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]

Quote, Lead sentence [nationality]

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

Quote, Lead sentence 1

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

Also in Computing Atlas: a national of this subject.

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

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

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

Landrace Pig

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Landrace pig (Wikipedia)Lead section

Quote, Lead section

The original breed by this name was the Danish Landrace pig, from which the others were derived through development and crossbreeding.

Danish Design

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

Nordic Classicism

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

Source Nordic Classicism (Wikipedia)Article lead

Quote, Article lead

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

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Verner Panton

Also in Arts and Music Atlas: which originated in this subject.

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

Also in Energy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Poul la Cour

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Borgen (TV series)

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Dancer in the Dark

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Flee

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Flee (film), WikipediaLead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

Quote, Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

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

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Haxan (Wikipedia)Lead sentence 1tier 3

Quote, Lead sentence 1

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)

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Ordet

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Pelle the Conqueror

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Song of the Sea

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

The Act of Killing

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

The Celebration

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

The Lego Movie

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

The Look of Silence

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

The Square (2017 film)

Also in Film and Media Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Æbleflæsk

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Æbleflæsk (Wikipedia)Lead

Quote, Lead

is a traditional Danish dish consisting of cured or salted pork belly (known as flæsk), fried with apples, thyme and sugar.

Buttermilk koldskål

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Danish Blue

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Danish Cuisine

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Danish Cuisine (Wikipedia)

Havarti

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Havarti (Wikipedia)

Oatmeal ball

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Oatmeal ball (Wikipedia)

Øllebrød

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Pfeffernüsse

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Pfeffernusse (Wikipedia)Infobox: place_of_origin

Quote, Infobox: place_of_origin

Denmark, Germany, Netherlands

Rød pølse

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Sol over Gudhjem

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Tebirkes

Also in Food and Drink Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Cnut the Great

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Margaret I of Denmark

Also in History Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Hygge

Also in Home, Crafts and Hobbies Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Hygge (Wikipedia)History

Quote, History

a concept, originating in Denmark, of creating cozy and convivial atmospheres that promote wellbeing

Grook

Also in Literature Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

Also in Literature Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snowtier 2

The Little Mermaid

Also in Literature Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source The Little Mermaid (Wikipedia)tier 2

The Snow Queen

Also in Literature Atlas: which originated in this subject.

The Ugly Duckling

Also in Literature Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source The Ugly Duckling (Wikipedia)tier 2

Christian F. Rostbøll

Also in Philosophy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Christian F. RostbøllLead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

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

Claus Emmeche

Also in Philosophy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Claus EmmecheLead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

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

Harald Hoffding

Also in Philosophy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Jan Faye

Also in Philosophy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Jan FayeLead sentence 1

Quote, Lead sentence 1

Jan Faye is a Danish philosopher of science and metaphysics.

Soren Kierkegaard

Also in Philosophy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Thomas Kjeller Johansen

Also in Philosophy Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Thomas Kjeller JohansenLead sentence 1tier 2

Quote, Lead sentence 1

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

Frisians

Also in Society and Culture Atlas: which originated in this subject.

Absalon-class frigate

Also in Transport Atlas: which originated in this subject.

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

Quote, Lead, Royal Danish Navy

The Absalon class are frigates of the Royal Danish Navy

Showing 1 to 50 of 65 in Origin Of, page 1 of 2.

Location Of

Hamlet

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

Source Hamlet (Wikipedia)Lead paragraphtier 3

Quote, Lead paragraph

Set in Denmark

Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow

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

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

Soren Kierkegaard

Also in Divinity Atlas: which is located in this subject.

The Sacred Grove of Nerthus

Also in Divinity Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Danish East India Company

Also in Economics Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Danmarks Nationalbank

Also in Economics Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Euronext

Also in Economics Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Scandinavian Monetary Union

Also in Economics Atlas: which is located in this subject.

University of Copenhagen

Also in Education Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source University of Copenhagen (country source)

Aarhus University

Also in Science Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Aarhus University (Wikipedia)Lead, location

Quote, Lead, location

Its main campus is located in Aarhus, Denmark.

Copenhagen Suborbitals

Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: which is located in this subject.

DTU Space

Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: which is located in this subject.

GomSpace

Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Østervold Observatory

Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Space Inventor

Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Terma A/S

Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: which is located in this subject.

University of Copenhagen

Also in Space and Astronomy Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Team Esbjerg

Also in Sport and Games Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Team Esbjerg (Wikipedia)Lead, home country

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is a professional women's handball team based in Esbjerg, Denmark

Synchronous grid of Northern Europe

Also in Technology and Engineering Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Synchronous grid of Northern Europe - WikipediaLead

Quote, Lead

The Nordic System or Interconnected network of Northern Europe of ENTSO-E is a synchronous electrical grid composed of the electricity grids of Norway, Sweden, Finland and the eastern part of Denmark (Zealand with islands and Bornholm) since 2009.

Burmeister & Wain

Also in Transport Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Burmeister & Wain (Wikipedia)Lead, headquarters country

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Burmeister & Wain was a large established Danish shipyard and leading diesel engine producer headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Maersk

Also in Transport Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Odense Steel Shipyard

Also in Transport Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Odense Steel Shipyard (Wikipedia)Lead

Quote, Lead

Odense Steel Shipyard (Danish: Odense Staalskibsværft) was a Danish shipyard company located in Odense.

Øresund Bridge

Also in Transport Atlas: which is located in this subject.

Source Øresund Bridge (Wikipedia)Lead sentencetier 2

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The Øresund Bridge or Öresund Bridge is a combined railway and motorway cable-stayed bridge across the Øresund strait between Denmark and Sweden.

Showing 51 to 71 of 71 in Site Of, page 2 of 2.

Found There

Landrace Pig

Also in Agriculture and Farming Atlas: found in this subject.

Ertholmene

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Ertholmene

Frederikshåb Glacier

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Frisian Islands

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Frisian Islands

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

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Hirsholmene

Horns Rev

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Horns Rev

Jakobshavn Glacier

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Koresand

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Koresand

Kriegers Flak

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Kriegers Flak

Kupferschiefer

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Lolland-Falster

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikidata: Lolland-Falster

Mons Klint

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

Råbjerg Mile

Also in Earth and Environment Atlas: found in this subject.

WHO Regional Office for Europe

Also in Health and Wellness Atlas: found in this subject.

Danish Sign Language family

Also in Language Atlas: found in this subject.

Codex Holmiensis

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Constitution of Denmark

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Danish Penal Code

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

King's Law

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Law of Denmark

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Nordic Law

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Scandinavian Law (Wikipedia)tier 2

Scanian Law

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Supreme Court of Denmark

Also in Law Atlas: found in this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Supreme Court of Denmark

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