The land on the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States ( Alaska ), Canada, Denmark ( Greenland ), and Iceland ( where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey ).

The pirates had raided the Danish coasts during the civil war of Sweyn III, Canute V, and Valdemar, to the point where at the accession of Valdemar one-third of Denmark lay wasted and depopulated.

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.

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.

Instead of the traditional adaptative foreign policy of the small country, Denmark is today pursuing an active foreign policy, where human rights, democracy and other crucial values is to be defended actively.

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.

During World War I the use of flashbacks occurred in films from all the major European film-making countries as well, from Italy ( Tigre reale ) to Denmark ( Evangeliemandens Liv ) to Russia ( Grezy and Posle smerti ), where it arrived in 1915.

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.

Germany, Italy, Sweden and Denmark are examples of developed nations where there is no minimum wage that is required by legislation.

With the outbreak of a Dano-Swedish war, he continued his fight against Sweden in Denmark, from where he " returned across the sea " to fight the invaders alongside the king who was then at the Royal Castle in Poznań.

In 1864, Nicholas, or " Nixa " as he was known in his family, went to Denmark where he was betrothed to Dagmar.

In the later 1960s psychedelic scenes developed in a large number of countries in continental Europe, including the Netherlands with bands like The Outsiders, Denmark where it was pioneered by Steppeulvene, and Germany, where musicians began to fuse music of psychedelia and the electronic avant-garde.

A test Soviet connection to Austria in 1982 existed, in 1982 and 1983 there were series of " world computer conferences " at VNIIPAS initiated by the U. N. where USSR was represented by a team of scientists from many Soviet Republics headed by biochemist Anatoly Klyosov ; the other participating countries were UK, USA, Canada, Sweden, FRG, GDR, Italy, Finland, Philippines, Guatemala, Japan, Thailand, Luxembourg, Denmark, Brazil and New Zealand.

Jakobson escaped from Prague at the beginning of WWII daringly via Berlin for Denmark, where he was associated with the Copenhagen linguistic circle, and such intellectuals as Louis Hjelmslev.

They were sent east where they were used by auxiliary police units and west to be used by Germanic-SS units such as the ones in Holland and Denmark.

During a meeting on what is thought to be Beckholmen outside of djurgården, Christian swore that all acts against him would be forgotten and gave pardon to several named persons ( including Gustav Vasa who had escaped Denmark where he had been held hostage.

The meteorological reckoning of seasons is used in Austria, Denmark and the former USSR ; it is also used by many in the United Kingdom, where summer is thought of as extending from mid-May to mid-August.

His next film, the English-language Dear Wendy ( 2005 ), scripted by Lars von Trier, also flopped, even in his native Denmark where it sold only 14, 521 tickets.

* The city of Oslo in Norway is destroyed by fire for the fourteenth time ; King Christian IV of Denmark – Norway decrees its rebuilding on a new site where it will be renamed Christiania.

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.

He went to Denmark ( where his brother-in-law was chaplain to the king ), then to Wesel, and finally back to Bergzabern.

Between 1019 and 1023 he accompanied Cnut on an expedition to Denmark, where he distinguished himself, and shortly afterwards married Gytha, the sister of the Danish earl, Ulf, who was married to Cnut's sister, Estrid.

Since the Northern Crusades Estonia became a battleground for centuries where Denmark, Germany, Russia, Sweden and Poland fought their many wars over controlling the important geographical position of the country as a gateway between East and West.

The polka also migrated to the Nordic countries where it is known by a variety of names in Denmark ( galopp, hopsa ), Estonia ( polka ), Finland ( pariisipolkka, polkka ), Iceland, Norway ( galopp, hamborgar, hopsa / hopsar, parisarpolka, polka, polkett, skotsk ) and Sweden ( polka ).

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.

The castle is situated on the extreme northeastern tip of the island of Zealand at the narrowest point of the Øresund, the sound between Denmark and Sweden.

But Denmark was by chance the one-in-fifty in which an extreme value of the test statistic happened ; one expects such extreme cases one time in fifty on average if no effect is present.

Early 2002 saw the release of ‘ Recounts of Disembodiment ’ on Denmark ’ s Mighty Music, an album which went down exceptionally well with the followers of this extreme form of music.

It is commonly grown in gardens in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, the Southeastern and Pacific Northwestern United States and California, coastal regions of British Columbia, as well as extreme southern hemisphere locations, such as Tasmania.

The Greenland and Iceland population winter in Great Britain, while the Svalbard population winters in the Netherlands and Denmark, with small numbers also in Norway ( where it is common on migration ), northern Germany, and Belgium.

The nominate subspecies breeds from southern Sweden and Denmark through central and eastern Europe east to western Siberia, and winters mainly in the North and Baltic Seas, with smaller numbers in the Adriatic, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Mediterranean and on inland lakes.

In Europe it winters in western regions from Iceland, Norway and Denmark southwards.

These birds spend the winters in the British Isles, western Norway, the southern tip of Sweden, the coast from Brittany to Poland, including all of Denmark, the Alps, the eastern Adriatic Sea, the northern and western Black sea and the southwestern Caspian Sea.

They lived in Denmark in the winters and in Augustenburg during the summers, where she held a lively court, where artists, such as the poet Jens Baggesen, were among her admirers.

Today, his descendants can be found in many places outside of Afghanistan, such as in America, France, Germany, and even in Scandinavian countries such as Denmark and carry the surname of Ziyaee, which is itself a derivative of the King's title.

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.

According to this view, Beowulf can largely be seen to be the product of antiquarian interests and that it tells readers more about " an 11th-century Anglo-Saxon ’ s notions about Denmark, and its pre-history, than it does about the age of Bede and a 7th-or 8th-century Anglo-Saxon ’ s notions about his ancestors ’ homeland.

The national Coat of Arms of Estonia, three blue lions on a golden shield, is almost identical to the Coat of Arms of Denmark, and its origin can be traced directly back to King Valdemar II and Danish rule in Estonia 1219-1346.

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 %.

In Denmark too, church wall paintings or kalkmalerier were widely used in the Middle Ages ( first Romanesque then Gothic ) and can be seen in some 600 Danish churches as well as in churches in the south of Sweden which was Danish at the time.

In Denmark, old ballads mention a closed Ring dance which can open into a Chain dance.

In Denmark, after a law has been passed by parliament, one third of the members can demand a referendum.

The Constitution of Denmark can be changed only after a referendum.

An example is Indfødsret in Denmark, which provides that upon reaching 18, non-citizen residents can decide to take a test to gain citizenship.

A study by researchers in Denmark suggests that information on self-reported days of absence due to sickness can be used to effectively identify future potential groups for disability pension.

In Denmark, doughnuts exist in their " American " shape, and these can be obtained from various stores, e. g. McDonald's and most gas stations.

It can be crossed by ferries travelling between the seaports of Puttgarden, Germany, and Rødbyhavn, Denmark.

Interesting locations in the municipality includes a monument honouring the Treaty of Brömsebro between Denmark and Sweden 1645, and the Garpen lighthouse, located on a small islet outside the coast, where one can spend the night on a hostel.

It can also refer to the similar system under which Greenland and the Faroe Islands are associated with Denmark.

The danish as consumed in Denmark can be topped with chocolate, sugar or icing, and may be stuffed with either jam, marzipan or custard.

The constitution can be seen as a first precursor to the Treaty of Ribe and similarly laying down the principle of separation between the Duchy of Schleswig and the Kingdom of Denmark and indeed uniting Schleswig and Holstein for the first time, though in personal union.

The largest collection of Asger Jorn's works — including his major work Stalingrad — can be seen in the Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark.

In another article TNR favorably cited the example of Denmark as evidence that an expansive welfare state and high tax burden can be consistent with, and in some ways contribute to, a strong economy.

You can also shop to your heart's delight in the shopping centres RingStedet and Premier Outlets Center, the only one of its kind in Denmark.

Danish sculpture as a nationally recognized art form can be traced back to 1752 when Jacques Saly was commissioned to execute a statue of King Frederick V of Denmark on horseback.

For example, in Denmark a visa holder can apply to the Danish Immigration Service for a Residence Permit after they have arrived in the country.

The signals from the terrestrial transmitters in Sweden can be received in some areas of Denmark and Norway as well as in northernmost Finland near Sweden.

In Denmark, some welfare benefits can be confiscated for a period if the child does not attend school.