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Denmark

Wikidi home Country Category Denmark

Summary
	Capital	Copenhagen
	Currency Used	Danish krone
	Official Language	Danish Language
	Form of Government	Constitutional monarchy Federacy Hereditary monarchy Show 4 more Even more Hide
	Population	2,775,076 (1906) 5,437,272 (World Bank, World Development Indicators, Population, 2006) 5,419,432 (World Bank, World Development Indicators, Population, 2005) Show 51 more Even more Hide
	GDP (nominal)	274,376,889,678 (2006, US$) 257,675,536,234 (2005, US$) 244,727,978,021 (2004, US$) Show 54 more Even more Hide
	GDP (nominal per capita)	37,400 (2007, US$) 38,900 (2008, US$)
	Contained by	Europe
	Area	43,094 km² (16639 mi²)


Country
	ISO Short Name	DENMARK
	FIPS Code	DA
	Administrative Divisions	Aarhus County Bornholm Copenhagen Show 20 more Even more Hide
	Internet TLD	dk
	Languages spoken	Danish Language Faroese Greenlandic language
	National anthem	Der er et yndigt land (1835)
	Calling Code	45


Linguistic hint
	Adjectival form	Danish


Breed origin
	Breeds orginating here	Danish Broholmer Danish/Swedish Farmdog Great Dane Show 3 more Even more Hide


Countries
	Continent	Europe


Taxonomy Subject
	entry	Library of Congress Classification (DL, 101, 291) Library of Congress Classification (JN, 7,101, 7,367)


Sports Team Location
	Teams	Danish cricket team Danish national ice hockey team Danish women's cricket team Show 13 more Even more Hide


Parent Institution of Judaica Owner
	Judaica Owning Units	Royal Danish Library


Nobel Subject Area
	Nobel Awards	"for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark" (1917, Henrik Pontoppidan)


Administrative Area
	Adjectival form	Danish
	Administrative parent	Kingdom of Denmark
	Administrative children	Region Hovedstaden Region Midtjylland Region Nordjylland Show 2 more Even more Hide
	Subdivides place	Kingdom of Denmark
	Short name	dk


Bibs Location
	Type	Country
	Is clear	yes


Newspaper circulation area
	Newspapers	Berlingske Tidende Dagbladet Børsen Dagen Show 7 more Even more Hide


Sport Country
	Athletes	2010 BWF World Junior Championships (Celine Juel, Badminton) 2010 BWF World Junior Championships (Flemming Quach, Badminton) 2010 BWF World Junior Championships (Line Kjærsfeldt, Badminton) Show 8 more Even more Hide
	Athletic performances	2010 European Men's Handball Championship (Anders Eggert, Bo Spellerberg, Hans Lindberg, Henrik Knudsen, Kasper Hvidt, Kasper Nielsen, Kasper Søndergaard, Lars Christiansen, Lars T. Jørgensen, Lasse Svan Hansen, Mads Ø. Nielsen, Michael V. Knudsen, Mikkel Hansen, Niklas Landin Jakobsen, Nikolaj Markussen, René Toft Hansen, Thomas Mogensen, Torsten Laen, Denmark national handball team)


Place of interment
	People interred here	Knud Andersen Olav IV of Norway


Flag referent
	Flag	Flag of Denmark (1219)


Organization founder
	Organizations founded	Council of Europe


Organization scope
	Organizations with this scope	Active Pensionists Borgerligt Centrum Bourgeois Alternative Show 62 more Even more Hide


Statistical region
	Religions	Christianity
	Places imported from	Kiribati
	Fertility rate	2.57 (1960) 2.547 (1961) 2.544 (1962) Show 48 more Even more Hide
	GDP growth rate	6.379 (1961) 5.667 (1962) 0.637 (1963) Show 48 more Even more Hide
	Internet users as percentage of population	0.097 (1990) 0.194 (1991) 0.387 (1992) Show 18 more Even more Hide
	Life expectancy	77.844 (2005) 78.446 (2008) 78.095 (2006) Show 48 more Even more Hide
	Military expenditure as percentage of GDP	1.601 (1999) 1.495 (2000) 2.049 (1988) Show 20 more Even more Hide


Organization member
	Member of	European Union (1973-01-01) African Development Bank Asian Development Bank Show 8 more Even more Hide


Literature Subject
	Works Written About This Topic	Breath and shadows Gertrude and Claudius Hornet Flight Show 10 more Even more Hide


Military Combatant
	Military Conflicts	2003 invasion of Iraq (Australia, Peshmerga, Philippines, Poland, United Kingdom, United States of America) Battle of Steenkerque Battle of Crécy Show 64 more Even more Hide


Governmental Jurisdiction
	Government positions	Prime Minister of Denmark
	Government bodies	Folketing Landsting Rigsdag
	Governing officials	Prime Minister of Denmark (Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, 1993-01-25, 2001-11-27, Prime minister) Prime Minister of Denmark (Thomas Madsen-Mygdal, 1926-12-14, 1929-04-30, Prime minister) Prime Minister of Denmark (Lars Løkke Rasmussen, 2009-04-05, 2011-10-03, Prime minister) Show 2 more Even more Hide
	Agencies	Danish Ministry of Defence Danish Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs Danish Ministry of Energy Show 14 more Even more Hide
	Government	Government of Denmark


Kingdom
	Rulers	Abel of Denmark Canute IV of Denmark Canute Lavard Show 63 more Even more Hide


Beer country / region
	Beers from here	Albani Giraf Gold Brøckhouse India Pale Ale Brøckhouse Stout Show 12 more Even more Hide


Olympic participating country
	IOC Code	DEN
	Olympics participated in	1896 Summer Olympics 1900 Summer Olympics 1936 Summer Olympics Show 5 more Even more Hide
	Athletes	1948 Summer Olympics (Birte Christoffersen, Diving) 1920 Summer Olympics (Niels Larsen, Shooting sports) 1920 Summer Olympics (Henry Petersen, Track and field athletics) Show 157 more Even more Hide
	Athletic performances	Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 metre platform (Gold medal, Stefanie Clausen, 1920 Summer Olympics) Equestrian at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Team dressage (Bronze medal, Andreas Helgstrand, Anne van Olst, Princess Nathalie of Sayn-Wittgenstein-Berleburg, 2008 Summer Olympics) Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's team pursuit (Silver medal, Alex Nicki Rasmussen, Casper Joergensen, Jens-Erik Madsen, Michael Mørkøv, 2008 Summer Olympics) Show 129 more Even more Hide


Name source
	Things named after this	Danian


Location
	Geolocation	12.57 × 55.72
	Contains	Aabenraa Aabenraa Municipality Aaby, Aarhus Show 904 more Even more Hide
	Adjoins	Germany
	Time zone(s)	Central European Time UTC+1
	People born here	Kasper Nymand (Caucasian race, 1994-09-15, Christianity, Danish Language, English Language, German Language, Male) Tina Bilsbo (Actor, Presenter, 1972-06-05, Female) Aage Redal Show 774 more Even more Hide
	Adjectival form	Dane Danish
	Events	2000 UEFA Cup Final riots Battle of Denmark Battle of Isted Show 17 more Even more Hide
	Nearby airports	Karup Airport
	Partially contains	Baltic Sea Seven Islands Cooperation Euroregion Baltic