Denmark
Location: Europe
Name: The Kingdom of Denmark
Capital: Copenhagen
Language: Danish
Population: 5,700,000
Religion: Lutheran
Industries: chemicals, food, furniture, electronics, machinery.
Agriculture products: dairy products, vegetables, livestock.
Map of Denmark…
Map of Greenland…
Generally speaking
- The Greenland and Faroe Islands are autonomous provinces of Denmark.
- From 8th to 11th century, the Danes were known as Vikings, along with Norwegians (discover) and some others. Viking explorers first discovered and settled Iceland in the 9th century, also Greenland and landed in North America, in Newfoundland and Labrador (map), today province in Canada (discover).
- Denmark’s well known world over author is Hans Christian Andersen.
- In the Winter months sun raises at around 9:30 A.M. and it sets at 4:30 P.M., while summer days are stretched from 3:30 A.M. until sunset at 10:00 P.M.