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• Denmark is a constitutional monarchy that is part of Scandinavia. It occupies a peninsula, Jutland, on the European mainland as well as an archipelago of islands that divides the North Sea from the Baltic Sea.

• Fast Facts

  1. Capital: Copenhagen
  2. Government: Constitutional monarchy
  3. Population: 5,468,120 (2008)CIA World Handbook: Denmark
  4. Currency: Danish krone (DKK)
  5. Exchange rate: $1 = 5.755050 DDK (2009 est.)Ratesfx: Exchange Rate
  6. Official languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, German
  7. Greenland and Faroe Islands part of Denmark since 1770s
  8. Tivoli Amusement Park: Iinspired Walt Disney to build DisneylandDenmark Facts: Facts
  9. 1949: Joined NATOCIA World Handbook: Denmark
  10. 1973: Joined the European UnionCIA World Handbook: Denmark

• History

  In medieval times, Denmark repeatedly conquered Sweden, then allowed Sweden to slip away. In 1643, Sweden turned around and conquered parts of Denmark.

  Denmark became a constitutional monarchy in 1849.

  Germany invaded Denmark in 1940, and continued to occupy the country during World War II.

• Climate and Culture

  Denmark has a moist maritime climate and is the most temperate of the Scandinavian countries. Its latitude gives Denmark similar extremes of day-length in the summer and the winter.

  Like the other Nordic states, Denmark is socially progressive. In 1989, it became the first country in Europe to legalize same-sex civil unions.For The First Time: 1989: Denmark Allows Gay Civil Unions (March 31, 2008)

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