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Danmark

The Danish Flag - Dannebrog

About Me

According to legend the Danish flag "Dannebrog" fell from heaven in a battle in Estonia June 15 1219. ***** ***** National Anthem: "Der er et Yndigt Land" - top traditional tune, below sung with a new tune***** *****..********** Famous Danes*****

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*****Copenhagen ***** Changing of the Guard ***** *****Beautiful Denmark ***** ***** Old Town in Aarhus *****Helsingor
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*****Dansk Fodbold*****Description: Celebrating summer solstice is an ancient tradition in Denmark, where bonfires are lit throughout the country on midsummer's eve. This bonfire video was shot on the beach of Skagen North Jutland. ***** Skagen - Northern part of Jutland where 2 oceans meet Skagerrak and Kattegat*****History of Denmark *****Denmark's Oldest Document *****

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*********** Danes are the happiest people in the World*****Denmark

Add to My Profile | More Videos***** ***** Olsen Brothers - Smuk som et Stjerneskud (Fly on the Wings of Love)*****

Denmark's many Friends**********Learn to speak Danish

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*****Geographic Coordinates: 56 00 North 10 00 East

*****Land Area: 42,394 sq km includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Area comparative: slightly less than twice the size of Massachusetts

Coastline: 7,314 km ..

Religion: Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%.

Government: Constitutional Monarchy.

Executive Branch: Chief of State: Queen MARGRETHE II (since 14 January 1972); Heir Apparent Crown Prince: FREDERIK, elder son of the monarch (born 26 May 1968) Head of Government: Prime Minister Anders Fogh RASMUSSEN (since 27 November 2001)

Legislative Branch: Unicameral People's Assembly or Folketinget (179 seats, including 2 from Greenland and 2 from the Faroe Islands; members are elected by popular vote on the basis of proportional representation to serve four-year terms) Elections: last held 8 February 2005 (next to be held February 2009)

Capital: Copenhagen, 1.8 million inhabitants

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Faroe Islands ***** Greenland *****National Wildlife Fed. "Greenland" *****

My Blog

Danish recipes

This is an excellent site for wonderful Danish recipes:http://www.mindspring.com/~cborgnaes/index.html
Posted by Danmark on Fri, 31 Aug 2007 05:28:00 PST

The Royal House

   The current monarch, Margrethe II, b.1940, is the daughter of King Frederik IX (1899-1972) and Queen Ingrid (1910-2000). She is married to the French count Henri de Laborde de Monpez...
Posted by Danmark on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 03:48:00 PST

Danish flag

According to legend, the Dannebrog fell from heaven during a battle in Estonia; this legend is mentioned in Christiern Pedersens Danish Chronicle from the beginning of the 1520s and by the Franciscan ...
Posted by Danmark on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:46:00 PST

History

PrehistoryDenmark has probably been periodically inhabited for more than 120,000 years. The first certain proofs of human habitation date from around 12,500 BC. The stone age people among other t...
Posted by Danmark on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 02:42:00 PST