Denmark

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Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark, also called "continental Denmark" or "Denmark proper", consists of the northern Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands. It is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany, with which it shares a short border. Metropolitan Denmark is situated between the North Sea to the west and the Baltic Sea to the east.

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Capital

Copenhagen

Population

5,822,863

Area

42,925 km2

Climate

Temperate

Government

Parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Currency

Danish krone

Languages

Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic

Sells

packaged medicine, fish, vaccines, refined petroleum

Sells to

Germany 13%, USA 10%, Sweden 9%

Land borders

1: Germany

Drives on the

right

Calling code

+45

Founded

0800

Hemisphere

Northern

Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Danishofficial

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Faroese

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Greenlandic

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What it sells, and to whom

Every line is a thread: click a commodity or a partner to see who else trades in it.

Farms and fisheries

milk
wheat
potatoes
barley
sugar beets
pork

Largest cities

Copenhagen capital	1,153,615
Århus	285,273
Odense	180,863
Aalborg	142,937
Frederiksberg	95,029

Wars and conflicts

Click one to see everyone else who fought in it.

World War II1939–1945 Napoleonic Wars1803–1815 Thirty Years' War1618–1648 War in Afghanistan (2001-2021)2001–2021 Iraq War2003–2011 War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)2001–2021 Second Crusade1147–1149 Kosovo War1998–1999 Second Schleswig War1864 Polish-Lithuanian-Teutonic War1409–1411 Livonian Crusade1198–now Svante Nilsson Sture's War against Denmark1501–1512 Dutch–Hanseatic War1438–1441 6000-Mark War1276–1278 Second Danish-Hanseatic War1361–1370 Germany Unification War1864–1871

Form of government

Parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

constitutional monarchy1849–now

Money, belief and alliances

Money

Danish krone

Belongs to

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Council of the Baltic Sea States Nordic Council European Southern Observatory Arctic Council World Meteorological Organization European Free Trade Association European Union International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance International Development Association Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes Australia Group Asian Development Bank Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons Missile Technology Control Regime

Climate and geography

temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers

Climate zone

Temperate

Highest point

Møllehøj

Landmarks and landscapes

Nyhavn The Little Mermaid Kronborg

Northern hemisphere.

Land borders (1)

Germany

In charge right now

Mette Frederiksen Head of government

Frederik X of Denmark Head of state

Figures from its history

Harald Bluetooth Viking king who Christianised Denmark Harald "Bluetooth" Gormsson was a king of Denmark and Norway.

Hans Christian Andersen Writer of fairy tales Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish writer. A prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, he is also best remembered for his literary fairy tales.

Niels Bohr Physicist Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish theoretical physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.