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The history of Denmark as a unified kingdom began in the 8th century, but historic documents describe the geographic area and the people living there—the Danes—as early as 500 AD. These early documents include the writings of Jordanes and Procopius .
The Øresund Bridge linking Denmark and Sweden. The city in the horizon is Malmö in Sweden. The two islands belong to Denmark; to the right is the artificially created Peberholm, to the left is the nature preserve, Saltholm.
H. Tønnies: Jens Bangs Stenhus in Aalborg (1890). The technique of carte de visite photography was brought to Denmark by Rudolph Striegler in 1860. It spread rapidly and by the 1870s provided a cheap and attractive alternative to portrait painting for photographers such as Ludvig Grundtvig (1836–1901) and Adolph Lønborg (1835–1916) in Copenhagen, and Heinrich Tønnies (1856–1903) who ...
Gorm the old’s conquest of Denmark [2] 936 Gorm becomes king of most of Denmark Christianization of Denmark: 960s Denmark officially converted to Christianity German–Danish war of 974: 974 Hedeby under German occupation from 974 to 981 Battle of Svolder: 1000 Division of Norway Cnut's invasion of England: 1016 England subjugated by Denmark
Denmark, which had long had a movement for constitutional reform, was affected by the fallout of these revolutions. King Frederick VII (reigned 1848–63) was 39 years old at his coronation of 20 January 1848. As a prince he had had a somewhat unstable existence including two failed marriages, had no notable skills, and had engaged very little ...
Image credits: Historical Images The keeping of written history records appears relatively late, only 5,000 years ago in Egypt and ancient Sumer. Before that, knowledge about the past would be ...
Denmark's royal family, members of the royal House of Glücksburg, loves their summer vacations. ... Queen Anne-Marie of Greece and Princess Benedikte of Denmark, and more formal photos of heir to ...
He presented the main themes of German romanticism, emphasising the relationship between nature, history and mankind. [24] The movement was maintained by the romanticists, especially Adam Oehlenschläger (1779–1850). Remembered today for his Digte (1803) and Poetiske Skrifter (1805), Oehlenschläger quickly became the leading poet in Denmark ...