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29 unusual facts about Denmark


April Records

April Records is a Danish record label (based in Copenhagen, Denmark) specialized on Scandinavian electronica music: from ambient to techno and trip hop.

Border Breakers

Border Breakers is a Danish record company.

Danish nobility

In 1709 Frederick IV of Denmark, in his capacity as King of Norway, granted the title Marquis of Lista to Hugo Octavius Accoramboni of Florence in Italy.

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During the reign of Christopher II of Denmark and the early reign of Valdemar IV of Denmark, counts of Holstein held almost all fiefs in Denmark.

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The family of Putbusch (Podebusk in Danish), originally relatives of the earliest princes of Rügen, were almost Danish in the 14th century, their most prominent member being Henning Podebusk, the powerful Lord High Justiciar of Denmark during the reigns of King Valdemar IV and the Queen Margaret of Scandinavia.

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Adolf VIII, Count of Holstein, was actually offered the Danish royal throne in 1448, and after his refusal, his nephew Christian I of Denmark received it.

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Specifically, the Holsteins tended to ally with the Abel branch of the royal dynasty, which held the duchy of Southern Jutland, adjacent to Holstein.

Danneskiold-Samsøe

Danneskiold-Samsøe is a Danish family of high nobility, formerly holding the island of Samsø as a fief.

De Levendes Land

De Levendes Land ("Land of the Living") is a hymn written in 1824 by the Danish theologian and priest, N. F. S. Grundtvig.

Denmark Congregational United Church of Christ

Denmark Congregational United Church of Christ is located in Denmark, Iowa, United States.

Denmark, Oregon

Denmark was the focus of a 2009 series of articles on Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) about climate change that coincided with the Copenhagen Summit in the country of Denmark.

Denmark, Tennessee

Two mystery novels take place in part in a fictional version of Denmark: Such Vicious Minds: A Murder Mystery Featuring Elvis Presley by Daniel Klein; and Something Rotten by Alan Gratz.

Denmark, Western Australia

Riesling and Chardonnay were the first grapes grown on Denmark soil, soon followed by other varieties.

Ella Gudrun Ingeborg Holleufer

She was born in Aarhus in Denmark as the daughter of the baker August Holleufer, and her mother Dorthea Marie was one of the leading suffragettes in Denmark at the end of the 19th Century.

Feeding the Beast

It was released in October 2011 in Denmark reaching #11 on the Danish Albums Chart in its first week of release.

Ferdinand Richardt

Ferdinand Richardt, the son of Johan Joachim Richardt and Johanne Frederikke née Bohse, was born in Brede, north of Copenhagen in 1819.

Fishing industry in Scotland

An agreement on the two regulations which make up the CFP was eventually reached on the night of June 30, 1970 - the day that negotiations were due to start for the accession of the UK, Ireland, Denmark and Norway.

Foppe van Aitzema

The same year, Aitzema was sent to Denmark to persuade the King to abolish the new toll he raised in Glückstadt, which weighed especially on the Hamburgers; but this mission also was without success.

Frederik Bergmann Larsen

Frederik Ludvig Christian Bergmann Larsen (12 October 1839 in Randers – 19 April 1916 in Hadsten), better known as Doctor Larsen, was a famous Danish doctor.

Hibbard H. Shedd

Shedd was born in Denmark, Iowa in 1847, the only son of George Shedd, a medical doctor, and Abigail Houston.

Holstebro Municipality

The town, lying on both sides of Storåen ("The Large Creek"), has a population of 34,241 (2011).

House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

The family took its name from its ancestral home, Augustenborg Palace, in Augustenborg, Denmark.

Iowa Band

#Established a sending and training center for young people in; Keosauqua, Denmark, Maquoketa, Burlington, and Muscatine.

Jelling stone ship

The Jelling stone ship is a stone ship, the longest known to have existed, remains of which lie under the two royal barrows at Jelling, Denmark.

Jones Hope Wooten

There have been well over 18,000 performances of their comedies, entertaining millions of theatre-goers across the United States, as well as in Canada, Denmark, Japan, the Netherlands, Australia, Germany, Mexico,the Virgin Islands, England, Taiwan, Scotland and Kenya.

Narrow gauge railways in Denmark

However, a few engines survived with Bloustrød-banen, as well as one engine surviving as a display item in Assens park until the mid-1990s.

Olaf Wieghorst

Olaf Wieghorst (April 30, 1899, Viborg, Denmark – April 27, 1988, California, United States) was a painter of the American West in the vein of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell.

Peter Christian Knudsen

Peter Christian Knudsen (in Danish known as P. Knudsen) (1848, Randers – 1910, Copenhagen) was the leader of the Danish Social Democratic party from 1882 to 1910.

The Lost Tapes: Copenhagen 1979

The Lost Tapes: Copenhagen 1979 is an album by Danish punk/metal band Brats.


1991 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification

Out of the 18 teams participating in the tournament, the qualifiers were the four semi-finalists - Denmark, Germany, Italy and Norway - and the best quarter-final loser - Sweden, who lost their two leg quarter-final clash against Italy on a single away goal.

2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship is being held in Gdynia, Poland and Randers, Denmark from August 24 to September 2, 2012.

Alessandro Malomo

He remained in Massimo Piscedda's U-19 team in 2009–10 season, which he played the friendly against Denmark in September.

Ancient See of Børglum

The ancient bishopric of Børglum, sometimes also known as the bishopric of Vendsyssel, seated latterly at Børglum in Denmark, comprised the ancient districts of Vendsyssel and Thy, which between them included the whole of the north of the Jutland peninsula beyond the Limfjord.

Assia Zlatkowa

During her first piano recital in the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, August 1975 she swept the classical music world of Denmark off her feet, which resulted in several invitations as a soloist for the most prominent of Danish Symphony Orchestras.

Baltic pipeline

Baltic Pipe, a planned gas pipeline between Denmark and Poland

Battle of Fitjar

The Battle of Fitjar at Stord was the last battle in a war between the sons of Eric Bloodaxe and their uncle King Haakon the Good for power over Norway.It also formed part of a contest between Norway and Denmark for control the area of Oslofjord.

Carl Frederik Sørensen

His paintings not only attracted customers in Denmark but also in the courts of St Petersburg, London and Athens.

Carl Otto Reventlow

Carl Otto Reventlow (actually Karl Carl Christian Otto; born 1817 in Store Heddinge (Denmark), died in 1873) became notable as the developer of a mnemonic system.

Chalk

Some of the highest chalk cliffs in the world occur at Jasmund National Park in Germany and at Møns Klint in Denmark - both once formed a single island.

Christian Beyer

While Luther abstained he made the long journey and acted as an assigned as legal adviser to King and the Queen of Denmark, who through the Nordic Kalmar Union also was regent of Sweden as well as Norway.

Copenhagen Air Taxi

It provide a range of services, including operating regularly scheduled flights from Copenhagen Airport, Roskilde (ICAO: EKRK) to the Danish islands of Anholt and Læsø; managing the airfield on Anholt, and is also a major air taxi operator in Denmark, operating from EKRK.

Denmark–Kazakhstan relations

Baltic Beverages Holding bought in 2002, 76% interest in the Kazakh brewery Irbis, and 45 million euros has been invested.

Domenicus Badiaz

His name can be attached to various castles in Denmark including Lykkesholm Castle and Nyborg Castle (1607).

Filur

They are best known for the hit "I Want You", which was the 4th most played Danish work outside of Denmark in 2005.

Fliegerführer Atlantik

Küstenfliegergruppe 106, 406, 506, 606 and 906 were also made available, based at Amsterdam, (Netherlands), Brest, Westerland, Lannion, (France), Aalborg, (Denmark).

Flora Danica

The original plan was to cover all plants, including bryophytes, lichens and fungi native to crown lands of the Danish king, that is Denmark, Schleswig-Holstein, Oldenburg-Delmenhorst and Norway with its North Atlantic dependencies Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Gesta Danorum

It is thought that Shakespeare never read Gesta Danorum, and instead had access to an auxiliary version of the tale describing the downfall of the Prince of Denmark, whose real name, Amleth, was used in anagram by Shakespeare for Hamlet.

Governance Initiative for Rights and Accountability in Forest Management

The Governance Initiative for Rights & Accountability in Forest Management (GIRAF) is a project executed in Ghana with funds from the European Union (EU) and its partners CARE Denmark, CIVIC Response, Friends of the Earth-Ghana and Centre for Indigenous Knowledge.

Grevensvænge figurines

The Grevensvænge hoard is a find of the late Nordic Bronze Age (roughly dating to between 800 BC and 500 BC), discovered in the late 18th century at Grevensvænge, Naestved Municipality, Zealand, Denmark.

Guldberg

Mogens Guldberg (born 1963), former middle distance runner from Denmark

H53

Seaplane Hangar H53, original designation of Hangar H, a listed hangar located on Magretheholm in Copenhagen, Denmark

Hanne-Vibeke Holst

Hanne-Vibeke Holst (born February 21, 1959 in Hjørring, Denmark) is a Danish author.

Hans Ussing

Hans Henrikson Ussing (30 December 1911 – 22 December 2000) was a Danish scientist, best known for having invented the Ussing chamber.

Harald Nielsen

He became involved in professionalising football in Denmark in the 1970s, and in 1977 he and later Danish Minister of Science Helge Sander planned to found a professional Danish football league.

Harold M. Westergaard

Harold Malcolm Westergaard (9 October 1888 Copenhagen, Denmark – 22 June 1950 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA).

Henrik Lund-Nielsen

Based on a world record of 80% recycling rate for gypsum waste in Denmark, he grew the company from an initially marginal Danish presence to the world leader in recycling of gypsum plasterboard (drywall) waste with several European subsidiaries and business in the US and Asia.

I. German/Dutch Corps

Due to its role as a NATO High Readiness Forces Headquarters, soldiers from other NATO member states, the United States, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom amongst others, are also stationed at Münster.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Kasper Risgård

Kasper Winde Risgård (born 4 January 1983 in Aalborg) is a Danish footballer who plays as a midfielder currently on a contract with the Danish Superliga club AaB.

Kirsten Thorup

Kirsten Thorup, a Danish author, was born in Funen, Denmark, in 1942 and now lives in Copenhagen.

L. A. Ring

At this time, Denmark was in political turmoil, as the Council President Estrup had bypassed democratic rule and governed through decrees.

Laust Jevsen Moltesen

As a result of studies in Rome in 1894 and 1895, he wrote De Avignonske Pavers Forhold til Danmark (1896), concerning the relationship between the Avignon Papacy and Denmark, for which he obtained the doctorate.

Ludwig Schnorr von Carolsfeld

In 1860, Schnorr married the Danish-born soprano Malvina Garrigues, who was ten years his senior and who reduced her own appearances on stage in order to support her husband's more promising career.

Mohammad Bagheri Motamed

He won the gold medal in the featherweight division (-68 kg) at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Olympic Silver Medal at the London 2012 Olympics.

MS Princess Seaways

In 2002 the ship was sold to Fjord Line, renamed MS Fjord Norway for service from Denmark.

Olaf the Swede

Olof the Brash, Swedish chieftain who conquered Denmark in the late 9th century or early 10th century and founded the House of Olaf

Rhynchaeites

However, leg bone fossils of a similar bird were found in the Early Eocene Fur Formation in Denmark.

Richardis of Schwerin

Richardis of Schwerin, Duchess of Schleswig (d. bef. 1386), wife of Valdemar III of Denmark (Valdemar V, Duke of Schleswig) and daughter of Günzelin VI, Count of Schwerin-Wittenburg.

Robert Coe

Robert Douglas Coe (1902–1985), career diplomat and the U.S. ambassador to Denmark from 1953 to 1957

Sorbus × intermedia

Sorbus intermedia (Swedish Whitebeam) is a species of whitebeam in southern Sweden, with scattered occurrences in easternmost Denmark (Bornholm), the far southwest of Finland), the Baltic States, and northern Poland.

Super Formation Soccer 94

Using two special codes, the player will have access to the special/hidden teams which didn't take part in the 1994 World Cup: England, Wales, Uruguay, Denmark and France.

Super Sabrina

1988 saw the release of Sabrina's second album, titled Super Sabrina, in Italy, France and Denmark; and in 1989 in other countries.

Sverre Andersen

Sverre Andersen made his Norway debut on 30 June 1954 when he played for the U19 in a game against Denmark in Odense.

The Fashion

The Fashion's debut album Rock Rock Kiss Kiss Combo was released in Denmark in September 2003 and gained extensive airplay across Danish radio, receiving MTV's Fresh Pick of the Week and positive reviews from Rolling Stone's David Fricke.

The Laundromat Cafe

In 2010 two more cafés were opened, at Austurstræti 9, Reykjavík, Iceland and at Gammel Kongevej 96 Frederiksberg, Denmark.

Theo Wharton

Wharton was first selected for the Wales Under-17 squad for 2011 Euro qualifiers where he start 2 games against Belgium and Denmark.

Tipperne

The reserve, which falls under the control of Denmark's Environmental Ministry and is managed by the Danish Forest and Nature Agency (Danish: Skov- og Naturstyrelsen) via Oxbøl Statsskovdistrikt, has a total area of about 2,200 ha, of which about 1,500 ha are shallow water areas around the peninsula.

Vedel

Anders Sørensen Vedel (1542–1616), priest and historian born in Vejle, Denmark

Winston Reid

He was one of the first players to graduate from FCM's football academy, the first of its kind in Denmark, coming through the system alongside Midtjylland teammates Jesper Weinkouff, Christian Sivebæk and former teammate, Simon Kjær.