Country

Denmark

Also Known As Kingdom of Denmark This entity is metropolitan Denmark. The wider Kingdom of Denmark also includes the self-governing Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Northern Europe

Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, comprising the Jutland peninsula and an archipelago of 406 islands, with Copenhagen as its capital and largest city. The unified Kingdom of Denmark emerged by the eighth century AD as a maritime power, with no single clean founding date; its modern constitutional monarchy dates to 5 June 1849. The wider Kingdom of Denmark also includes the self-governing Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Facts

Capital

Copenhagen 2

Population

6,001,008 2

May 2025 estimate.

Population Estimate Year

2025 2

Area (sq km)

43,094 2

Metropolitan Denmark; the wider Kingdom of Denmark also includes the self-governing Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Landlocked

No 3

Income Group

High 4

Government Type

Constitutional Monarchy 3

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

Denmark

Connections

Associated With

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark.

Source Copenhagen (Wikipedia)

Greenland Ice Sheet

Greenland is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark; the ice sheet covers around 80% of its surface.

Source Greenland Ice Sheet (Wikipedia)

Helsingør

Helsingor, classically known in English as Elsinore, is a coastal city in northeastern Denmark.

Source Helsingør (Wikipedia)

Ilulissat Icefjord

Jutland Peninsula

Nordic Countries

Denmark is one of the three Nordic monarchies also called Scandinavia in the narrow sense.

Source Nordic Countries (Wikipedia)

Northern Europe

Scandinavia

Vejle

Vejle is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula.

Source Vejle (Wikipedia)

Bordered By Water

Baltic Sea

Denmark encloses the Baltic Sea.

Source Baltic Sea (Wikipedia)

Kattegat

North Sea

Source North Sea (Wikipedia)

Oresund

Skagerrak

Wadden Sea

Source Wadden Sea (Wikipedia)

Has Capital

Copenhagen

Copenhagen is the capital of Denmark.

Source Copenhagen (Wikipedia)

In the Other Atlases

Same As

Denmark

Also in Political Atlas: the same subject.

Nationals Include

Erhard Frederiksen

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Erhard Frederiksen - WikipediaLead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Erhard Frederiksen (7 January 1843 – 12 October 1903) was a Danish agronomist and sugar manufacturer.

Niels Johannes Fjord

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Per Pinstrup-Andersen

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Wilhelm Johannsen

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wilhelm Johannsen (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 2

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Wilhelm Johannsen (3 February 1857 – 11 November 1927) was a Danish pharmacist, botanist, plant physiologist, and geneticist.

Jorn Utzon

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: a national of this subject.

Bertel Thorvaldsen

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist Names: Dreyer, Carl Theodor (Danish film director, 1889-1968)Record display

Quote, Record display

Dreyer, Carl Theodor (Danish film director, 1889-1968)

Georg Jensen

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Jørn Utzon

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Getty Research Institute Union List of Artist Names: Utzon, Jørn (Danish architect, 1918-2008)Record display

Quote, Record display

Utzon, Jørn (Danish architect, 1918-2008)

Nicolai Abildgaard

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Verner Panton

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: a national of this subject.

Arnold Peter Moller

Also in Business Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikipedia, Arnold Peter MollerLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia articletier 2

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Arnold Peter Møller (2 October 1876 – 12 June 1965), better known as A. P. Møller, was a Danish shipping magnate and businessman who was the founder of the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in 1904.

Birger Wernerfelt

Also in Business Atlas: a national of this subject.

Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller

Also in Business Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller (Wikipedia)Lead

Quote, Lead

was a Danish shipping magnate

Anders Hejlsberg

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Anders P. Ravn

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Anders P. RavnLead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Anders Peter Ravn (29 October 1947 – 1 August 2019) was a Danish computer scientist.

Bjarne Stroustrup

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Corinna Cortes

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Corinna CortesLead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Corinna Cortes (born 31 March 1961) is a Danish computer scientist known for her contributions to machine learning.

David Heinemeier Hansson

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Dines Bjorner

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Dines Bjorner, WikipediaLead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Dines Bjørner (born 4 October 1937) is a Danish computer scientist.

Ivan Damgård

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Janus Friis

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Janus Friis (Wikipedia)Lead sentence [nationality]

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is a Danish entrepreneur best known for co-founding the file-sharing application Kazaa

Jens Axboe

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Kim Guldstrand Larsen

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Lars Arge

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Lars Arge, WikipediaLead sentence 1

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Lars Allan Arge (8 October 1967 – 23 December 2020) was a Danish computer scientist, the head of the Center for Massive Data Algorithmics (MADALGO) at Aarhus University, where he was also a professor of computer science.

Lise Fuhr

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Mads Tofte

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Michael E. Caspersen

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Mike Jensen

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Neil D. Jones

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Per Brinch Hansen

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Peter Naur

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Poul-Henning Kamp

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Rasmus Lerdorf

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Berl Kutchinsky

Also in Crime and Justice Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Berl Kutchinsky (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph

Quote, Lead paragraph

a Danish Professor of Criminology at the University of Copenhagen

Inge Lehmann

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Inge Lehmann (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

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Inge Lehmann (13 May 1888 – 21 February 1993) was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist who is known for her discovery in 1936 of the solid inner core that exists within the molten outer core of the Earth.

Nicolas Steno

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Nicolas Steno (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Niels Steensen (Danish: Niels Steensen; Latinized to Nicolas Steno or Nicolaus Stenonius; 1 January 1638 – 25 November 1686 [NS: 11 January 1638 – 5 December 1686]) was a Danish scientist, a pioneer in both anatomy and geology who became a Catholic bishop in his later years.

Willi Dansgaard

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: a national of this subject.

Georg Rasch

Also in Education Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Georg Raschintro of the article

Quote, intro of the article

Georg William Rasch () (21 September 1901 – 19 October 1980) was a Danish mathematician, statistician, and psychometrician, most famous for the development of a class of measurement models known as Rasch models.

Adam Price

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a national of this subject.

Benjamin Christensen

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a national of this subject.

Bille August

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a national of this subject.

Carl Theodor Dreyer

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a national of this subject.

Jonas Poher Rasmussen

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Wikipedia)

Lars von Trier

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a national of this subject.

Stellan Rye

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Thomas Vinterberg

Also in Film and Media Atlas: a national of this subject.

Halfdan Mahler

Also in Health and Wellness Atlas: a national of this subject.

Alf Ross

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Alf Ross (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Alf Niels Christian Ross (10 June 1899 – 17 August 1979) was a Danish jurist, legal philosopher and judge of the European Court of Human Rights (1959–1971).

Anders Sandoe Orsted

Also in Law Atlas: a national of this subject.

Source Anders Sandøe Ørsted (Wikipedia)tier 2

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Origin Of

DSB Class MF

Also in Transport Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source DSB Class MF (Wikipedia)Lead, body style

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The DSB Class MF is a Danish-built medium/long distance diesel multiple-unit train

Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel

Also in Transport Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Flyvefisken-class patrol vessel (Wikipedia)Lead

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The Flyvefisken-class patrol vessels ("Flying fish" in Danish) are warships of the Royal Danish Navy.

Gudrun Maersk-class container ship

Also in Transport Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Gudrun Maersk-class container ship (Wikipedia)Lead, builder country

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The ships were built by Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark

IC5

Also in Transport Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source IC5 (Wikipedia)Lead, country

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a planned electric multiple unit train class ordered by the Danish State Railways (DSB)

Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate

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Source Iver Huitfeldt-class frigate (Wikipedia)Lead, Royal Danish Navy

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The Iver Huitfeldt class is a three-ship class of air defence frigates that entered service with the Royal Danish Navy in 2012 and 2013.

Leyland-DAB articulated bus

Also in Transport Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Leyland-DAB articulated bus (Wikipedia)Lead

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The Leyland-DAB articulated bus is an articulated bus that was manufactured by Leyland-DAB in Denmark.

Maersk A-class container ship

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Source Maersk A-class container ship (Wikipedia)Lead, builder country

Quote, Lead, builder country

The ships were built by Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark

Maersk C-class container ship

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Source Maersk C-class container ship (Wikipedia)Lead, builder country

Quote, Lead, builder country

The ships were built by Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark

Maersk E-class container ship

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Source Maersk E-class container ship (Wikipedia)Lead, builder country

Quote, Lead, builder country

The first in the class built was Emma Maersk by Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd., Denmark.

Maersk M-class container ship

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Source Maersk M-class container ship (Wikipedia)Lead, builder country

Quote, Lead, builder country

The ships were built by Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark

RV Atlantis (1930)

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Source MBLWHOI Library Archives: Atlantis, 1931-1963 (Logbook collection AC-66)Specifications, built

Quote, Specifications, built

Built: 1931 in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Shughart-class vehicle cargo ship

Also in Transport Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Large, Medium-Speed Roll-on/Roll-off (Wikipedia)Shughart class, place built

Quote, Shughart class, place built

Shughart was built as Laura Maersk in 1980 in Denmark by Lindovaerftet for A. P. Moller-Maersk Group.

Sovereign Maersk-class container ship

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Source Sovereign Maersk-class container ship (Wikipedia)Lead, builder country

Quote, Lead, builder country

The ships were built by Odense Steel Shipyard in Denmark

Madsen M47

Also in War and Military Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Madsen M47Infobox: origin

Quote, Infobox: origin

Denmark

Madsen machine gun

Also in War and Military Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Madsen machine gunInfobox: origin

Quote, Infobox: origin

Denmark

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Location Of

Hamlet

Also in Literature Atlas: which took place in this subject.

Source Hamlet (Wikipedia)Lead paragraphtier 3

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Set in Denmark

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

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Source Wikipedia: Miss Smilla's Feeling for SnowLead paragraph, sentence naming the settingtier 2

Quote, Lead paragraph, sentence naming the setting

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (Danish: Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne), published in America as Smilla's Sense of Snow, is a 1992 novel by Danish author Peter Høeg tracing the investigation into the suspicious death of a Greenlandic boy in Denmark.

Site Of

8 House

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Amalienborg

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Christiansborg Palace

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Christinelund

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Source Christinelund (Wikipedia)tier 3

Copenhagen City Hall

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Source Copenhagen City Hall - WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

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Copenhagen City Hall (Danish: Københavns Rådhus) is the city hall of Copenhagen, Denmark, situated on the City Hall Square in central Copenhagen.

Det Norske Hus

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Det Norske Hus (Wikipedia)

Flynderupgård

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Flynderupgård (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1

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Flynderupgård is a former country house in the Espergærde district of Helsingør, Denmark.

Garvergården

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Garvergården (Wikipedia)

Hesselagergård

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Source Hesselagergard (Wikipedia)tier 3

Kronborg Castle

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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

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Ny Carlsberg Brewhouse

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Source Ny Carlsberg Brewhouse (Wikipedia)

Royal Stables (Denmark)

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Source Royal Stables (Denmark) (Wikipedia)

Rydhave

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Rydhave (Wikipedia)

Villa Kampen

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Villa Kampen (Wikipedia)

Hamlet

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Hamlet (Wikipedia)tier 2

Trundholm Sun Chariot

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Trundholm Sun Chariot (Wikipedia)tier 2

A.P. Moller-Maersk