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Denmark
hey guys and welcome to this very first episode here at countries explained my name is Kennen and
I'll be your host today our mission is to provide you with amazing facts and knowledge from every
single country in the world each video will cover a unique country and we're giving you one episode
on a weekly basis because you know time time but hey maybe one day we're doing this thing full time
and can pump out videos on a daily basis let's see what happens yeah we honestly couldn't decide
what country to start with sure we could have gone alphabetically but it kind of felt like something
you'd do in 2006 right or we could have gone with the largest by population or something similar
yeah probably would have been a good idea anyways we decided to just put a big map on the wall she
won a piece of paper and shoot it through a straw where the wet paper landed that's the country
we're starting with and as you already know by the title of this video we hit Denmark with the wet
all flight piece of paper which if you think about it is kind of weird since it's one of the smaller
countries on the map but hey paper does fly in mysterious ways all right let's not waste any
more time here and instead jump straight into our very first video Denmark it's your time to shine
thank you so we're starting off with a segment we'd like to call Quick country overview not
too shabby of a segment title right Denmark is attached directly to the continent of Europe
where it's one of the smaller countries with an area of 43 095 kilometers squared however
the Kingdom of Denmark also includes the Pharaoh Islands as well as the island of Greenland bumping
the area up to a significant larger size of 2 million 210 579 kilometers squared Denmark is
also a part of Scandinavia which commonly is the term used for Denmark Norway and Sweden
while the term the nordics also includes Finland Iceland and their Associated territories such as
Greenland Faroe Islands and Orleans yes try to say it yourself it's not easy Denmark is connected to
Europe via its only on land neighbor Germany all the other borders are Maritime with Norway and
Sweden to the north and United Kingdom on the very far west all the way across the North Sea on the
opposite of Denmark being the east side we have the Baltic Sea and in between these we have three
passages which is called name from west to east skagarak katagat and the sound or actually it's
called oresoons probably isn't on point here the population of Denmark is around 5 million eight
hundred which ranks them pretty far down to the list of countries and dependent territories by
population and we can spot Denmark first at number 115 on this list that consists of 235 countries
and territories Danish or donsk is the official language and its closest relative is Norwegian
which is spoken in Norway but most educated Danes do speak a second language as well particularly
English but languages such as Turkish Arabic and German are also spoken at some scale as well as
a few other minority languages spoken mostly by members of the country's various ethnic groups
the official religion of Denmark is Evangelical Lutheran but the country practices religious
freedom even though an overwhelming majority of Danes about 85 percent of them remained members
of the state church called polka kirken but other than that you'll find Jewish synagogues mosques
and Roman Catholic churches around the country the flag of Denmark is called Donna broken and
it's red with a typical Scandinavian white cross that extends all the way to its edges
so the damage have taken pride in their classes in the Danes of the original of of this flag I'm not
sure if I saw a video that said that but I could be sure I saw a video that said that but it's kind
of cool that all the nordics and the Scandinavian countries I put nordics and Scandinavia together
because obviously uh all uh Nordic countries Scandinavian countries you get the point it's
the oldest continuously used national flag in the world dating back to the 15th of June 1219
so what's the history of see let's jump into our history segment and find out since the end
of the last ice age people have been migrating from the Eastern and Southern parts of Europe to
the Northern Area a place which today includes Denmark the rich soil closeness to water and
terrain has ever since helped shape Danish history and culture one of the most notorious periods in
Danish history is the age of the Vikings it began around 793 A.D Vikings with a raid on the English
tidal island of lindisfarm the Viking age lasted for about 250 years and under it Dana's Vikings
were quite Victorious under their time one Viking in particular called svensuke or Sweden Fork beer
if translated freely and his son canoe distoa which translates to something like Knute the
grain were once Kings of Denmark Norway Southern Sweden Greenland the feral Islands Shetland orkeny
and parts of England now that's a handful to keep track of Hurricane Christianity in 965 the Danish
King Herald Bluetooth yes we know that translation is amazing and he was way ahead of his time with
that name got baptized and the Christian religion became a big part of the Danish Society however it
didn't turn the one so brutal days into a people filled with peace and Harmony just yet they
continued to fight to maintain and expand their lands a few hundred years more the next major
part in Danish history came in trouble with the kalmar Union that brought the kingdoms of Norway
Denmark and Sweden together under a single Monarch under the leadership of Queen margareth the first
this peaceful union lasted until the year 1523 when Sweden decided to break out of it and this
was the starting point of a long rivalry between Sweden and Denmark in the end Denmark lost the war
to Sweden who took over the parts that today is Southern Sweden this loss was one that really made
Denmark into the country yo what bro I've never learned this history regarding Sweden and Denmark
I didn't knew that even the Vikings actually started in Denmark because according to this video
it seems as if the vigans actually started in Denmark I did not know this all along I've heard
about Vikings I'm talking about swedening what it is today they introduced hereditary and absolute
monarchy in the country and it helped them form the strong well-organized state it is today in
World War One Denmark remained neutral and after the war their economy started to evolve all until
April 9th 1940 when the still neutral Denmark was invaded by German troops overwhelmed by the German
war machine the country got occupied for five years under the Nazis but the light returned to
the Danish people on May 5th 1945 Denmark was free from the German occupation all thanks to the Grand
Alliance which consisted of the UK U.S and the Soviet Union Denmark's autonomous Wars again and
they became more and more internationally involved with increased exports of design Goods Furniture
bacon and butter today Denmark is a constitutional monarchy ruled by a representative democracy and a
strong defender of free trade and human rights so now you learned everything you need to know about
the history of Denmark so give countries explain some credit on your next essay will ya now let's
go over some of the interesting facts that you have all been waiting for here in our next segment
the Danish language has no word for please Danish people simply think that helping another
personality is just something you do and therefore you should not have to beg for it I kind of like
that to be honest speaking of the Danish language they do have another pretty remarkable word in
there though it's called hyuga and it's basically a word for that cozy feeling of togetherness
the Danish Pastry is actually I think Germany has a similar word
um obviously not the same word but they have a a word similar to that most of us have heard about
the dentist pastry called Vino broad or danishes however most of us don't know that these are
actually from some Austrian bakers that settle themselves in Denmark in the 1840s also this
is why it's called been abroad or Viennese bread from Vienna the two oldest amusement parks in the
world are in Denmark Bakken which is the oldest in the world and the second oldest is called Tivoli
Gardens and is based right in the middle of the capital Lego is from Denmark we all love it I
don't even care if you say no I know you love it Lego is amazing and it was invented by the Danish
guy old Kurt Christensen in the town of villain in 1949. no matter where you're at in Denmark there
is a maximum of 52 kilometers to the ocean so if you want an ocean view move to Denmark apparently
so once the country really famous for in the world well like most Scandinavian countries it's known
for its high quality design and architecture Brands like Bang and Olufsen are a major player
in The Sound business but other than that they also have the iconic red hot dogs called Pulsa and
then there is Carlsberg the world famous beard who probably has the best slogan in the world
you see what I did there what about celebrities or other famous no one of the greatest writers
Hans Christian Anderson is from Denmark and I'm sure you've heard about some of these Tales such
as The Little Mermaid or the ugly duckling mads Mickelson is another class person the actor has
been seen in movies such as Doctor Strange and Rogue one a Star Wars story what about
the American series Hannibal where he played Dr Hannibal Lecter himself and let's not forget about
the physicist Niels Bohr who in 1922 won the Nobel Prize in physics and recognition for his services
in the investigation of the structure of atoms and the radiation emanating from them all right that's
that we could probably speak for an hour more about this amazing country but we promise you
guys we won't rant forever just a quick overview of each country in the world for starters at
least who knows what the future holds what did you think of this video we would absolutely
solid solid solid solid solid solid solid solid solid I learned so much about Denmark in just this
one video thank you so much for this video check out the link in the description of the videos to
see the original video but um yeah that's gonna be it guys if you guys have any suggestions feel
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