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Denmark. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
 | | Denmarks main exports are agricultural and industrial machinery, teak and oak furniture, meat, fish, and metals and metal manufactures; the chief imports are machinery, metals, motor vehicles, and fuels. |
 | | Denmark was involved in numerous wars with Sweden and other neighbors; the participation of Christian IV (reigned 15881648) in the Thirty Years War (161848) and the wars of Frederick III (reigned 164870) with Sweden caused Denmark to lose its hegemony in the north to Sweden. |
 | | Denmark was defeated and agreed in the London Protocol of 1852 to preserve a special status for the two duchies. |
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