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Denmark

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Danmark

Brief Overview

Official Name: Kingdom of Denmark Capital City: Copenhagen Government: Constitutional Monarchy European Union Member State Languages: Danish Currency: Krone Population: 5.3 million Real GDP per capita: $27,627 National Anthem: A Lovely Land is Ours.  Lyrics by Adam Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger, music by H. E. Krøyer. Adopted in 1844.

Fun Facts

• The flag is called Dannebrog, "The Danish Cloth".
• Denmark has been a monarchy throughout its entire history.
• Its per capita expenditures on education rank among the highest in the world.
• More than 80% of all Danish paper comes from recycled sources!

Danish Links

• CIA World Facts (source of above map)

  Danish Newspapers and Online Radio

• Morgenavisen Jyllands-Posten
• Other Danish newspapers
  
• Danish Radio
  

 

Scandinavian Cultural Center

Pacific Lutheran University

122nd and South Park Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98447
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