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  World Homes Network - Denmark
Vikings from Denmark also raided extensively in northern and western France, until in 911 they were ceded Normandy (`land of the Norse´) by the French king; the Normans, as the Vikings who settled in France became known, were to play an important role in the history of western Europe over the next few centuries.
During the 16th century Denmark was one of the great powers of Europe, the reign of Frederick II (1559-88) and the early part of the reign of Christian IV (1588-1648) being the period of the country's greatest strength, although in 1563- 70 there was a disastrous attempt to regain Sweden.
Denmark wished to remain neutral, and if this was not possible was resolved to attack even France; but a British fleet was dispatched in 1807 to take possession of the Danish fleet, and at the same time to offer Denmark very generous terms.
www.world-homes.net /atlas/europe/Scandanavia/denmark/denmark.htm   (3712 words)

  
  Denmark - LoveToKnow 1911
Denmark, however, is nowhere low in the sense in which Holland is; the country is pleasantly diversified, and rises a little at the coast even though it remains flat inland.
The population of Denmark in 1901 was 2,449,540.
The land under grain crops is not far short of one-half the remainder, the principal crops being oats, followed by barley and rye in about equal quantities, with wheat about one-sixth that of barley and hardly one-tenth that of oats.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /Denmark   (15777 words)

  
 Denmark - Search View - MSN Encarta
Among the universities in Denmark are Ålborg University (1974), Århus University (1928), the University of Copenhagen, the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University (1856), and the Technical University of Denmark (1829), all in Copenhagen; Odense University (1964); and Roskilde University (1972).
Denmark heavily exploits its known natural resources, the most valuable of which are the natural gas and petroleum reserves discovered in Denmark’s sector of the North Sea in the mid-1960s; mining of the reserves began in the early 1970s.
Denmark was badly defeated and lost several of its Baltic islands and all of its territory on the Scandinavian Peninsula except Norway.
encarta.msn.com /text_761577747__1/denmark.html   (8114 words)

  
 University of Minnesota Template Page
Denmark should reconsider the practice of solitary confinement and ensure that it is used only in cases of urgent necessity.
Denmark should ensure that such testing is used only when necessary and appropriate to the determination of the family tie on which a residence permit is based (art.
The Committee notes that asylum-seekers in Denmark are often restricted or discouraged from choosing a residence in specific municipalities or from moving from one municipality to another.
www1.umn.edu /humanrts/hrcommittee/denmark2000.html   (1111 words)

  
 Coaching in Foreign Lands: Denmark and Egypt
Expatriates working in the sport environment must understand the values of the people with whom they are working or training as well as the values of their colleagues and of the society in general.
Denmark is one of the poorest countries on earth but has the highest standard of living and the most educated population as well.
In Denmark many of the sport governing bodies have been strongly influenced by the former East German training system which has now been completely discredited because it the results were dependent on steroid use by female athletes.
www.thesportjournal.org /VOL2NO3/HENRICH.HTM   (4479 words)

  
 denmark.htm
Norway, which lies North from Denmark, and is separated from it by that Sea which is usually called the Categate, is a vast and barren Country, full of Mountains and Firr-trees; it reaches from 59 to 71 degrees of North Latitude; but is very narrow in respect to its length.
Denmark therefore was till within these 32 years governed by a King chosen by the People of all sorts, even the Boores had their Voices, which King Waldemar the Third acknowledged in that memorable Answer of his to the Popes Nuncio, who pretended to a great power over him.
Neither do I remember any one Alienation of Lands for Money, during all the time I stayed in that Country, except some Estates, which the Queen purchased; where she paid after the rate of 16000 Crowns for that which thirty years ago was valued at 60000 Crowns.
www.constitution.org /cmt/molesworth/denmark.htm   (8384 words)

  
 Learn more about Land in the online encyclopedia.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
The land is the part of the Earth that is not covered by oceans or other bodies of water.
Historically the parts of the Scandinavian kingdoms were called lands of the respective peoples, as in for instance Jutland (the land of the Jutes), Gotland (the land of the Goths), or the historical lands of Sweden and lands of Denmark.
the landing, is the final part of a flight.
www.onlineencyclopedia.org /l/la/land.html   (264 words)

  
 onlinefx destination guide to germany
It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea, to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic, to the south by Austria and Switzerland, and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands.
Germany is located in Central Europe and it shares borders with Denmark in the North, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg and France in the West, Austria and Switzerland in the South and Poland and the Czech Republic in the East.
Its neighbours are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the east, Austria and Switzerland in the south, France and Luxembourg in the south-west and Belgium and the Netherlands in the north-west.
www.onlinefx.co.uk /fx/Stores/OnlineFX/destinationguide/germany.asp   (639 words)

  
 Britain.tv Wikipedia - Jutland
The northern â…” of the peninsula is occupied by the westernmost portion of the Kingdom of Denmark.
The southern â…“ is made up of the German Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein, comprising the former duchies of Schleswig (also: South Jutland) and Holstein, both of which have passed back and forth between the Danes and various German rulers.
Jutland has historically been one of the three main parts or lands of Denmark.
www.britain.tv /wikipedia.php?title=Jutland   (711 words)

  
 Scandinavia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Norway remained united with Denmark; Norway's possessions in the North Atlantic (Iceland, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands) remained under the Danish crown even after the Dano-Norwegian union was dissolved in 1814.
Denmark also included the dependent territories of Iceland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the Atlantic Ocean (which however historically had belonged to Norway, but unintentionally remained with Denmark according to the Treaty of Kiel).
The end of the Scandinavian political movement came when Denmark was betrayed when denied military support from Sweden-Norway to annex the (Danish) Duchy of Schleswig, which together with the (German) Duchy of Holstein had been in personal union with Denmark.
www.higiena-system.com /wiki/link-Scandinavia   (2631 words)

  
 A brief history of Denmark : Part 2 (800-1536)
800 on, Denmark's main opponent was the Empire of the Franks, and later Germany (the eastern remnant of the Frankish Empire).
From 1441, Denmark and the Netherlands had been working closely together on the international political arena, and this was emphasized by the marriage, in 1514, of King Christian II to a princess of the Habsburgs.
The breakup of the Kalmar Union, however, was in full progress, and the violence culminated in the Bloodbath of Stockholm, in 1520, when Christian II had a number of Swedish nobles and prelates executed.
www.scholiast.org /history/denmark/danhist2.html   (1728 words)

  
 Denmark and The American-Scandinavian Foundation
Denmark has been an active and integral part of The American-Scandinavian Foundation since the organization was established in 1910.
The ASF's sister organization in Denmark is The Denmark-America Foundation (Danmark-Amerika Fondet).
Denmark, October 1943: The Rescue of the Jews from Annihilation, an exhibition commemorating the 60th anniversary of this historic event and accompanying lectures
www.amscan.org /denmark.html   (666 words)

  
 Conceptions of Class, the State, and the Supernatural in the Lands of Nod, Denmark, and North America by Justin Taylor
This seems to me to be unmindful of the fact that Shakespeare’s Denmark is a monarchy (ditto for Shakespeare’s England).
Shakespeare himself invokes Cain and Abel explicitly and repeatedly: thematically and in the word-choices of the characters in dialogue.
Cain, who by edict of God could not be killed, traveled to the Land of Nod, where somehow a city already existed when he got there: the Bible’s first mention of a society, of an urban environment.
garnet.acns.fsu.edu /~nr03/taylor.htm   (5833 words)

  
 Denmark-Norway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term Kingdom of Denmark is sometimes used to include both countries in the period 1536-1814, since the political and economic power emanated from Copenhagen, Denmark.
Being a hereditary kingdom, Norway's status as separate from Denmark was important to the royal dynasty in its struggles to win elections as kings of Denmark.
Denmark forged from the Lands of Denmark (including Blekinge, Gotland, Halland and Skåne in modern-day Sweden and Southern Schleswig in modern Germany)
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Denmark-Norway   (547 words)

  
 HWC, The Reformation in Denmark   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
Denmark is another place where the role of politics and the prince were key in the development of the Reformation.
Denmark preserved the episcopal structure, but bishops held only spiritual authority.
Because the king of Denmark also ruled Norway, the same structure was imposed there.
history.boisestate.edu /westciv/reformat/denmark.htm   (163 words)

  
 IBM Denmark lands substantial order from Arla Foods
IBM Denmark has gained a DKK 2 bn order from Arla Foods for development and management of all IT operations of Arla Foods in Denmark and Sweden for the next seven years
IBM Denmark has gained a DKK 2 bn (USD 340 m) order from Arla Foods for development and management of all IT operations of Arla Foods in Denmark and Sweden for the next seven years.
Lars Mikkelgaard-Jensen, managing director of IBM Denmark comments: "To us there are interesting features in the order because in contrast to traditional outsourcing, this is not only about operation of IT systems.
www.investindk.com /visNyhed.asp?artikelID=15526   (302 words)

  
 Bobby Fischer, on Way to Iceland, Lands in Denmark
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Chess icon Bobby Fischer landed in Denmark on Thursday on his way from Tokyo to Iceland, which granted him citizenship earlier this week enabling him to avoid deportation to the United States.
Fischer was escorted by half a dozen police and uniformed airport security guards from the plane to a van waiting on the tarmac at Copenhagen airport and did not enter the transit hall with the other passengers, a Reuters reporter on the scene said.
Although born to a Jewish mother, Fischer has also stirred controversy with anti-Semitic remarks.
www.bobby-fischer.net /Bobby_Fischer_on_Way_to_Iceland_Lands_in_Denmark.htm   (263 words)

  
 Immigration...Scandinavian: Introduction
As was the case with other European elites of the time, wealthy Scandinavians considered the eastern seaboard of the Americas a promising site for investment and sought to launch colonial enterprises there.
At the same time, many ordinary Scandinavians, chafing at the limited religious and political freedom in their homelands, saw the New World as a land of liberty, and traveled there to found new communities where they might practice their conscience in peace.
By the middle of the century, the time was ripe for mass immigration, and Scandinavians began arriving in American ports in large numbers.
memory.loc.gov /learn/features/immig/scandinavian.html   (588 words)

  
 Worldroots.com
North and east were the lands of Denmark, Saxon March, North March, Pomerania, Poland and Hungary.
Prussia became the name of this area known as the land of the Pruzzen (Prussia) because the people who lived there were called that.
The North German Confederation was established; all German lands north of the Main River.
worldroots.com /brigitte/germany.htm   (1946 words)

  
 AsiaMedia :: Freedom of speech or hate speech?
It is scary that this united western front of nations, many of whom possess the nuclear bomb and have dropped it on human beings, are now referring Iran to the UN Security Council for sanctions and telling Iran that it cannot be trusted with the nuclear bomb.
What the defenders of Denmark knowingly ignore is that there is a huge difference between caricaturing an ethnic group and insulting a religion's prophet.
Well wishers of Denmark would like to remember Denmark not for its current government's hypocrisy in using "freedom of speech" as a shield for its anti-Muslim racism and bigotry, but for the delicious Danish biscuits and dairy products, the soliloquies of Hamlet, and the genius of the Danish intellectual Olympians, such as physicist Niels Bohr.
www.asiamedia.ucla.edu /article.asp?parentid=38474   (866 words)

  
 PunditGuy: In Denmark (of all places)
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark said: "We are being challenged by Islam these years - globally as well as locally.
Posted by: Half Sigma at April 17, 2005 10:56 AM Denmark's been at the fore-front of the anti-Islamization of Europe for quite some time.
Denmark, if does not deal with this problem on a fair ground, will also continue to be a source of harm and convulsion to many Muslims.
www.punditguy.com /2005/04/in_denmark_of_a.html   (2305 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - - ARCHIVE - Royal Court of Denmark
In 1064 it was agreed upon, that the respective lands should keep their interests in each others lands for themselves.
Herr Erik VIII of Denmark, Norway, Gothia and Vandalia.
Our cousin Frederik was chosen by God and nobles of Denmark to take the mantle and burden of Danish crown, he was chosen through he blood that was one of Erik VII Greif of Pommerania.
www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=120781   (4684 words)

  
 Greater Denmark, the Neo-Barbs and the War With Sweden by William S. Lind
There, the governing coalition is dominated by the Greater Denmark Party, whose goal is to retake for Denmark all the lands it once governed: Norway, southern Sweden, even northern England.
Now, from their key positions in the Pentagon, the U.S. State Department and the White House, they have made America into the Greater Denmark Party’s tool, at vast cost to America’s national interests, its treasury, and the lives of its soldiers.
Many years ago, they began calling themselves "neo-barbarians," which was soon shortened to "neo-barbs." They see themselves as heirs to Viking kingdoms of a thousand years ago, and are determined to realize their fantasy, at whatever cost (to others).
www.lewrockwell.com /lind/lind37.html   (1102 words)

  
 LDSEP: Lolland, Falster, Møn
Lolland, Falster, and Mon lie to the south of Sjælland (the largest island of Denmark and where Copenhagen is located).
These three large islands and the smaller islands around them are among the most fertile and productive farming lands in Denmark.
Except for some meadows and small forests, all of the land is farmed.
www.ldsep.org /denmark/lfm   (1003 words)

  
 Guardian | The no-frills flight to Denmark that lands in Sweden
The ticket was a bargain, the hop between London and Copenhagen too short to care about the absence of frills, and you are looking forward to your cheap city break courtesy of Ryanair.
The flight, advertised for Copenhagen, Denmark, has landed you in the wrong country - Sweden.
They land, not at Bologna airport four miles from the city centre, but at Forli, 37 miles away.
www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4373107-103690,00.html   (475 words)

  
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According to strategy for Danish environmental assistance to developing countries (Danced/Danida 1996 p.13) ‘indigenous people will be consulted and involved in projects that affect them, in order to safeguard their existence, culture and rights’.
The development of the recognition scheme was born out of the need to address the lack of a strategy for sustainable tourism in Denmark.
The aim is also to provide an association or forum in which Danish tourism actors will be able to obtain information and guidance and exchange knowledge in their efforts to develop their industry sustainably in accordance with the principles outlined in Agenda 21.
www.biodiv.org /doc/world/dk/dk-nr-02-en.doc   (3069 words)

  
 EFFINGHAM COUNTY, GEORGIA BRICKWALLS
The following are Land transactions which indicate he and Jesse Bell were neighbors and had some kind of relationship.
Jan 21, 1796, lying on the Great Ogeechee River: Also 190 acres granted said William Denmark Jan. 24, 1791 for 200 acres, being in all 947 acres in one body and deeded by Reading Denmark to above Bell, Nov. 24 1796.
Denmark, Jesse Bell, J.P. Another transaction on page 82-September 1, 1800 Deed between Joseph Holiday, planter names mentioned Milner Holiday, Redding Denmark, Eleazer Bell, Hohn Moore and Ferney Holliday.
www.usgennet.org /usa/ga/county/effingham/BrickWall.html   (873 words)

  
 Wish You Were Here…
Once upon a time… there was a tale of a great choir going on a long, noble journey to the foreign lands of Denmark and Germany.
The celebration in Rebild Hills, Denmark, is the largest Fourth of July party outside of the United States.
The Chorale was given the honor of singing several selections and the national anthem in front of thousands of festival-goers in a picturesque nature park.
www.dana.edu /review/summer03/wish.html   (598 words)

  
 Jutland - Jatland Wiki
Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the mainland part of Denmark and a northern part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea.
Much of the peninsula is occupied by the Kingdom of Denmark.
The southern portion is made up of the German Bundesland of Schleswig-Holstein, possession of which has passed back and forth between the Danes and various German rulers, with Denmark most recently reclaiming North Schleswig (Nordslesvig in Danish) by plebiscite in 1920.
www.jatland.com /home/Jutland   (799 words)

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