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“KINGDOM OF DENMARK” –>
“denmark proper”
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(an ‘island group’ situated between the ‘norwegian sea’ and the ‘north atlantic ocean’)
(halfway between the ‘united kingdom’ and ‘iceland’)
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(danish: danmark, pronounced [ˈdanmɑɡ] ( listen))
officially the kingdom of denmark
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*’denmark’ is a ‘sovereign state’ in ‘europe’*
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(‘denmark’ is a ‘nordic country’ and the southernmost of the ‘scandinavian nations’)
(it is ‘southwest’ of ‘sweden’ and ‘south’ of ‘norway’, and bordered to the ‘south’ by ‘germany’)
(the “kingdom of denmark’ also comprises 2 ‘autonomous constituent countries’ in the ‘north atlantic ocean’: the ‘faroe islands’ and ‘greenland’)
(‘denmark proper’ consists of a ‘peninsula’ (called ‘jutland’) and an ‘archipelago’ of ‘443 named islands’, with the largest being ‘zealand’, ‘funen’, and the ‘north jutlandic island’)
(the islands are characterized by ‘flat’, ‘arable’ land and ‘sandy coasts’, ‘low elevation’, and a ‘temperate climate’)
(‘denmark’ has a total area of 42,924 km2 (16,573 sq mi), land area of 42,394 km2 (16,368 sq mi)[3] , and the total area including ‘greenland’ and the ‘faroe Islands’ is 2,210,579 km2 (853,509 sq mi), and a population of ‘5,781,190’ (as of ‘2018’))
(the “unified kingdom of denmark” emerged in the ’10th century’ as a proficient ‘seafaring nation’ in the struggle for control of the ‘baltic sea’)
(‘denmark’, ‘sweden’, and ‘norway’ were ruled together as 1 realm under the ‘kalmar union’, established in ‘1397’ and ending with ‘swedish secession’ in ‘1523’)
(the areas of ‘denmark’ and ‘norway’ remained under the same monarch until ‘1814’, often referred to as the ‘dano-norwegian realm’, or simply ‘denmark-norway’)
(after the ‘napoleonic wars’, ‘norway’ was ceded to ‘sweden, while ‘denmark’ kept the ‘faroe islands’, ‘greenland’, and ‘iceland’)
(beginning in the ’17th century’, there were several devastating wars with the ‘swedish empire’, ending with large cessions of territory to ‘sweden’)
(in the ’19th century’ there was a surge of ‘nationalist movements’, which were defeated in the ‘1864 Second Schleswig War’)
(‘denmark’ remained neutral during ‘world war I’)
(in ‘april 1940’, a ‘german invasion’ saw brief military skirmishes while the ‘danish resistance movement’ was active from ‘1943’ until the ‘german surrender’ in ‘may 1945’)
(an industrialized exporter of ‘agricultural produce’ in the 2nd half of the ’19th century’, ‘denmark’ introduced ‘social’ and ‘labor market’ reforms in the ‘early 20th century’ that created the basis for the present ‘welfare state model’ with a ‘highly developed mixed economy’)
(the “constitution of denmark” was signed on ‘5 june 1849’, ending the ‘absolute monarchy’ (which had begun in ‘1660’))
(it established a ‘constitutional monarchy’ organized as a ‘parliamentary democracy’)
(the ‘government’ and ‘national parliament’ are seated in ‘copenhagen’ (the nation’s ‘capital’, ‘largest city’, and ‘main commercial center’)
(‘denmark’ exercises ‘hegemonic influence’ in the ‘danish realm’, ‘devolving’ powers to handle ‘internal affairs’)
(‘home rule’ was established in the ‘faroe islands’ in ‘1948’; in ‘greenland’, ‘home rule’ was established in ‘1979’ and further ‘autonomy’ in ‘2009’)
(‘denmark’ became a member of the ‘european economic community’ (now the ‘EU’) in ‘1973’, maintaining certain ‘opt-outs’; it retains its own currency (the ‘krone’))
(it is among the founding members of ‘NATO’, the ‘nordic council’, the ‘OECD’, ‘OSCE’, and the ‘united nations’; it is also part of the ‘schengen area’)
(‘denmark’ is considered to be one of the most ‘economically’ and ‘socially’ developed countries in the world)
(‘danes’ enjoy a high ‘standard of living’ and the country ranks highly in some metrics of ‘national performance’, including ‘education’, ‘health care’, ‘protection of civil liberties’, ‘democratic governance’, ‘prosperity’, and ‘human development’)
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(the country ranks as having) –>
world’s “highest social mobility”
a “high level of ‘income equality'”
“lowest perceived level of corruption in the world”
“5th-most developed in the world”
one of the world’s “highest per capita incomes”
(1 of the world’s “highest personal income tax rates”)
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