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Danmark

Dansk Danmark - Kongeriget Danmark

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).

Deutsch 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.

Føroyskt Danmark - Kongeriget Danmark
Danmark er eit land í Norðurevropa, Norðurlond og Skandinavia við 5,5 mió íbúgvar.
Kalaallisut Danmarki - Kunngeqarfik Danmarki
English Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark

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
Location North Europe
Capital København (Copenhagen)
Population 5,824,857 inhabitants
Area 43,094 square kilometres (16,639 sq mi)
Major languages Danish (official)
Major religions Protestantism
More information Denmark, Geography of Denmark, History of Denmark and Politics of Denmark
More images Denmark - Denmark (Category).

General maps

Map of Denmark (CIA)
Map of Denmark
Map of Denmark
Danish Realm
Regions of Denmark: Nordjylland, Midtjylland, Syddanmark, Sjælland and Hovedstaden
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Danish municipalities as of 1. January 2007
Denmark major cities/islands

History maps

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.
A map of the area covered by the Pre-Roman Iron Age, 4th century BC - 1st century 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.
Viking Age
Denmark in the Viking Age
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. 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.
Danish counties in medieval times
Kalmar Union 16th Century
Denmark-Norway in 1646 (Treaty of Brömsebro)
Denmark-Norway in 1658 (Treaty of Roskilde)
Danish counties 1662-1793
Denmark-Norway 1780
Danish counties 1793-1970. Countries no. 11-14 were established following South Jutland's reunification with Denmark in 1920.
Counties in Slesvig (-1864)
Danish colonial empire
Map of Jutland
Counties of Denmark 1970-2006

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Medieval map of Denmark
Denmark in 1905

Satellite maps

Satellite map
Satellite map
Satellite map

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Counties of Denmark 1970-2006