In this episode we're taking a look at two of some of our favorite European countries to talk about here on FTD facts
Denmark and Sweden and we're gonna take a look at them as countries on a whole and see how they compare with each other
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My name is Leroy, Kenton
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The first mission that want to take a look at is Denmark Denmark is a
Scandinavian country that's comprised of the Jutland Peninsula and
Numerous amounts of islands Copenhagen is its capital city and it's the home to the royal palaces as well as colorful
nyhavn
Harbor plus a Tivoli
Amusement park and the iconic Little Mermaid statue and the country still has a lot of that medieval
Look and you can see like the cobblestone streets as well as half-timbered houses
Now as I mentioned Copenhagen is its capital city, but it's also its largest city
Now there are five regions and eleven provinces in Denmark. The provinces of Denmark are
statistical divisions of Denmark and now they're positioned between the
Administrative regions as well as municipalities now
They're not administrative divisions nor subject to any kind of political elections whatsoever
But they're mainly just used for statistical purposes
the official language in Denmark is
Danish and has a total land area of forty two thousand nine hundred and thirty-three
Square kilometers with that said the country is home to five point eight million residents
So that was a look at Denmark now, I want to take a look at Sweden
so Sweden is also a Scandinavian nation with
thousands of coastal islands as well as lakes along with a vast amount of
forests and beautiful mountain tops some of its most popular cities are the capital Stockholm as well as in the
Southwestern area is gottenberg
The city of stockholm is built on 14 islands and it has more than 150
Bridges Sweden also has that medieval kind of vibe to it as well as it's home to some royal
palaces as well as museums now in Sweden the provinces are
historical geographical and cultural
Regions Sweden has 25 provinces in total and they have no administrative functions whatsoever
But they remain there as historical legacies as well as means of cultural
identification now Sweden is a much bigger country with a land area of
450,000 295 square kilometers and its population is 10 million
53,000 its official language is Swedish now
let me take a look at Denmark again the Scandinavian cross flag also known as the Nordic cross flag is widely known as the
symbol of the Nordic region the flag design covers Denmark Sweden Norway Iceland and
Finland Greenland is the only Nordic country that does not use this flag and said they have their own image and that was
Adopted when Greenland won its independence back in the year
1985 now the Scandinavia cross flag originated as a symbol of Christianity
And it was used on banners during wartime
Now the qaol Mart Union
which was the Kingdom that United Denmark Sweden as well as Norway and
also some parts of Finland between the years 30 97 and
1523 adopted a flag with a red cross and a yellow body
Now this flag was hoisted by the troops during several different wars including the northern Crusades
now when we take a look at the flag of Sweden
so the Sweden's flag has yellow or a
golden coloured in the shape of a Nordic cross with the crossbar closer to the hoist of the flag and it's over top of
blue now the Nordic cross design traditionally represents
Christianity like I mentioned but the design and the colors of a Swedish flag are believed to have been inspired by the
current coat of arms of Sweden out of the year 1440 - which is blue and divided into four sections and uses
Golde as well
The national animal of Denmark is the mute
swan
And it's usually called the nuts fin and even sometimes called a signal solar Denmark's national bird
The mute Swan is a symbol of peace and polite
Substance when it comes to the official animal of Sweden that is the moose. So that's just a brief overview of these two
Amazingly beautiful countries Denmark and Sweden. Let me know down below in the comments section
Which of these?
Countries have you been to or what do these countries are you from and let me also know which one you would love to visit?
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Coming up. Next we have the differences between Denmark and Sweden's military. That's gonna be an exciting one. So don't miss it
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