He was born in the small Danish town of Rudkoebing on the island of Langeland in the south-central part of Denmark on August 14, 1777.

The university was the only one in Denmark and the status of professor represented the upper social level.

Finally, if the mission of the Trial was to convict anti-Semitism, how could it have failed to post before the world the contrasting fates of the countries in which the Final Solution was aided by native Jew-haters -- i.e., Germany, Poland, Hungary, Czechoslovakia -- and those in which it met the obstacle of human solidarity -- Denmark, Holland, Italy, Bulgaria, France??

Even when this elder brother first displayed symptoms of delicate health, the notion that he might die young was never taken seriously, and he was betrothed to the Princess Maria Feodorovna ( Dagmar of Denmark ).

He was the foremost politician and churchfather of Denmark in the second half of the 12th century, and was the closest advisor of King Valdemar I of Denmark.

Due to a name which is unusual in Denmark, it is speculated that he was christened on the Danish " Absalon " name day, October 30.

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.

Absalon's main political goal was to free Denmark from entanglements with the Holy Roman Empire.

When Valdemar returned to Denmark, he was convinced into strengthening the Danevirke fortifications at the German border, with the support of Absalon.

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

" Native Experience " was produced by Adrian Redmond of Channel 6 Television in Denmark.

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.

The market city municipalities were supervised by the county and not by the interior ministry as was the case in the rest of Denmark.

Bornholm Regional Municipality was not merged with other municipalities on 1 January 2007 as the result of the nationwide Kommunalreformen (" The Municipal Reform " of 2007 ), which is quite understandable, since the island, as can be seen on maps, is quite far from the rest of Denmark.

In Denmark, recent archaeological excavations at Lejre, where Scandinavian tradition located the seat of the Scyldings, i. e., Heorot, have revealed that a hall was built in the mid-6th century, exactly the time period of Beowulf.

By October 2007 bluetongue had become a serious threat in Scandinavia and Switzerland and the first outbreak in Denmark was reported.

The International Badminton Federation ( IBF ) ( now known as Badminton World Federation ) was established in 1934 with Canada, Denmark, England, France, the Netherlands, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland, and Wales as its founding members.

According to the London IPO filings, the management team was Philippe Kahn as President, Spencer Ozawa as VP of Operations, Marie Bourget as CFO, and Spencer Leyton as VP of business development, while all software development was continuing to take place in Denmark and later London as the Danish co-founders moved there.

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.

* 1843 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.

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

Danish is the national language of Denmark, and one of two official languages of the Faroes ( alongside Faroese ).

However, if one examines the few existing foreign sources about Denmark from the 13th to 15th centuries, it is apparent that, at least from foreign point of view ; the national symbol of Denmark was not a red-and-white banner but the royal coat of arms ( three blue lions on a golden shield.

As well as TU / e and Delft University of Technology, the top 10 also includes two universities in Japan ( Tokyo Institute of Technology and Keio University in Tokyo ), two in Sweden ( University of Gothenburg and KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm ), and one each in Denmark ( DTU Technical University of Denmark in Lyngby ), Finland ( University of Helsinki ), Norway ( Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim ) and the USA ( Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York ).

The independence movement dissolved on the one hand while Denmark found itself left with the Faroe Islands ' unpaid bills on the other.

By birthplace one can derive the following origins of the inhabitants: born on the Faroes 91. 7 %, in Denmark 5. 8 %, and in Greenland 0. 3 %.

The Faroes have one of the lowest unemployment rates in Europe, but this is not necessarily a sign of a recovering economy, as many young students move to Denmark and other countries once they are finished with high school.

At the time, the union between Sweden and Norway under one monarch, together with the fact that King Frederick VII of Denmark had no male heir, gave rise to the idea of reuniting the countries of the Kalmar Union, except for Finland.

Latvia, in whole or in parts, remained under foreign rule for the next eight centuries, finding itself at the cross-roads of all the regional superpowers of their day, including Denmark ( the Danes held on lands around the Gulf of Riga ), Sweden, and Russia, with southern ( Courland ) Latvia being at one time a vassal to Poland-Lithuania as well as Latgale falling directly under Poland-Lithuania rule.

As one example, Luftflotte 5 was created in 1940 to direct operations in Norway and Denmark, and other Luftflotten were created as necessary.

* The Nordic countries, the northwestern European countries of Scandinavia ( Denmark, Norway, Sweden ), as well as Iceland and Finland ; or a native of one of the Nordic countries

While the Swedes made only one failed foray into western Estonia in 1220, the Danish Fleet headed by King Valdemar II of Denmark had landed at the Estonian town of Lindanisse ( present-day Tallinn ) in 1219.

Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury, was born in Nevis ; he spent his childhood there and on St. Croix, then belonging to Denmark, and now one of the United States Virgin Islands.

The winner of the ' one hand ' competition in 1896 was Launceston Elliott, while the winner of the ' two hands ' event was Viggo Jensen of Denmark.

* The Kalmar Union is established in 1397, uniting Norway, Sweden and Denmark into one kingdom.

It was the last significant naval battle fought by squadrons of wooden ships and also the last one involving Denmark.

* August 15 – Tivoli Gardens, one of the oldest still intact amusement parks in the world, opens in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Later that evening, Denmark beat Russia and qualified for their third successive semi-final, one point behind Croatia.

He was also one of the guarantors of the integrity of Denmark ( the London Protocol, 8 May 1852 ).

The family also provided two Holy Roman Emperors ( 1328 / 1742 ), one King of the Romans ( 1400 ), two Anti-Kings of Bohemia ( 1619 / 1742 ), one King of Hungary ( 1305 ), one King of Denmark and Norway ( 1440 ) and a King of Greece ( 1832 – 1862 ).

The Swedish industry did not have this problem, as its production was more in balance with the market, and more importantly, the quality of its films was now superior to those from Denmark.

His fear of air travel frequently places severely limiting constraints on him and his crew, necessitating that virtually all of his films be shot in either Denmark or Sweden, even those set in the United States or other foreign countries.

Unlike China, which established new ties across a broad political spectrum, North Korea concentrated its diplomatic efforts in Europe with those countries with a strong communist or socialist party, such as Finland, West Germany, Sweden, and Denmark.

These devices, now known as Rube Goldberg machines, are similar to those drawn by W. Heath Robinson in the UK and Storm P in Denmark.

M. K. Lawson in his Dictionary of National Biography article on Harthacnut states that it is unclear whether Harthacnut was to have England as well as Denmark, but it was probably a reflection of a formal arrangement that mints south of the Thames produced silver pennies in his name, while those to the north were almost all Harold's.

After some five years of siege, Manuel II entrusted the city to his nephew and embarked ( along with a suite of 40 people ) on a long trip abroad to seek assistance against the Ottoman Empire from the courts of western Europe, including those of Henry IV of England ( making him the only Byzantine emperor ever to visit England – he was welcomed from December 1400 to January 1401 at Eltham Palace, and a joust took place in his honour ), Charles VI of France, the Holy Roman Empire, Queen Margaret I of Denmark and from Aragon.

As those nine MEPs did not entitle the Greens to form a parliamentary group on their own, they concluded an alliance with MEPs from Italy, Denmark, and regionalists from Flanders and Ireland to form the GRAEL ( Green Alternative European Link ) group, also known as the Rainbow group.

The fixed link has produced considerable time savings for those travelling between eastern and western Denmark.

Bolivia led a diplomatic effort to do so beginning in March 2009, but eighteen countries out of a total of 184, those 18 being listed as followed ( chronologically: the United States, Sweden, United Kingdom, Latvia, Japan, Canada, France, Germany, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Denmark, Estonia, Italy, Mexico, Russian Federation, Malaysia, Singapore, and Ukraine ) objected to the change before the January 2011 deadline.

This collection, which paralleled those by the Brothers Grimm in Germany and Hans Christian Andersen in Denmark, captured an important overview of the folk culture of the mountains and fjords.

Of his adolescent years, a remarkable picture is painted in Heimskringla, which recounts that Eric, aged twelve and seemingly possessed of prodigious valour and strength, embarked on a career of international piracy: four years were spent harrying the Baltic coasts and those of Denmark, Frisia and Germany (' Saxland '); another four years those of Scotland, Wales, Ireland and France ; and lastly, Lappland and Bjarmaland ( in what is now northern Russia ).

The battle has traditionally been presented as symbolising the end of the Viking Age, although in fact major Scandinavian campaigns in Britain and Ireland occurred in the following decades, notably those of King Sweyn Estrithson of Denmark in 1069 – 70 and King Magnus Barefoot of Norway in 1098 and 1102 – 03.

Outdoor work has been used effectively as a therapy to treat those with mood difficulties during the winter season in Denmark.

Beginning with Denmark in 1989, civil unions under one name or another have been established by law in several, mostly developed, countries in order to provide same-sex couples rights, benefits, and responsibilities similar ( in some countries, identical ) to those of different-sex civil marriages.

PTA may be performed directly by members of those parliaments ( e. g. in France and Finland ) or on their behalf by related TA institutions ( such as in the UK, in Germany and Denmark ) or by organisations not directly linked to a Parliament ( such as in the Netherlands and Switzerland ).

Several congregations were founded, such as those of Fredericia ( Denmark ), Berlin, Stockholm, Hamburg, Frankfurt, Helsinki, and Emden.

This claim is recognized by most countries with some exceptions, including the United States ; Denmark, Russia, and Norway have made claims similar to those of Canada in the Arctic and are opposed by the European Union and the U. S.

It was also noted the results of two studies ( one conducted in Germany, the other in Denmark ), which examined " ulcer relapse in healed patients " showed that the rate of relapse amongst those " healed " by the active drug treatment was five times that of those " healed " by the placebo treatment.

The reasons for this break are less clear and simple than those of the split with Austria, but there several key events occurred over the winter of 1799 – 1800 that helped: Bonaparte released 7, 000 captive Russian troops that Britain had refused to pay the ransom for ; Paul grew closer to the Scandinavian countries of Denmark and Sweden, whose claim to neutral shipping rights offended Britain ; Paul had the British ambassador in St. Petersburg recalled and Britain did not replace him, with no clear reason given as to why ; and Britain, needing to choose between their two allies, chose Austria, who had certainly committed to fighting Napoleon to the end.

He was born a prince of Greece and Denmark but renounced those titles and was created Duke of Edinburgh when he married the future Elizabeth II ( who was thereafter known as the Duchess of Edinburgh until she became queen in 1952 ).

In a speech to the Commons on 23 July 1863, Palmerston said the British government, like those of France and Russia, wished that " the independence, the integrity, and the rights of Denmark may be maintained.

We are convinced — I am convinced at least — that if any violent attempt were made to overthrow those rights and interfere with that independence, those who made the attempt would find in the result that it would not be Denmark alone with which they would have to contend ".