Abstract
Evidence of habitation exists from the Boiling period (12500–12000 BC). By 7700 BC reindeer hunters were settled on the Jutland Peninsula and around 3900 BC agriculture developed. Metal tools and weapons were imported in the Dagger Period (c. 2000 BC) but trading stations on the coast did not appear until around AD 300. The first towns developed in the Germanic Iron Age (AD 400–750). The first trading market was held in the 8th century in Hedeby. Denmark was converted to Christianity in 860 when Ansgar built churches in Hedeby and Ribe.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Further Reading
Statistical Information: Danmarks Statistik (Sejrøgade 11, DK-2100 Copenhagen 0. Website: http://www.dst.dk/) was founded in 1849 and reorganized in 1966 as an independent institution; it is administratively placed under the Minister of Economic Affairs. Its main publications are: Statistisk Årbog (Statistical Yearbook). From 1896: Statistiske Efterretninger (Statistical News). Konjunktur Statistik (Main indicators); Statistisk Tiårsoversigt (Statistical Ten-Year Review).
Dani a polyglott a. Annual Bibliography of Books … in Foreign Languages Printed in Denmark. State Library, Copenhagen. Annual
Kongelig Dansk Hof og Statskalender. Copenhagen. Annual
Jespersen, Knud J. V., History of Denmark. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2004
Larsen, Henrik, Analysing Small State Foreign Policy in the EU: The Case of Denmark. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, 2005
Petersson, O., The Government and Politics of the Nordic Countries. Stockholm, 1994
Turner, Barry, (ed.) Scandinavia Profiled. Macmillan, London, 2000
National library: Det kongelige Bibliotek, POB 2149, DK-1016 Copenhagen K. Director: Erland Kolding Nielsen.
National Statistical Office: Statistics Denmark, Sejrøgade 11, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø. Director General: Jan Plovsing.
Websites: http://www.dst.dk/; http://www.statbank.dk/
Árbók fyri Føroyar. Annual.
Rutherford, G. K. (ed.) The Physical Environment of the Fœroe Islands. The Hague, 1982
Wylie, J., The Faroe Islands: Interpretations of History Lexington, 1987
National Statistical Office: Hagstova Føroya, Glyvursvegur 1, PO Box 2068,FO-165 Argir.
Website: http://www.hagstova.fo
Statistics Greenland. Greenland 2001–2002 in English. Greenland in Figures 2007 in English
Gad, F., A History of Greenland. 2 vols. London, 1970–73 Greenland National Library, P.O. Box 1011, DK-3900 Nuuk
National Statistical Office: Statistics Greenland, PO Box 1025, DK-3900
Nuuk. Website: http://www.statgreen.gl
Editor information
Copyright information
© 2008 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Turner, B. (2008). Denmark. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-74027-7_156
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-74027-7_156
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-4039-9278-9
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-74027-7
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)