The Danish historian Caspar Paludan-Müller in 1873 in his book " Sagnet om den himmelfaldne Danebrogsfane " put forth the theory that it is a banner sent by the Pope to the Danish King to use in his crusades in the Baltic countries.

A theory brought forth by the Danish historian Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen in 1875 in his book " Danebroges Oprindelse " is that the Danish flag is the banner of the Knights Hospitaller.

It is unknown how the word Lapp came into the Norse language, but it may have been introduced by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus to distinguish between Fish-Fennians ( coastal tribes ) and Lap-Fennians ( forest tribes ), supporting the second etymology.

In an interview with Richardson in 1979, Danish historian Mikael Venge, author of the article about Christian II in Dansk Biografisk Leksikon said: " I think you ought to protest the next time the Swedish radio claims anything so utterly unfounded that could be understood as if the Danes approved of the Stockholm bloodbath.

Vikings appear in several books by the Danish American writer Poul Anderson, while British explorer, historian and writer Tim Severin authored a trilogy of novels in 2005 about a young Viking adventurer Thorgils Leifsson, who travels around the world.

* Saxo Grammaticus, Danish historian ( b. 1150 )

* Saxo Grammaticus, Danish historian ( d. 1220 )

The IHR published the non-peer reviewed Journal of Historical Review, which its critics ( including the ADL, the Danish Center for Holocaust and Genocide studies, and other scholars, such as Robert Hanyok, a National Security Agency historian ,) accused of being pseudo-scientific.

Saxo Grammaticus ( c. 1150 – 1220 ) also known as Saxo cognomine Longus was a Danish historian, thought to have been a secular clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, foremost advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark.

There are even differences between Saxo's work, and that of fellow Danish historian Sven Aggesen.

His son in law was the Danish physician and natural historian, Ole Worm, who married Fincke's daughter Dorothea.

A third faction comprised those who simply denied there was any “ general crisis ,” such as the Dutch historian Ivo Schöffer, the Danish historian Niels Steengsgaard, and the Soviet historian A. D. Lublinskaya.

Reiske died in Leipzig on 14 August 1774, and his manuscript remains passed, through Lessing's mediation, to the Danish historian P. F.

* Danish Pastry from food historian Barry Popik

* March 24-Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, Danish music historian, biographer of Mozart ( born 1761 )

Child carried his investigations into the ballads of languages other than English, engaging in extensive international correspondence on the subject with colleagues abroad, primarily with the Danish literary historian and ethnographer Svend Grundtvig, whose monumental twelve-volume compilation of Danish ballads, Danmarks gamle Folkeviser, vols.

* December 3-Ludvig Holberg, Danish / Norwegian essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright ( died 1754 )

Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig ( September 8, 1783 – September 2, 1872 ) (), most often referred to as simply N. F. S. Grundtvig, was a Danish pastor, author, poet, philosopher, historian, teacher, and politician.

* Tina Mette Rasmussen, Danish historian

Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum was not finished until after the death of Absalon, but Absalon was one of the chief heroic figures of the chronicle, which was to be the main source of knowledge about early Danish history.

In the 12th century, Danish accounts by Saxo Grammaticus and other Danish Latin chroniclers recorded a euhemerized account of his story.

The Danish flag from the front page of Christiern Pedersen ’ s version of Saxo ’ s Gesta Danorum, 1514.

Gesta Danorum (" Deeds of the Danes ") is a patriotic work of Danish history, by the 12th century author Saxo Grammaticus (" Saxo the Literate ", literally " the Grammarian ").

In 1510-1512, Christiern Pedersen, a Danish translator working in Paris, searched Denmark high and low for an existing copy of Saxo ’ s works, which by that time was nearly all but lost.

* Oliver Elton, published 1894, title: The First Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus

* Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum, from the Royal Library in Copenhagen, Danish and Latin.

He has been identified with Uffo ( also Uffe, Uffi of Jutland ), a legendary Danish king in the Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus.

The Old English poem Widsith ( 9th century ) refers briefly to his victorious single combat, a story which is related at length by the 12th-century Danish historians Saxo and Svend Aggesen.

Sven Aggesen, a Danish nobleman and author of a slightly earlier history of Denmark than Saxo's, describes his contemporary, Saxo, as his contubernalis meaning tent-comrade.

* Elton, Oliver ( 1905 ) The Nine Books of the Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus.

The Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus held Odin himself to have resided in Gamla Uppsala far back in the mists of time:

Fróði (; ; Middle High German: Vruote ) is the name of a number of legendary Danish kings in various texts including Beowulf, Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda and his Ynglinga saga, Saxo Grammaticus ' Gesta Danorum, and the Grottasöngr.

Though Icelandic sources make this Fróði a very early Danish king, in Gesta Danorum ( Book 5 ), Saxo puts him late in his series of rulers, though including the chronological equation with Augustus and mentioning the birth of Christ.

The third, and arguably the most important record, comes from the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, who in his Gesta Danorum described the war fought in 1168 by the Danish king Valdemar I against the Wends of Rügen, the conquest of their city at cape Arkona and the destruction of the grand temple of Svantevit that stood there.

The 12th c. Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus was not familiar with the character and Ogier has not been connected to any historic event in Denmark.

The later Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus made use of and expanded Adam of Bremen's account in his Gesta Danorum ( ca.

According to the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus, he got the nickname because he was forced to flee from an attack in his bare feet.

* Saxo Grammaticus ( c. 1150 – 1220 ), Danish historian

* Saxo Grammaticus ( circa 1150-1220 ), Danish medieval historian

The Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus would repeat this information, writing that Eric the Victorious ' widow Syritha had married Sweyn Forkbeard after having spurned Olaf Trygvasson.

The book uses " Lap " mainly to notice that Samis are still pagan and it is concluded that Lap is a word introduced by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus ( ca.

Ski warfare, the use of ski-equipped troops in war, is first recorded by the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus in the 13th century.