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'''Denmark''' is a country in [[Scandinavia]].
'''Denmark''' is a country in [[Scandinavia]].
Full name: Kingdom of Denmark
Population: 5.4 million (UN, 2005)
Capital: Copenhagen
Area: 43,098 sq km (16,640 sq miles)
Major language: Danish
Major religion: Christianity
Life expectancy: 75 years (men), 79 years (women) (UN)
Monetary unit: 1 krone = 100 ore
Main exports: Machinery and equipment, foodstuffs, chemicals
GNI per capita: US $47,390 (World Bank, 2006)
Internet domain: .dk
International dialling code: +45
==Geography==
==Geography==
==Politics==
==Politics==
The Danish Prime Minister is called Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and is the leader of Venstre (literally: "the left," however, a right-wing party), the party was originally a peasents party that went right wing together with the peasents. Denmark has been a democratic [[socialist]] country since the beginning of the twentieth centuary.
Queen: Margrethe II
Prime minister: Anders Fogh Rasmussen
Denmark is a democratic, constitutional monarchy. The Danish Prime Minister is called Anders Fogh Rasmussen, and is the leader of Venstre (literally: "the left," however, a right-wing party), the party was originally a peasents party that went right wing together with the peasents. Denmark has been a democratic [[socialist]] country since the beginning of the twentieth centuary.
Denmark has free healthcare for all people and free education. That everyone has equal oppotunities to education means the academics and leaders come from many backgrounds. This has lead ot the criticism that Denmark lacks the family dynasties to drive the country forward. Despite this, Denmark has been historically well run.
Denmark has free healthcare for all people and free education. That everyone has equal oppotunities to education means the academics and leaders come from many backgrounds. This has lead ot the criticism that Denmark lacks the family dynasties to drive the country forward. Despite this, Denmark has been historically well run.
Major Danish companies include [[Novo Nordisk]].
Major Danish companies include [[Novo Nordisk]].
==History==
1397 - Union of Kalmar unites Denmark, Sweden and Norway under a single monarch. Denmark is the dominant power.
1729 - Greenland becomes Danish province.
1814 - Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden.
1849 - Denmark becomes constitutional monarchy; two-chamber parliament established.
The modern period
1914-18 - Denmark is neutral during World War I.
1918 - Universal suffrage comes into effect.
1930s - Welfare state established by governments dominated by social democrats.
1939 - Denmark signs 10-year non-aggression pact with Nazi Germany.
1940 - Nazi invasion meets virtually no initial resistance. Government accepts occupation in exchange for measure of control over domestic affairs.
1943 - A determined campaign by the Danish resistance prompts Germany to take over full control of Danish affairs. Thousands of Danish Jews manage to escape to Sweden.
1945 - Germany surrenders and occupation ends. Denmark recognises Iceland's independence, which had been declared in 1944.
1948 - Faroe Islands granted self-government within the Danish state.
1949 - Denmark joins Nato.
1952 - Denmark becomes founder member of Nordic Council.
1953 - Constitutional change leads to a single-chamber parliament elected by proportional representation; female accession to the Danish throne is permitted; Greenland becomes integral part of Denmark.
1959 - Denmark joins European Free Trade Association.
1972 - Accession of Margrethe II to the Danish throne.
1973 - Denmark joins the [[European Union]] , at that time known as the Euroopean Economic Community.
1979 - Greenland is granted home rule, though does not gain full independence.
1982 - Poul Schlueter becomes first Conservative prime minister for almost a century.
2000 - The Adpoptation of hte Euro as the national currency is rejected by 53%. Referenda are held on all major issues in Denmark.
A new bridge is completed, linking Copenhagen with neighbouring Malmo in the south of Sweden.
2001 November - Elections put right-wing coalition led by Anders Fogh Rasmussen into government. Rasmussen campaigned on a pledge to tighten immigration rules and put lid on taxes.
2002 February - New government measures aimed at reducing immigration spark controversy.
2004 August - US and Denmark sign deal to modernise Thule air base on Greenland.
==Society==
==Society==