Denmark is a constitutional monarchy. The constitution was adopted in 1849, amended in 1915 and 1953, when a unicameral parliament was created and women were allowed to become heads of state. Check computerminus for political system of Denmark. Administrative division – 14 amts – Bornholm, Vejle, Viborg, West Jutland, Copenhagen, Aarhus, Ribe, Ringkoping, Roskilde, North Jutland,…
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Travel to Denmark
If you are going to spend your planned vacation in Denmark, you can also go to Greenland in North America and the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic. Here the Kingdom of Denmark creates a bridge between Europe and Scandinavia . The lake-rich country with miles of beaches, endless coastlines and romantic bays has around…
10 Sights You Must See in Copenhagen
It is not only Norwegians who think it is wonderful to be in Denmark. The inhabitants of Copenhagen are ranked as the happiest in the world, if one is to believe in such awards. This is the most accessible city holiday for us “mountain monkeys”, if we persevere with these Danes who claim that it…
Faroe Islands Arts and Literature
Literature The Faroese literature has only been fixed in writing during the last few centuries. The oldest poems are medieval ballads (poems), sung to the Faroese chain dance, the quad dance, which is still alive today (see further Music). The linguistic and folk memory researcher Jens Christian Svabo answered in the 1780’s for the first…
Mass Media in Denmark
Press Denmark has 36 daily newspapers with a total circulation of approx. 1.5 million. After a major newspaper death after World War II, most provincial newspapers are the only newspaper in their publishing place. Among the newspapers is the former provincial newspaper Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten (circulation 2002: approx. 177,000) in Aarhus in a special position. It…
Denmark Arts and Literature
Literature The historian Saxo, who produced around 1200 his Latin work “Gesta Danorum” (“The Danes’ farms”, completed before 1222) was inspired by the Valdemartiden’s national renaissance. In order to contribute to the royal family’s consolidation, he put together his work that covered both the Danish myth and legend and the history of the Danish kings…
Denmark Recent History
In 1953 there was also the transformation of the government which from a “coalition” became mono-colored and social democratic, presided over by Hedtoft, until his death in January 1955, then by HC Hansen, until his death in 1960, and then again by Wiggo Kanpmann. In this period there was a push in the country against…