PeoplePopulation: 5,4 million (July 2004 est.). About one-quarter of the population lives in greater Copenhagen. Population growth rate: 0.35 % (2004 est.).Life expectancy at birth: 77.4 years. Religions: Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%. Ethnic groups: Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali. Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority). English is the predominant second language . Nationality: noun: Dane(s). Adjective: Danish. |
Kronborg Castle, in Elsinore, Denmark. It is a renaissance castle and a military fortress, known all over the world from Shakespeare's Hamlet.
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Country name: Kingdom of Denmark (local: Kongeriget Danmark). Capital: Copenhagen. Government type: Constitutional monarchy . Total area: 43,094 km². It 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. Coastline: 7,314 km. Highest point: Yding Skovhoej 173 m. Climate: Temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers . Administrative divisions: metropolitan Denmark - 14 counties (amter, singular - amt) and 2 boroughs (amtskommuner, singular - amtskomunes); Arhus, Bornholm, Fredericksberg, Frederiksborg, Fyn, Kobenhavn, Kobenhavns, Nordjylland, Ribe, Ringkobing, Roskilde, Sonderjylland, Storstrom, Vejle, Vestsjalland, Viborg note: see separate entries for the Faroe Islands and Greenland, which are part of the Kingdom of Denmark and are self-governing overseas administrative divisions. Terrain: low and flat to gently rolling plains. Ports and harbors: Aabenraa, Aalborg, Aarhus, Copenhagen, Esbjerg, Fredericia, Frederikshavn, Hirtshals, Kolding, Odense, Roenne (Bornholm), Vejle. Note: Denmark controls Danish Straits (Skagerrak and Kattegat) linking Baltic and North Seas. |
Fredericksborg Castle, in Hillerød, Denmark. Built on three small islands in the 17th century, in Dutch Renaissance style. Today it is the national portrait gallery, with paintings of the royal family members, since the 16th.
Copenhagen, Denmark.
Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe.
First organized as a unified state in 10th century. In 1849 became a constitutional monarchy. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) and issues concerning certain justice and home affairs.
Flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes.
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