About 90 results for ‘Denmark’
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Denmark
The Kingdom of Denmark is a constitutional monarchy and sovereign state consisting the country of Denmark in northern Europe and two autonomous constituent countries, the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. The kingdom is a unitary state with some power being devolved from Denmark proper to Greenland and the Faroe Islands; this polity is referred to as the Danish Realm. Denmark proper is the hegemonial area, where judicial, executive, and legislative power resides. The Faroe Islands are defined to be a community of people within the kingdom, and the Greenlandic people are defined as a separate people with the right to self-determination. Denmark is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, located southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. The country consists of a large peninsula, Jutland and many islands, most notably Zealand, Funen, Lolland, Falster and Bornholm, as well as hundreds of minor islands often referred to as the Danish Archipelago. Denmark's history has particularly been influenced by its geographical location between the North and Baltic seas. This meant that it was between Sweden and Germany and thus at the center of the mutual struggle for control of the Baltic Sea; before the digging of the Kiel Canal, water passage to the Baltic Sea was possible only through the three channels known as the "Danish straits". Denmark was long in disputes with Sweden over control of Skånelandene and Norway, and in disputes with the Hanseatic League over the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein (a German fief). Eventually Denmark lost the conflicts and ended up ceding first Skånelandene to Sweden and later Schleswig-Holstein to the German Empire. Denmark obtained Greenland and the Faroe Islands in 1814 after the dissolution of a personal union with Norway, although the Danish monarchy, which had ruled over both Norway and Denmark, had been in possession of the colonies since the fourteenth century. The Faroe Islands and Greenland both became integral parts of the Danish Realm in the twentieth century and were granted home rule in 1948 and 1979 respectively. Denmark became a member of the European Union in 1973 but remains outside the Eurozone, while both Greenland and the Faroe Islands have opted to remain outside the EU entirely. A founding member of NATO and the OECD, Denmark is also a member of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). With a mixed market economy and a large welfare state, Denmark ranks as having the world's highest level of income equality. The country has the world's seventh highest per capita income. It has frequently ranked as the happiest and least corrupt country in the world. In 2011, Denmark was listed 16th on the Human Development Index (8th on the inequality-adjusted HDI), 3rd on the Democracy Index and 2nd on the Corruption Perceptions Index. The national language, Danish, is closely related to Swedish and Norwegian, with which it shares strong cultural and historical ties. Denmark, along with Sweden and Norway, is part of the cultural region known as "Scandinavia" and is also a member of the Nordic Council.
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- Artist(s):
- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
LE PORT DE DRAGOR (DANEMARK)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Denmark
- House
- Island
- Landscape
- Port (disambiguation)
- Sailing ship
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- Date:
- 19th century
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RIVAGE A EMILIEKILDE (DANEMARK)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Copenhagen
- Deciduous
- House
- Landscape
- Watercourse
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- Date:
- 19th century
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JARDIN A RINGSTED AVEC UNE VIEILLE CUVE BAPTISMALE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Fruit tree
- Garden
- Man
- Ringsted
- Woman
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- Date:
- 19th century
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BATEAUX DE PECHE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Batoidea
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Sailing ship
- Skagen
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- Date:
- 19th century
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INTERIEUR
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Bottle
- Fauteuil
- Pendulum clock
- Sideboard
- Table (furniture)
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
UN ANCIEN PAQUEBOT DANOIS ALLANT VENT ARRIERE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Landscape
- Sailing ship
- Sailor
- Sea
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- Date:
- 19th century
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LE TSAR PAUL IER DE RUSSIE ENFANT (1754-1801)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Child
- Paul I of Russia
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 18th century
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SARPS-FOSSEN (CHUTE D'EAU)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Denmark
- House
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Norway
- Sailing ship
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Peder Balke
VUE DE VAER-OE (AUJOURD'HUI VAEROY)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Denmark
- Landscape
- Littoral zone
- Mountain
- Norway
- Sailing ship
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Peder Balke
VUE DE PARADIS BAKKEN (LA COTE DU PARADIS)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Peder Balke
VUE DE STAPPENA DEPUIS FLAVOEN (AUJOURD'HUI FLAVO)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Constantin Hansen
JEUNES GARCONS JOUANT AUX DES DEVANT LE CHATEAU DE CHRIST...
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Boy
- Château
- Copenhagen
- Entertainment
- Foot
- List of dice games
- …
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- Date:
- 19th century
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PORTRAIT D'ADOLPHINE KOBKE
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Portrayed subject:
- Collar (clothing)
- Dress
- Girl
- Portrait
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg
LE MODELE (TRINE NIELSEN)
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- Field(s):
- Painting
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- Date:
- 19th century
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- Artist(s):
- Louis Carrogis Carmontelle
Mr le baron de Gleichen, envoyé de Danemark
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- Field(s):
- Drawing
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- Date:
- 18th century
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