Danmark er et land i det nordlige Europa og indgår sammen med de to selvstyrende områder, øgruppen Færøerne (i Nordatlanten) og øen Grønland (i Nordamerika) i Kongeriget Danmark, som er et konstitutionelt monarki. Danmark består geografisk af halvøen Jylland og 443 navngivne øer og holme, hvoraf de 76 er beboede. Landet er placeret i Skandinavien med havet som nabo, Østersøen, Kattegat og Nordsøen, samt Tyskland som Jylland grænser ned til mod syd. De tre største øer er Sjælland, Den Nørrejyske Ø (Vendsyssel-Thy) (siden 1825, nuværende åbning siden 1862) og Fyn. Hovedstaden København er placeret på Sjælland og er forbundet til Sverige med Øresundsforbindelsen, (der går via Amager).
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Dänemark - Königreich Dänemark Das Königreich Dänemark ist ein Staat, dessen Staatsgebiet zwischen der Skandinavischen Halbinsel und Mitteleuropa etwa 43.000 km² Fläche umfasst, von denen ungefähr ein Drittel auf die insgesamt 443 namentlich genannten Inseln entfällt (insgesamt: 1419 Inseln über 100 m² Fläche).
Dänemark gehört seit 1973 zur EU. Neben dem eigentlichen Staatsgebiet gehören die innenpolitisch autonomen Gebiete Grönland und die Färöer zum Königreich Dänemark und der NATO, jedoch nicht zur EU.
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Danmark - Kongeriget Danmark Danmark er eit land í Norðurevropa, Norðurlond og Skandinavia við 5,5 mió íbúgvar.
The Kingdom of Denmark is the smallest and most southern of the Nordic countries. Located north of its only land neighbour, ► Germany, southwest of ► Sweden, and south of ► Norway, it is located at 56° N 10° E in northern Europe. From a cultural point of view, Denmark belongs to the family of Scandinavian countries although not located on the Scandinavian Peninsula. The national capital is Copenhagen. The kingdom also includes the ► Faroe Islands and ► Greenland.
Short name
Denmark
Official name
Kingdom of Denmark
Status
Independent country since the 10th century. Member of the ► European Union since 1973
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Denmark, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Denmark.
(Pre-)Germanic expansion during the 1st millennium BC.
Map showing the pre-Migration Age distribution of the Germanic tribes in Proto-Germanic times, and stages of their expansion up to 50 BC, AD 100 and AD 300.
Map showing Scandinavian settlement in the eighth (dark red), ninth (red), tenth (orange) and eleventh (yellow) centuries. Areas denoted in green are those affected by frequent viking incursions but with little or no Scandinavian settlement.
The Dominions of Cnut 1014-1035
Scandinavia in 1219
References for this description (or part of this) or for the depiction in the file are not provided.
. Sweden did however not reach this size until 1330s. The realms of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and the Sword Brethren. In light green, the Estonian island of Saaremaa (Ösel) claimed by Denmark (conquered by the Sword Brethren in 1227) and the territories conquered by Denmark in northern Germany.
This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.
Medieval map of Denmark
Denmark in 1905
Satellite maps
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Satellite map
Satellite map
Notes and references
General remarks:
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