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The danish, which is a direct tie to the country of Denmark, isn't actually danish. They were brought by bakers from Vienna, Austria in the 1850's when pastry workers in Denmark went on strike. Danishes have been made in Denmark for so long that everyone just agrees they're there's.

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Religion

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Norse Mythology is the religion of the Vikings. They believe in multiple gods and that, when they die, there will be beautiful angels waiting for them in Valhalla. However after the fall of the Ronan empire, missions and leaders came to Denmark to try to convert them to Christianity.

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A brief history

[x] in around the 6th century,- The Danish first stemmed from a Germanic group called “Danes” who practiced Norse Mythology. They resided in modern day Denmark, Northern Germany, and Southern Sweden.   Early Denmark (8th-11th century) was filled with conquering, expanding, and exploring, normal Viking stuff. They conquered Norway, Iceland, and Greenland, and had land disputes and wars with Sweden, Germany, and England. They also made their way over to North America, long before Columbus, and made a town, which they called Vinland, in modern day Newfoundland, Canada. After many, many wars (mostly with Sweden) Norway, Sweden, and Iceland became completely detached from Denmark, although Denmark did get to keep Greenland and the Faroe Islands. After all those wars with Sweden and other European wars they stayed out of the scene, then got invaded by Nazi Germany in WWII. Denmark first applied to be apart of the European Economic Community with the U.K. since their economies were linked. And when the EU formed after the EEC, Denmark joined in 1973.

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Places to Visit

[x] Tivoli Gardens is an amusement park in Copenhagen that opened in 1843 making it one of the oldest amusement parks ever.

[x] LEGO means “play” in danish and the toys originated in Denmark, making the LEGOLAND resort in Billund the most authentic one!

[x] Kronborg Castle is a beautiful renaissance castle in the town of Helsingør and is the “home” of Shakespeare’s Hamlet.

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Pop Culture

[x] Stegt flæsk med persillesovs is Denmark’s national dish. It’s fried pork belly served with potato and parsley sause

[x] Eurovision is a very popular competition in Europe where participating countries get to select a singer/songwriter to compete against others and one wins. This happens every year and in Eurovision 2013, a danish girl named Emmelie de Forest singing “Only Teardrops” won.

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Economy

Denmark uses the Danish Krone, the exchange rate to US Dollars is 1/0.14

Denmark exports mostly food products and machinery, and they import natural resources. 

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Government

Denmark works under a Constitutional Monarchy, they have a Monarch (currently Margrethe II) and a Prime Minister (currently Lars Løkke Rasmussen) 

The constitution of Denmark was adopted in 1953, it limited the powers of the monarch and divided powers into three branches.

Denmark is apart of a lot of European and world organisations, many of which dealing with environmentalism. Denmark has also been an EU member since  1973.

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Land Forms!

Denmark is a very flat country made up of the Jutland peninsula and around 400+ islands, the largest being Zealand. [x]

The highest point of the country (at almost 171 metres high) is called Møllehøj on top of the Ejer Bjerge Hills. [x]

The lowest point (7 metres below sea level) is a Fjord called Lammefjorden. [x]

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The Language!

The Language spoken in Denmark is Danish! Its a Germanic language much like own, but is a lot closer in terms of rules and spellings. Danish is also very close to the other Scandinavian countries languages-- Swedish and Norwegian

To say “Hello” it’s “Hej” (hi) 

To say “Goodbye” it’s “Hej hej” (informally) or “Farvel” (far-vil) more formally

To say “Sorry” it’s “Undskyld” (own-shkild)

To ask “Do you speak english?” it’s “Taler du engelsk?” (tay-leh-r due eng-lisk) 

To ask “How mush is this?” it’s “Hvad koster det?” (ved koh-steh-r deh-t)

To say “Yes” it’s “Ja” (yah) 

To say “No” it’s “Nej” (ni)

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The Basics!

Denmark (or Danmark in their language) is a country in Scandinavia, albeit not on the Scandinavian peninsula, or more specifically  56.2639° N, 9.5018° E. 

The capital of this fine country is Copenhagen, the capital is located at the far east of the country, on point  55.6761° N, 12.5683° E. 

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