denmark became a member of the European Economic Community (now the European Union) in 1973. The Kingdom of Denmark also encompasses two off-shore territories, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, both of which enjoy wideranging home rule. The Danish monarchy is the oldest existing monarchy in Europe, and the national flag is the oldest state flag in continuous use.
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- Hamlet - To be or not to be that is the question.
- Code of Jutland (1241, preamble) - A country shall be built by law, but if everybody would stay content with what is his own and let others enjoy the same rights, then no law would be needed. But no law is as good to follow as is Truth, but where one can be in doubt what Truth is, this must be shown by the law.
| History |
Archaeology | Viking Age (Jelling stones, Dannevirke, Ring forts) | Kalmar Union | Denmark–Norway | Colonization of the Americas | Colonial empire (Tranquebar, Danish Gold Coast, Danish West Indies) | Scandinavian Monetary Union | Easter Crisis of 1920 | Denmark during World War II | Rescue of the Danish Jews | Postal history | List of Danish monarchs |
| Geography |
Towns | Islands | Danish straits (Øresund, Great Belt, Little Belt, Skagerrak, Kattegat) | Autonomous provinces (Greenland, Faroe Islands) | Trees |
| Government |
Constitution | Folketing | Regions | Counties | Municipalities | Foreign relations | Military | Courts |
| Politics |
Political parties (Venstre, Social Democrats, Danish People's Party, Conservative People's Party, Danish Social Liberal Party, Socialist People's Party, Red-Green Alliance, New Alliance, Centre Democrats) | Elections | Council of State | List of Prime Ministers | Former cabinets |
| Monarchy |
Danish monarchs | Family tree | Succession | Order of the Elephant | Order of the Dannebrog |
| Economy |
Companies | Communications | Transport | National Bank | Stock Exchange | Mærsk | Lego |
| Culture |
Language (Grammar, Æ, Ø, Å, Bornholmsk, South Jutlandic) | Cinema | Cuisine | Education | Literature | Modern Breakthrough | Music | Public holidays |
| Other |
List of Danes | Religion | Islam | Courts | Tourism | Scout Council | Jante Law |
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