DenmarkA European country

The Øresund Bridge, the longest road and rail bridge in Europe, connecting Copenhagen with Malmö, the third largest city of Sweden.

DenmarkA european country

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Geography

DenmarkA european country Geography

• 5.5 million inhabitants.

• Capital city: Copenhagen.

• Denmark, it is also Greenland and the Faroe islands.

• Location: Northern Europe and Germany, south of Sweden.

• It’s between the North sea and the Baltic sea.

DenmarkPolitics

Queen of Denmark

• Political system: the queen is Margrethe II. It’s a monarchy.

• Year of entry in EU: 1973.

• Currency: Kroner.

• Election every 4 years of the Prime Minister.

• Multi parties system: Eight parties represented in parliament.

• The most influential parties are the Conservative People’s Party and the Social Democrats.

Parliament of Denmark

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• Main export: o Agriculture: 2.5%.

o Industry: 20.2%.

o Services: 77.3%.

National Bank of Denmark in Copenhagen.

Economy

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Activities:

• Storyteller

• Novelist

• Playwright

• Novelist

• Writer of worldwide famous fairy tales.

(1805 –1875 )

Hans Christian ANDERSENCultural figures

Denmark

• Artist: Edvard Eriksen

• Year: 1913

• Type: Bronze

• Location: Copenhagen, Denmark

• The statue is based on the fairy tale of the same name by Hans Christian Andersen

The Little MermaidCultural : famous places

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• Activities: Writer

• 1885 - 1962

• Her novel “Out of Africa”, published in 1937, recalls her life in Kenya in her coffee plantation, and makes tribute to the local people.

• A movie was made out of it, starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep.

Karen BLIXENCultural figures

Denmark

• Activities: Astronomy

• Born: 1546 Denmark

• Death: 1601 in Prague (Bohemia)

• Built an accurate and comprehensive astronomical and planetary observations.

• Tycho Brahe made a private observatory

Tycho BRAHE

Cultural figures

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• Activities: Quantum physics

• Born: 1885 Copenhagen, Denmark

• Death: 1962 Copenhagen, Denmark

• He was awarded the Nobel Prize of Physics in 1922.

• His son, Aage Bohr, was also a physicist who was also awarded the Nobel Prize of Physics in 1975 !!!

Niels BOHR

Cultural figures

DenmarkCultural places : Copenhagen

Nyhavn, 17th century waterfront

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