He grew up at the castle of his father, and was brought up alongside his older brother Esbern Snare and the young prince Valdemar, who later became King Valdemar I of Denmark.

First documented in the 11th century, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the beginning of the 15th century.

Norwegian supremacy continued until 1380, when the islands became part of the dual monarchy Denmark – Norway.

Under his rule the kingdom became the centre of government for an empire which also included Denmark and Norway.

Claudius ( played by Kyle MacLachlan ) became the CEO of " Denmark Corporation ", having taken over the company by killing his brother.

Hedeby was the largest Nordic city during the Viking Age and used to be the oldest city in Denmark until the site became part of Germany.

He became Elector of Brandenburg upon his father's death in January 1499, and soon afterwards married Elizabeth of Denmark, daughter of King John of Denmark.

But his wife, against his will, like her brother King Christian of Denmark, became Lutheran, and in 1528 fled for safety to Saxony.

Diverging interests ( especially the Swedish nobility's dissatisfaction over the dominant role played by Denmark and Holstein ) gave rise to a conflict that would hamper the union in several intervals from the 1430s until its breakup in 1523 when Gustav Vasa became king of Sweden.

After Boleslaw's death, the Duchy of Pomerania regained independence, before the dukes became vassals of Denmark and the Holy Roman Empire in the late 12th century.

While Lübeck and the Hanseatic League prevailed in conflicts in 1435 and 1512, Lübeck lost when it became involved in the Count's Feud, a civil war that raged in Denmark from 1534 to 1536.

Mercantilism became prominent in Central Europe and Scandinavia after the Thirty Years ' War ( 1618 – 1648 ), with Christina of Sweden, Jacob Kettler of Courland, Christian IV of Denmark being notable proponents.

In 1852, Dagmar's father became heir-presumptive to the throne of Denmark, largely due to the succession rights of his wife Louise as niece of King Christian VIII.

Dagmar's father became King of Denmark in 1863 upon the death of King Frederick VII.

Her eldest brother became King Frederick VIII of Denmark.

In 1949, Norway, Denmark, and Iceland became founding members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization for their defense against Germany, the Soviet Union, and all other potential invaders, and these three countries remain members as of 2011.

As an important port for trade between Russia and Scandinavia, it became a target for the expansion of the Teutonic Knights and the Kingdom of Denmark during the period of Northern Crusades in the beginning of the 13th century when Christianity was forcibly imposed on the local population.

After Cnut's death in 1035 the English throne fell to Harold Harefoot, his son by his first wife, while Harthacnut, his son by Emma, became king in Denmark.

It became known in Denmark under the name Polygon ( though Hein called it CON-TAC-TIX ); Nash's fellow players at first called the game Nash.

Utzon was born in Copenhagen, the son of a naval engineer, and grew up in Aalborg, Denmark, where he became interested in ships and a possible naval career.

In the other main round group, Iceland became the third Nordic team to qualify after defeating Germany in the final match, but both Denmark and Iceland were soundly beaten in the semi-finals – Denmark lost 23 – 28 to Germany, while Sweden defeated Iceland by 11 goals.

From bridgeheads in Stralsund ( 1628 ) and Pomerania ( 1630 ), the Swedish army advanced to the south of the Holy Roman Empire, and in a side theater of the war deprived Denmark – Norway of Danish Estonia, Jämtland, Gotland, Halland, Härjedalen, Idre and Särna, became exempted from the Sound Dues, and established claims to Bremen-Verden, all of which was formalized in the Treaty of Brömsebro ( 1645 ).

Magnus I took of control of Norway, but Harthacnut succeeded as King of Denmark, and became King of England in 1040 after the death of his half-brother Harold Harefoot.

In addition, there is a small community of Danish speakers in Southern Schleswig, the portion of Germany bordering Denmark, where it is an officially recognised regional language, just as German is north of the border.

* Denmark had officially declared having 6 factories producing land mines in 1995 but production ceased since ratification of the Ottawa treaty.

As of 2007, Ásatrú is a religion officially recognized by the governments of Iceland, Norway, Denmark, and Sweden.

As a result of his defeat, Otto II officially annexed Denmark into the Empire and exiled Harald to Norway.

Olof Palme carried out major reforms in the Swedish constitution such as orchestrating a switch from bicameralism to unicameralism in 1969 and in 1975 replacing the 166-year-old Instrument of Government ( at the time the oldest political constitution in the world after that of the United States ) with a new one officially establishing parliamentary democracy rather than de jure monarchic autocracy, abolishing the Privy Council of Sweden and stripping King Carl XVI Gustav of most rights held even by ceremonial monarchs in Denmark, Norway and the United Kingdom.

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From 1933, the institution was officially known as Danmarks tekniske Højskole ( DtH ), which usually was translated as the ' Technical University of Denmark '.

Ireland officially joined, along with its nearest neighbour, the United Kingdom and Denmark, on 1 January 1973.

Rosa created Guardians of the Lost Library at the request of Scandinavia-based, European Disney publisher Egmont in reference to the fact that Norway had officially declared 1993 to be " The Year of The Book " in order to promote reading ( as the story was published in Norway and Denmark in 1993, one year prior to its first edition in the original English ).

England, Denmark and Germany were officially represented.

During the reign of Gorm, most Danes still worshipped the Norse gods, but during the reign of Gorm's son, Harold Bluetooth, Denmark officially converted to Christianity.

The Queen Alexandra Sanitorium, named after Alexandra of Denmark, wife of King Edward VII, was officially opened on April 5 of that year by Governor General Earl Grey.

* 15 – Stephen Brady and his partner Peter Stephens became the world's first officially acknowledged gay ambassadorial couple, when Brady, accompanied by Stephens, presented his credentials as Australia's Ambassador to Denmark to Queen Margrethe II of Denmark.

In Denmark the yellow ribbon has become the more or less official ( though not directly officially endorsed by the countries ' armed forces ) symbol for support of troops in missions.

Anders Fogh Rasmussen also became the first Danish prime minister to officially denounce the Danish collaboration policy during the second world war as wrong, arguing " If every country had done as Denmark ( i. e. given up without a fight ), the outcome of the war would have been clear.

* since Magnus III of Sweden until accession of Charles XVI Gustav, Sweden's monarchs were officially titled King of the Goths ; and quite parallelly, since Valdemar IV's conquest of Gotland until accession of Margarethe II of Denmark, Denmark's monarchs were similarly titled.

Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark officially opened the building and declared that Chang " was an original thinker and saw the need for research and the development of heart assist devices and, not least, he is known for his legendary caring for his patients and their families ".

In Denmark proper, existence of the Faroese króna is poorly known, particularly the fact that it is officially the same currency as the Danish krone and that the notes can be exchanged by any Danish bank without charge.

It officially comprises the local government areas of Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Denmark, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Katanning, Kent, Kojonup, Plantagenet and Woodanilling.

::* The word Lego is officially registered in Denmark.

* 1870: The park is officially opened and named after Princess Alexandra of Denmark who was the wife of the future King Edward VII.