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The Danish Virgin Islands were also used as a base for pirates. The British and Dutch settlers became the largest non-slave groups on the islands. Their languages predominated, so much so that the Danish government, in 1839, declared that slave children must attend school in the English language. The colony reached its largest population in the ...
The Danish-language press in America (Ayer, 1979) Mortensen, Enok. Danish-American life and letters (Ayer, 1979) Nelson, O. N. History of the Scandinavians and Successful Scandinavians in the United States (2 vol 1904); 886pp online also online review; Nielsen, George R. The Danish-Americans (Twayne, 1981) Nielsen, John Mark, and Peter L. Petersen.
The migration of Danes to North America spans several centuries and was influenced by a variety of economic, social, and political factors. While the absolute numbers of Danish immigrants might be less than some other national groups, their impact on the cultural, economic, and social life of their adopted countries has been profound. [3]
Danish overseas colonies and Dano-Norwegian colonies (Danish: De danske kolonier) were the colonies that Denmark–Norway (Denmark after 1814) possessed from 1537 until 1953. At its apex, the colonies spanned four continents: Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America.
Solvang (/ ˈ s ɒ l v æ ŋ /; [8] Danish for "sunny field") is a city in Santa Barbara County, California, United States.Located in the Santa Ynez Valley, the population was 6,126 at the 2020 census, up from 5,245 at the 2010 census.
Danish America may refer to: Danish Americans, Americans with origins in Denmark; Greenland, North American autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark;
By the 11th century, Norsemen had established a presence in Iceland and Greenland, in close proximity to continental North America. Several expeditions were made to what they called Vinland, near Newfoundland and Labrador. Although this was the most significant pre-Columbian contact with North America by Europeans, no lasting settlements were ...
The Danish were able to defeat the enslaved Africans with help from the French in Martinique. [16] Instead of allowing themselves to be recaptured, more than a dozen of the ringleaders shot themselves before the French forces could capture them. It is estimated that by 1775, slaves outnumbered the Danish settlers by a ratio of 8:1. [17] [18]