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  Denmark Europe - Pictures, Sites and Maps
Denmark is a net exporter of food and energy and enjoys a comfortable balance of payments surplus.
Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe.
Flooding is a threat in some areas of the country (e.g., parts of Jutland, along the southern coast of the island of Lolland) that are protected from the sea by a system of dikes.
denmark.scandinavia-pictures.com   (2464 words)

  
 Wikinfo | Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Kingdom of Denmark is the smallest Nordic country, situated in Scandinavia, in northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula and a number of islands north of Germany, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway.
Greenland and the Faroe Islands also belong to the Kingdom of Denmark, but have autonomous status and are largely self-governing, and are both represented by 2 seats in the parliament.
Denmark consists of the Jutland peninsula (jylland) and 405 named islands, of which 82 are inhabited, the most important are Funen (fyn) and Zealand (sjælland).
www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Denmark   (725 words)

  
 Denmark - Gurupedia
Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germany named Jutland (Jylland in Danish) and many smaller islands.
Denmark is north of Germany and Poland, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway.
After the war, Denmark became a member of NATO and, in 1973, the European Economic Community (later, the European Union).
www.gurupedia.com /d/de/denmark.htm   (908 words)

  
 Counties of Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Denmark is divided into 13 counties (Danish: amter), and 270 municipalities (kommuner):
Bornholm was originally divided in five municipalities and a county comprising the entire island.
A government proposal in 2004 called for the counties to be replaced by five large regions with health care as their sole responsibilities; two regions in Jutland, two regions in Zealand and one region covering Funen and the southernmost part of Jutland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Counties_of_Denmark   (270 words)

  
 1. Welcome as a new citizen of Denmark
Like most countries, Denmark is a diverse society where many different political and religious beliefs and social and cultural attitudes are represented.
Denmark is governed by a representative democracy, which means that citizens can freely elect their representatives at local and national elections.
The fact that Denmark is a welfare society means that everyone must contribute to the community as best they can – by getting educated, working, paying taxes and supporting themselves and their families.
www.nyidanmark.dk /en-us/Citizenship/welcome_as_a_new_citizen_of_denmark/velkommen.htm   (642 words)

  
 Counties Denmark Europe Regional
County pursuing waste optionsFrederick News Post (subscription), MD - May 26, 2007Haukohl said the decision was made in Denmark not to use landfills to protect groundwater sources.
Rural substance abuse is event's focusCharlotte Observer, NC - May 17, 2007More than 120 participants have signed up from 17 states and from countries such as Ghana, Denmark and Pakistan.
The Association represents the interests of all 14 Danish counties.
www.iaswww.com /ODP/Regional/Europe/Denmark/Counties   (317 words)

  
 Denmark, hotels, cars, information, tips
The monarch is formally head of state, a role which is mainly ceremonial, since executive power is exercised by the cabinet ministers, with the prime minister acting as the first among equals (primus inter pares).
The 13 counties (amter) will be replaced with 5 new regions (regioner), while the 271 municipalities will be consolidated into around 100 larger units of at least 20,000 inhabitants and take over most of the responsibilities of the current counties.
Denmark is known as a little, "hyggelig" (i.e.
www.flights-and-hotels.com /denmark/index.htm   (604 words)

  
 Comparing Aging Experiences in U.S. and Denmark
My aunt stayed in Denmark, living a very productive life and dying in the same community where she and my mother were born.
In Denmark, the shift from non-profit to for-profit health care providers and the growth of for-profit hospital chains, contributes to increasing costs.
Counties in Denmark run most of the services through public hospitals and contracts with primary care doctors, and have flexibility to set priorities and allocate resources to be responsive to local demands within the overall national framework.
www.globalaging.org /health/world/denmarkjulie.htm   (3091 words)

  
 Denmark Counties
Denmark remained neutral in World War I. At the end of the war, a plebiscite was held in Schleswig.
Denmark is divided into fourteen amter (counties; singular: amt), two kommuner (municipalities), and one regionskommune (regional municipality).
1920-02-10: Northern Schleswig, consisting of the counties of Aabenraa, Haderslev, and Tönder, transferred from Germany to Denmark.
www.statoids.com /udk.html   (1161 words)

  
 Moving to denmark - WorkinDenmark
Information and facts about moving to and living in Denmark such as work and residence permit and visas as well as danish trade and health care.
Within 5 days after moving to Denmark you should notify the national registration office in your new municipality of your relocation and bring your relocation certificate.
Denmark needs foreign knowledge workers to contribute new expertise and thereby strengthen trade and industry, innovation and research in Denmark, moving to denmark.
www.workindenmark.dk /workindk/erhen/moving_to_denmark.html   (494 words)

  
 Status On The Development Denmark
The county councils are democratically elected bodies, which have wide-ranging power to organise the hospital service according to regional possibilities and wishes.
In this new budget structure, 10 per cent of the counties funding of the hospitals is to be dependent on activity measures based on DRG.
The 90/10-model is not a mandatory funding model, however, a number of counties and the Copenhagen Hospital Corporation have decided to implement the 90/10 model on a casemix basis.
www.pcse.org /articles/index.asp?id=109   (1889 words)

  
 Denmark State Bank... Where Customers Send Their Friends   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Denmark State Bank is a subsidiary of Denmark Bancshares, Inc., a diversified one-bank holding company headquartered in Denmark, Wisconsin.
Denmark Bancshares, Inc. (the “Company”) is community owned with stock widely held by area residents.
Denmark Bancshares, Inc. also extends agricultural credit through its subsidiary Denmark Agricultural Credit Corporation and sells a full line of insurance products through its subsidiary McDonald-Zeamer Insurance Agency, Inc. As of December 31, 2005, the Company's total assets exceeded $414 million while total stockholders' equity was $50.6 million.
www.denmarkstate.com /ab_aboutus.htm   (1120 words)

  
 Funen County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fyns Amt (English: Funen County) is a county (Danish, amt) in central Denmark, comprising the islands of Funen, Langeland, Tåsinge, Ærø, and approximately 90 other islands, of which only 25 are inhabited.
The county was formed on 1 April 1970, comprising the former counties of Odense and Svendborg.
Funen County's coat of arms shows three connected gold hop leaves on a field of red, which represent the three former counties of Odense, Svendborg and Assens.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Funen_County   (379 words)

  
 Stuttering Awareness - The Influence of The Stuttering Information Center of Denmark
In Denmark examination and treatment of stuttering is free and every stutterer has a right to receive treatment if he or she needs it and wants it.
The speech therapist was employed at the "Pedagogical Psychological Counselling-office" in a municipality of Funen (an Island in the centre of Denmark) and as
She also wrote about some experiences of the stutterers from the project, of whom many could tell they have jobs which some of the employers in the survey had said stutterers were not able to perform.
www.mnsu.edu /comdis/isad2/papers/elsa/denmark.html   (2532 words)

  
 1700 Census
The 1700 census of men in Denmark is not a well known document.
It can be a key document for genealogists as the church records of Denmark often start in the late 1600s or early 1700s.
From some searching in different parts of Denmark, it seems that the 1700 census of men has survived for perhaps half of the counties of Denmark.
www.progenealogists.com /denmark/1700/censusindex.html   (521 words)

  
 Falck Corporate - Ambulance services
In collaboration with the counties in Denmark, which are responsible for prehospital treatment, Falck has developed the quality of Danish ambulance services to the present level, which is high by international standards in terms of both ambulance crew training and technological equipment.
Falck’s contracts with the counties are based on a standard contract between Falck and Danish Regions (Amtsrådsforeningen).
Individual agreements between counties and Falck are adjusted to be in line with the wishes and demands of each county in terms of response times, special-purpose vehicles and special training of ambulance staff.
www.falck.dk /cu_ambulance_uk   (373 words)

  
 Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Counties of Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
45,541), 227 sq mi (588 sq km), extreme E Denmark, in the Baltic Sea, near Sweden, consisting mainly of the island of Bornholm, which constitutes almost all of the land area and population of the county.
The county comprises the large island of Gotland and several smaller islands, including Fårön, Gotska Sandön, and Karlsö.
Committee commends Denmark's achievements in implementation of Women's Anti-Discrimination Convention; Concerns expressed, however, on situation of migrants, refugees, ethnic minorities, asylum seekers -- Part 1 of 2.
encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Counties+of+Denmark&StartAt=1   (659 words)

  
 world news - chiropractic in Denmark
Medical care is free of charge for all patients; to see a specialist, patients require a referral from their family doctor to avoid paying the total cost of the visit.
Counties also pay 2.5% of their monthly reimbursement money to the fund.
In many counties in Denmark, health care practitioners have interprofessional communication forms by which DCs can keep MDs informed of treatment given, and vice versa.
www.chiroweb.com /world/denmark.html   (845 words)

  
 [Research Guidance: Denmark - Research Outline] Research Guidance Version Of Data : 4/3/2006
To find the county that a town is filed under in the catalog, use the “see” references on the first Family History Library Catalog microfiche of each country.
The original counties of Denmark were created in the early 1600s.
In 1793, these original 50 counties were consolidated into 23 larger counties, which were used until 1970, when the county boundaries were again realigned.
www.familysearch.org /Eng/Search/RG/guide/Denmark11.asp   (421 words)

  
 Storey: Mental Health in Denmark
Whilst undertaking a professional exchange visit to Denmark, sponsored by the King’s Fund, I had the opportunity to visit health care facilities in Roskilde on the island of Sjaelland.
There are 14 Counties in Denmark plus a 15th “County” made up of the hospitals in and around the capital, Copenhagen.
One of the other differences in nurse education between the UK and Denmark is in relation to the preparation of Mental Health Nurses.
www.graduateresearch.com /storey.htm   (1478 words)

  
 18. State counties of Denmark
The state counties handle cases concerning separation, divorce, maintenance, child support, parental responsibility/ custody, access, citizenship, names and free legal aid.
The State County of South Jutland Statsamtet Sønderjylland
The State County of North Jutland Statsamtet Nordjylland
www.nyidanmark.dk /en-us/Citizenship/state_counties_of_denmark.htm   (299 words)

  
 Jutland information - Search.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The northern 2/3 of the peninsula is occupied by the westernmost portion of the Kingdom of Denmark.
The southern 1/3 is made up of the German Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the former duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, both of which have passed back and forth between the Danes and various German rulers.
In the last border movement, Denmark regained North Schleswig (Danish: Sønderjylland or Nordslesvig) by plebiscite in 1920.
c10-ss-1-lb.cnet.com /reference/Jutland   (906 words)

  
 County - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Presently, "counties" have no political power or administrative function.
In states where county government is weak or nonexistent, town government may provide some or all of the local government services.
When possessing a functioning government, each county will have a county seat (a center of county administration), usually in an incorporated municipality.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Counties   (2503 words)

  
 Municipalities and Counties in Denmark - Tasks and Finance
In this fifth edition of 'Municipalities and Counties in Denmark - Tasks and Finance', published by the Ministry of the Interior, the description of local government tasks and local government organisation and finance has been updated to reflect the situation i 2002.
The purpose of this publication is to describe local government in Denmark, exemplified by how local authorities and counties are organised, who handles the various tasks and how expenditure is financed.
The description includes the entire local government sector comprising local authorities and counties as well as the unitary authorities of the cities of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg.
www.im.dk /publikationer/Municipalities/html/index.htm   (193 words)

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