This is popular lullaby, and was composed ( lyrics and music ) by Sigurd Barrett ( born 1967 ), pianist, composer and host of a Children ’ s TV programme in Denmark, and by fellow musician Steen Nikolaj Hansen.

" Horton was influenced by observing rural adult education schools in Denmark started in the 19th century by Danish Lutheran Bishop Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig.

Nicolai Wilhelm Nikolaj Marstrand ( 24 December 1810-25 March 1873 ), painter and illustrator, was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to Nicolai Jacob Marstrand, instrument maker and inventor, and Petra Othilia Smith.

With his enormous creative talent Clemens ' reputation in Denmark grew, and he was in good company with his contemporaries Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard, Johan Martin Preisler, Johan Edvard Mandelberg, Johannes Wiedewelt and Jens Juel.

* 1968 – Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark

* Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark ( born 1972 ), wife of Crown Prince Frederik

* May 26 – Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark

Frederik IV of Denmark – Norway directed his first attack against Sweden's ally Holstein-Gottorp.

In Denmark, when the present Queen is abroad, the heir apparent Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark is regent.

In an attempt to retain control over Norway despite the treaty, the Viceroy and hereditary prince of Denmark – Norway encouraged representatives of various social and political factions to gather at Eidsvoll to declare independence, adopt a constitution and elect hereditary prince Christian Frederik as king.

In the peace negotiations, Christian Frederik agreed to relinquish claims to the Norwegian throne and return to Denmark if Sweden would accept the democratic Norwegian constitution and a loose personal union.

Haakon VII ( Prince Carl of Denmark and Iceland, born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel ) ( 3 August 1872 21 September 1957 ), known as Prince Carl of Denmark until 1905, was the first king of Norway after the 1905 dissolution of the personal union with Sweden.

Born in Appleton House, Flitcham, Sandringham estate, Norfolk, United Kingdom to Prince Carl of Denmark and Princess Maud of Wales, ( daughter of King Edward VII of the United Kingdom ), he was given the names and title of Alexander Edward Christian Frederik, Prince of Denmark.

After Sarpsborg was burned to the ground during the Northern Seven Years ' War, the ruling king, Frederik II of Denmark, decided by royal decree to rebuild the city south of the original location.

Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden met midway across the bridge-tunnel to celebrate its completion on 14 August 1999.

Christian X ( Christian Carl Frederik Albert Alexander Vilhelm ) ( 26 September 1870 – 20 April 1947 ) was King of Denmark from 1912 to 1947 and the only King of Iceland, between 1918 and 1944.

* Frederik, Crown Prince of Denmark ( born 1968 ), Crown Prince of Denmark

In this capacity, the Countess has attended the weddings of Prince Haakon of Norway, Princess Martha Louise of Norway, Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, the 40th birthday celebrations for Prince Willem-Alexander and the coronation and the wedding of Prince Albert II of Monaco.

Trips to Denmark and Norway in 1872 – 74, where he visited Hans Christian Andersen and Frederik Paludan-Müller, led to publishing success with reviews of Ibsen and Bjørnson in the Cornhill Magazine.

The castle was reclaimed from the sands, first by King Frederik VII in 1849, and then by the National Museum of Denmark excavations in 1972.

Frederick VIII ( Christian Frederik Vilhelm Carl ) ( 3 June 1843 – 14 May 1912 ) was King of Denmark from 1906 to 1912.

* His Royal Highness Frederik André Henrik Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, born on 26 May 1968.

** His Royal Highness Prince Vincent Frederik Minik Alexander of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, born on 8 January 2011

** His Highness Prince Nikolai William Alexander Frederik of Denmark, Count of Monpezat, born on 28 August 1999.

The reason for Henrik's departure from Denmark was due to a New Year's Day reception in which his son, Crown Prince Frederik, was appointed host in the absence of Queen Margrethe.

Key work on the traditional ballad was undertaken in the late 19th century in Denmark by Svend Grundtvig and for England and Scotland by the Harvard professor Francis James Child.

However, confusingly many ‘ traditional ’ ballads, as defined particularly by the leading collectors, Svend Grundtvig for Denmark and Francis Child for England and Scotland, only survive as broadsides.

In Denmark, romantic nationalism led writers isuch as Johannes Ewald, Nicolai Grundtvig ( whose translation of Beowulf into Danish was the first into a modern language ) and Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger to take a renewed interest in Old Norse subjects.

Both these works, with Adam of Bremen as a possible source, were confused about the location of what they called Wintland — the Malmesbury monk had it on the ocean east of Norway, while Higden put it west of Denmark but failed to explain the distance.

According to Adam, Sweyn was sent into exile by his father's German friends and deposed in favour of king Eric the Victorious of Sweden, whom Adam wrote ruled Denmark until his death in 994 or 995.

A cleric named " Poppa ", perhaps the same one, also appears in Adam of Bremen's history, but in connection with Eric of Sweden, who had supposedly conquered Denmark ( there is no evidence that this happened anywhere else ).

Adam of Bremen's claim regarding Otto I and Harald appears to have been inspired by an attempt to manufacture a historical reason for the archbishops of Hamburg-Bremen to claim jurisdiction over Denmark ( and thus the rest of Scandinavia ); in the 1070s, the Danish King was in Rome asking for Denmark to have its own arch-bishop, and Adam's account of Harald's supposed conversion ( and baptism of both him and his " little son " Sweyn, with Otto serving as Sweyn's godfather ) is followed by the unambiguous claim that " At that time Denmark on this side of the sea, which is called Jutland by the inhabitants, was divided into three dioceses and subjected to the bishopric of Hamburg.

Adam of Bremen states that Svein and Harold were sons to Cnut and a concubina ( but that Cnut nevertheless reserved England for Harold, Denmark for Harthacnut ).

* November 14-A public festival is held in Denmark to celebrate the 70th birthday of Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger.

As Adam of Bremen reported in 1076, the Eider River was the border between Denmark and the Saxon territories.

Chronicler Adam of Bremen tells that Harthacnut came from Northmania to Denmark and seized power in the early 10th century.

Sweyn encouraged the building of churches all over Denmark, and Adam of Bremen was astounded that there were 300 churches in Scania alone, more than in all the other countries of the north put together.

He is the source of much of our current knowledge about Denmark and Sweden in the 9th and 10th centuries, having told the story of his ancestry to historian Adam of Bremen around 1070.

Adam had heard the story from King Sweyn II of Denmark.

He is also remembered for the incidental music he wrote for Adam Oehlenschläger's play Aladdin as well as for the songs he set to music, many of which are still popular in Denmark.

Adam of Bremen states that Olaf Tryggvason's Danish wife, Thyri, egged him on to make war against Denmark.

According to Adam of Bremen, he also briefly controlled Denmark after having defeated Sweyn Forkbeard.

Adam of Bremen relates that Eric was baptised in Denmark but that he forgot about the Christian faith after he returned to Sweden.

* Adam of Bremen writes almost a century later that a Polish princess-the sister or daughter of Boleslaw I of Poland-was the wife of Eric the Victorious and by this marriage the mother of Olof Skötkonung of Sweden, before she became mother of Canute the Great and Harold II of Denmark in her second marriage with Sweyn.

In Skåne alone there were around 300 churches when Adam of Bremen visited Denmark in the first half of the 11th century, but how many of those were stave churches or post churches is unknown.

Count Adam Wilhelm Moltke ( 25 August 1785 – 15 February 1864 ) was Prime Minister of Denmark from 1848 to 1852.

Adam Wilhelm Moltke was the grandson of Adam Gottlob Moltke, the influential Lord Steward and companion of Frederik V of Denmark, and the son of Prime Minister Joachim Godske Moltke.

According to clergyman Adam of Bremen who came from Germany to record the history of the Archbishops of Bremen, in the 890s king Helghe was deposed and Denmark was conquered by Swedes led by Olof the Brash.