" Other prestigious architectural awards are the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, the Richard H. Driehaus Prize for Classical Architecture, the Alvar Aalto Medal ( Finland ), the Carlsberg Architecture Prize ( Denmark ), and the Governor General's Awards ( Canada ).

During the civil war following the death of Eric III of Denmark in 1146, Absalon travelled abroad to study theology in Paris, while Esbern fought for Valdemar's ascension to the throne.

His policy of expansion was to give Denmark the dominion of the Baltic for three generations.

He founded the Carnegie Hero Fund for the United States and Canada in 1904 ( a few years later also established in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Norway, Sweden, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, and Germany ) for the recognition of deeds of heroism.

) Hilton also claims a Roman Catholic monarch would therefore be unable to be crowned by the Archbishop of Canterbury and points to the examples of European states that have similar religious provisions for their monarchs: Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, whose constitutions compel their monarchs to be Lutherans, the Netherlands, the constitution of which insists its monarchs be members of the Protestant House of Orange, and Belgium, which has a constitution that provides for the succession to be through Roman Catholic houses.

In 1917, the United States purchased St. John, St. Thomas, and St. Croix from Denmark for US $ 25 million, renaming them the United States Virgin Islands.

Bjarne Stroustrup (); born December 30, 1950 in Århus, Denmark ) is a Danish computer scientist, most notable for the creation and the development of the widely used C ++ programming language.

In August 2010, Bardot addressed a letter to the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II of Denmark, appealing for the sovereign to halt the killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands.

In the letter, Bardot describes the activity as a " macabre spectacle " that " is a shame for Denmark and the Faroe Islands ...

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.

The Copenhagen Casino was a theatre, known for the use made of its hall for mass public meetings during the 1848 Revolution which made Denmark a constitutional monarchy.

In the Netherlands, Denmark and in Belgium, for example, the Monarch formally appoints a representative to preside over the creation of a coalition government following a parliamentary election, while in Norway the King chairs special meetings of the cabinet.

The Presidency of the Council is not a single post, but is held by a member state's government ( Denmark for the first half of 2012 ).

Advocates for a northern homeland point to Greek and Roman sources that associate the Cimbri with the peninsula of Jutland, Denmark.

On one occasion in 1709, for instance, Frederick IV of Denmark, also paid them a visit and he was greeted as their King.

The central statistical office, Statistics Denmark is responsible for compiling these data.

On the right hand side of the tag it says Danmark, the Danish word for " Denmark ".

As a unique thing, Denmark has a VIN-system for bicycles which is mandatory by law.

There is no law stipulating an official language for Denmark, making Danish the de facto language only.

Original located at Statens Museum for Kunst, Denmark

* Members of royal families ( princes and princesses ) generally have the style of Royal Highness, although in some royal families ( for instance, Denmark ), more junior princes and princesses only bear the style of His or Her Highness.

But while, for instance, Glasgow, Scotland at 55 ° 51 ′ N and Copenhagen, Denmark at 55 ° 40 ′ N get a few hours of " night feeling ", Oslo, Norway at 59 ° 56 ′ N and Stockholm, Sweden at 59 ° 19 ′ N seems very bright all the time the sun is below the horizon.

An article drafted by Austria, intended to safeguard the settlement of 1852, was replaced at Bismarck's instance by another which stated that the two powers would decide only in concert on the relations of the duchies, and that they would in no case determine the question of the succession save by mutual consent ; and Bismarck issued an ultimatum to Denmark demanding that the November Constitution should be abolished within 48 hours.

Although the term has didactic merits, for instance when used in conjunction with the term Denmark-Norway, it is misleading because from the Middle Ages up to 1809 what now is Finland was an integrated part of the Swedish kingdom, whereas Denmark and Norway were two sovereign kingdoms which were united in 1380.

For instance, in northern Denmark, various spices are added to snaps to produce a version called " bjesk ", which roughly translated means “ bitter ”.

It was also sold to France, Switzerland, Denmark and USA and was used in for instance the Boeing B-47 Stratojet.

For instance: Carlsberg Pilsner ( often called " Hof " in Denmark ), Grøn Tuborg, Royal Pilsner.

Azerbaijan currently has diplomatic relations with 160 countries: Afghanistan, Bahrain, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, the People's Republic of China, Denmark, Egypt, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Greece, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Kuwait, Libya, Luxembourg, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Republic of India, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Togo, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

Stroustrup has a master's degree in mathematics and computer science ( 1975 ) from the University of Aarhus, Denmark, and a Ph. D. in computer science ( 1979 ) from the University of Cambridge, England, where he was a student at Churchill College.

Strategically located in the Baltic Sea, Bornholm has been a bone of contention usually ruled by Denmark, but also by Lübeck and Sweden.

While initiated in England, competitive men's badminton in Europe has traditionally been dominated by Denmark.

Denmark has 443 named islands, of which 72 are inhabited (, Statistics Denmark ).

Denmark also has a concept of " total defence " ().

Denmark has long had good relations with other nations.

Denmark also strongly supported American operations in Afghanistan and has contributed both monetarily and materially to the ISAF.

Denmark has been a member of NATO since its founding in 1949, and membership in NATO remains highly popular.

With the end of the Cold War, however, Denmark has been supportive of U. S. policy objectives in the Alliance.

It has been suggested that this means they are related to the passage graves found in Denmark and elsewhere.

In another record by Petrus Olai called " Danmarks Tolv Herligheder " ( Twelve Splendours of Denmark ), in splendour number nine, the same story is re-told almost to the word ; however, a paragraph has been inserted correcting the year to 1219.

According to the project's Facebook group, the English-language DVD has been released in Denmark on April 16, 2011 and is available internationally through the website forlaget-afart. dk /.

In Germany, Switzerland and Denmark, and especially among Lutherans, the term has continued to be used in a broad sense.

Finland has the 4th largest knowledge economy in Europe, behind Sweden, Denmark and the UK.

Floorball is most popular in areas where the sport has developed the longest, such as the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

Denmark has an embassy in Kabul.

Denmark has 760 soldiers in Afghanistan, operating without caveat and concentrated in Helmand province.

Since the fall of the Taleban in 2001, Denmark has supported Afghanistan with education and democratisation.

The present economy consists of a big public sector and comprehensive foreign trade, which has resulted in an economy with periods of strong growth, considerable inflation, unemployment problems and extreme dependence on capital inflow from Denmark and use of outside, mainly Danish, skilled labor.

Claudius convinces Laertes that Hamlet is solely responsible ; then news arrives that Hamlet is still alive — a story is spread that his ship was attacked by pirates on the way to England, and he has returned to Denmark.

Recently, there has been much interest in the possibility of exploiting seabed resources in the Arctic Ocean, bordered by Canada, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Russia and the United States ( see Territorial claims in the Arctic ).