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DENMARK

DENMARK. By: Darragh Mannion. Main Cities & Rivers. Population of Denmark. Overall : 5,515,575 Capital City : Copenhagen Currency : Krone Number of Mobile Phones : 4,785,300. Ethnicity (Race). Main Ethnic Groups : Scandinavian Inuit Faroese German Religion : 95% - Lutheran

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DENMARK

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  1. DENMARK By: Darragh Mannion

  2. Main Cities & Rivers

  3. Population of Denmark • Overall : 5,515,575 • Capital City : Copenhagen • Currency : Krone • Number of Mobile Phones : 4,785,300

  4. Ethnicity (Race) • Main Ethnic Groups : • Scandinavian • Inuit • Faroese • German • Religion : • 95% - Lutheran • 3% - Catholic • 2% - Muslim

  5. Economic Activities • Services – Telephone, Radio, Television, Railway, Bus • Industry – Iron, Steel, Chemicals, Machinery and Transportation Equipment, Textiles and Clothing • Agriculture – Barley, Wheat, Potatoes, Dairy Products, Pork and Fish

  6. Main Industries • Iron • Steel • Chemicals • Electronics • Shipbuilding • Windmills

  7. Main Agriculture • Barley • Wheat • Potatoes • Sugar Beets • Pork • Fish • Dairy Products

  8. Brief History of Denmark • From 10,000 to 1500 bc., the population of present-day Denmark evolved from a society of hunters and fishers into one of farmers. Called Jutland by the end of the 8th century, its mariners were among the Vikings, who raided western Europe and the British Isles from the 9th to 11th century

  9. Brief History of Denmark • The country was Christianized by Saint Ansgar and HaraldBlaatand (the first Christian king) in the 10th century.

  10. Famous For : • Ole Kirk Christiansen (Inventor of Lego) • Jacob Christian Jacobsen (Founder of Carlsberg brewery)

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