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Denmark

Denmark. By:I’isha Crawford . Country’s Capital. Copenhagen. Population national languages food and music. Location-Northern Europe bordering Germany 68 km Climate-temperate; humid over cast Whit Sunday 7weeks and 1 day after Easter

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Denmark

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  1. Denmark By:I’isha Crawford

  2. Country’s Capital • Copenhagen

  3. Population national languages food and music • Location-Northern Europe bordering Germany 68 km • Climate-temperate; humid over cast • Whit Sunday 7weeks and 1 day after Easter • This is a Sunday. Danes celebrate two days of Whitsun • Denmark’s most famous classical composer is Carl Nielsen, especially remembered for his six symphonies while the Royal Danish Ballet specializes in the work of Danish choreographer August Bourneville.

  4. pictures • Denmark flag- • Denmark university(Aalborg Universitet

  5. Holidays and events 7weeks+1day after Easter(whit Monday)-this is a Monday. Danes celebrate two days of Whitsun • 40 days after Easter(Ascension Day) • General prayer day is the day-is the 4th Friday

  6. Famous people • Olaf Fonss(silent film actor)-October 17th 1882-11 march 1949) was a danish actor, director, producer, film censor and one of Denmark and Germany’s biggest stars of the silent film era. Caroline Halle-Muller(1755-1826)-,actor, singer, and dancer also known as caroline walther , was a danish and later naturalized swedish singer (mezzo saprano) dancer and actor and actor and principal of the theatre arts academy Dramatens elevoska

  7. Nation flag • The Flag of Denmark, Dannebrog, also just called the red Flag has first been mentioned in 1478. Its cross design has been adopted by several other mainly Nordic countries. The Dannebrog state flag is the oldest in the world flown by an independant nation.

  8. Current Leader • The Danes, a homogeneous Gothic-Germanic people, have inhabited Denmark since prehistoric times. Danish is the principal language. English is a required school subject, and fluency is high. A small German-speaking minority lives in southern Jutland; a mostly Inuit population inhabits Greenland; and the Faroe Islands have a Nordic population with its own language. Education is compulsory from ages seven to 16 and is free through the university level.

  9. money • 5 Kroner coin (top) and 20 Kroner coin (bottom) Although Denmark is member of the EU the country is not part of "Euro Land". Visitors therefore need the Danish currency "Kroner" for shopping and other expenses. Also if you want to transfer money to or from Denmark to other countries you need money exchange.

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