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. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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.

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

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Nationals Include

Erhard Frederiksen

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

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

Niels Johannes Fjord

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Per Pinstrup-Andersen

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Wilhelm Johannsen

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

Jorn Utzon

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Bertel Thorvaldsen

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Carl Theodor Dreyer

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

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

Georg Jensen

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Jørn Utzon

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Utzon, Jørn (Danish architect, 1918-2008)

Nicolai Abildgaard

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Verner Panton

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Arnold Peter Moller

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

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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

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Anders Hejlsberg

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Anders P. Ravn

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

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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

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

David Heinemeier Hansson

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Dines Bjorner

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

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

Ivan Damgård

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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

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Michael E. Caspersen

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Mike Jensen

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Neil D. Jones

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

Per Brinch Hansen

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Peter Naur

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Poul-Henning Kamp

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Rasmus Lerdorf

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Inge Lehmann

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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

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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

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Georg Rasch

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Source Wikipedia: Georg Raschintro of the article

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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

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Benjamin Christensen

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Bille August

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Carl Theodor Dreyer

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Jonas Poher Rasmussen

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Source Jonas Poher Rasmussen (Wikipedia)

Lars von Trier

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Stellan Rye

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Thomas Vinterberg

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Halfdan Mahler

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Alf Ross

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Source Alf Ross (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 2

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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

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Anne Louise Bormann

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Source Wikidata: Anne Louise Bormann

Frederik Harhoff

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Source Frederik Harhoff (Wikipedia)

Jens Peter Christensen

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Source Jens Peter Christensen - Wikipedia

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Origin Of

Danish Design

Also in Architecture and Design Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Nordic Classicism

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Nordic Classicism was a style of architecture that briefly blossomed in the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland) between 1910 and 1930.

Georg Jensen

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Verner Panton

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Henrik Stiesdal

Also in Energy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Henrik Stiesdal

Johannes Juul

Also in Energy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Johannes Juul

Niels Bohr

Also in Energy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Niels Bohr

Poul la Cour

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Source Wikidata: Poul la Cour

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

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Borgen (TV series)

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Dancer in the Dark

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Flee

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An international co-production with Denmark, France, Norway, and Sweden, it follows the story of a man under the alias Amin Nawabi, Rasmussen's high school friend, who shares his hidden past of fleeing his home country of Afghanistan to Denmark for the first time.

Haxan

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Source Haxan (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 3

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Häxan (Swedish: [ˈhɛ̂ksan], The Witch; Heksen Danish: [hɛksən], The Witch; English: The Witches; released in the US in 1968 as Witchcraft Through the Ages) is a 1922 Swedish-Danish silent horror essay film written and directed by Benjamin Christensen.

Ida (2013 film)

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Ordet

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Pelle the Conqueror

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Song of the Sea

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The Act of Killing

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The Celebration

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The Lego Movie

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The Look of Silence

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The Square (2017 film)

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Buttermilk koldskål

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Danish Blue

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Danish Cuisine

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Havarti

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Oatmeal ball

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Øllebrød

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Pfeffernüsse

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Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

Rød pølse

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Sol over Gudhjem

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Tebirkes

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Cnut the Great

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Margaret I of Denmark

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Grook

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Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

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Source Wikipedia: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snowtier 2

The Little Mermaid

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The Snow Queen

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The Ugly Duckling

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Christian F. Rostbøll

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Christian Rostbøll (born 1971) is a Danish philosopher and Professor of Political Theory at the University of Copenhagen.

Claus Emmeche

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Claus Emmeche (born 1956) is a Danish theoretical biologist and philosopher, one of founders of contemporary biosemiotics.

Harald Hoffding

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Jan Faye

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Jan Faye is a Danish philosopher of science and metaphysics.

Soren Kierkegaard

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Thomas Kjeller Johansen

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Thomas Kjeller Johansen (born 1965) is a Danish-Norwegian philosopher and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Oslo.

Frisians

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Site Of

The Sacred Grove of Nerthus

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Danish East India Company

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Danmarks Nationalbank

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Euronext

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Scandinavian Monetary Union

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University of Copenhagen

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Source University of Copenhagen (country source)

Copenhagen Suborbitals

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DTU Space

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GomSpace

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Østervold Observatory

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Space Inventor

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Terma A/S

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University of Copenhagen

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Maersk

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Found There

Landrace Pig

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Ertholmene

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Frederikshåb Glacier

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Frisian Islands

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Fur Formation

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Source Fur Formation (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1

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The Fur Formation is a marine geological formation of Ypresian (Lower Eocene Epoch, c. 56.0-54.5 Ma) age which crops out in the Limfjord region of northern Denmark from Silstrup via Mors and Fur to Ertebølle, and can be seen in many cliffs and quarries in the area.

Hirsholmene

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Horns Rev

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Jakobshavn Glacier

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Koresand

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Kriegers Flak

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Kupferschiefer

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Lolland-Falster

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Mons Klint

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Råbjerg Mile

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WHO Regional Office for Europe

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Danish Sign Language family

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Codex Holmiensis

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Constitution of Denmark

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Danish Penal Code

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King's Law

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Law of Denmark

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Nordic Law

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Scanian Law

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Supreme Court of Denmark

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