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How wolves returned to Denmark after 200 years
Learn about wolves that were spotted in Denmark in 2017, the first time the species...
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Exploring Copenhagen: History and culture
Overview of Copenhagen.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz
Visit a dairy farm and learn how Danish red cattle contribute to Denmark's national economy
Dairy farming in Denmark.
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Freetown Christiania: A commune inside Copenhagen
Learn about the community of Christiania in Copenhagen.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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Denmark
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Boats in Copenhagen harbor
Boats docked in Copenhagen harbor.
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Denmark
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Physical features of Denmark
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coast of Bornholm, Denmark
Coast of Bornholm, Denmark, on the Baltic Sea.
G. Glase/Ostman Agency
Copenhagen
Copenhagen, Den.
© Andrey Kozachenko/Shutterstock.com
Denmark: Nørreby
Farms surround the town of Nørreby, on Denmark's Femø Island.
Erik Betting/Pressehuset
Windmill
Windmill being used to generate electric power in Denmark.
Photos.com/Jupiterimages
Danish banknotes
Banknotes of Denmark, whose national currency is the krone.
© Stockbyte—Comstock Images/Getty Images
Copenhagen: Tivoli
Tivoli park and entertainment complex, Copenhagen.
© gary718/Shutterstock.com
Great Belt Bridge
Construction of the eastern segment of the Great Belt Bridge in Denmark, linking...
Courtesy of Great Belt
The Little Mermaid sculpture
The Little Mermaid, bronze sculpture by Edvard Eriksen, 1913, modeled after...
© Williammacgregor/Dreamstime.com
Tycho Brahe Planetarium
Tycho Brahe Planetarium, Copenhagen.
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Viking burial ground
The Viking burial ground at Lindholm Høje, near Ålborg, Den.
Inga Aistrup Lind
Viking ship
Exhumed Viking ship; in the Viking Ship Museum, Oslo, Norway.
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Jelling stone
Jelling stone, raised by King Gorm the Old in the 10th century as a memorial to his...
Courtesy of the Royal Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen
Sweyn II
Sweyn II, coin, 11th century; in the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National...
The National Museum of Denmark, Department of Ethnography
Valdemar I
Valdemar I, coin, 12th century; in the Royal Collection of Coins and Medals, National...
The National Museum of Denmark, Department of Ethnography
Valdemar IV Atterdag
Valdemar IV Atterdag, detail from a reproduction by Agnese Varming after a contemporary...
Courtesy of the Nationalhistoriske Museum paa Frederiksborg, Den.
Margaret I
Margaret I, detail of her tomb effigy (recumbent) in the cathedral of Roskilde, Denmark.
Courtesy of the Nationalmuseum, Stockholm
Christian II
Christian II, portrait by Jan Gossart; in Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark.
Courtesy of the Nationalhistoriske Museum paa Frederiksborg, Denmark
Christian III
Christian III, detail of an oil painting by Jost Verheiden, c. 1554–59; in Frederiksborg...
Courtesy of the Nationalhistoriske Museum paa Frederiksborg, Denmark
Denmark: Rosenborg Castle
Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, constructed during the reign of Christian IV, early...
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Christian IV
Christian IV, detail of an oil painting by Pieter Isaacsz, 1612; in Frederiksborg...
Courtesy of Det Nationalhistoriske Museum paa Frederiksborg, Denmark
Frederick VI
Frederick VI, detail from a portrait by C.W. Eckersberg.
Courtesy of the Nationalhistoriske Museum paa Frederiksborg, Denmark
Frederick VII
Frederick VII, detail of an oil painting by D. Monies, 1847; in Frederiksborg Castle,...
Courtesy of the Nationalhistoriske Museum paa Frederiksborg, Denmark
Christian IX
Christian IX, detail of an oil painting by Hans Christian Jensen, 1887; in Frederiksborg...
Courtesy of the Nationalhistoriske Museum paa Frederiksborg, Denmark
N.F.S. Grundtvig
N.F.S. Grundtvig, oil painting by C.A. Jensen, 1843; in the Kunsthistorisk Pladearkiv,...
Courtesy of the Library of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Copenhagen
Denmark
Map of Denmark (c. 1900), from the 10th edition of Encyclopædia Britannica.
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Thorvald Stauning
Thorvald Stauning, detail from an oil painting by Heinrich Dohm, 1929.
Courtesy of the Nationalhistoriske Museum paa Frederiksborg, Denmark
Frederik X
Crown Prince Frederik (later Frederik X) of Denmark, 2023.
Photographer: © Hasse Nielsen for H.K.H. Kronprinsen. The Royal House of Denmark
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National anthem of Denmark
The instrumental version of the national anthem of Denmark.
Royal anthem of Denmark
The instrumental version of the royal anthem of Denmark.

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