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Learn about Denmark history from its first Stone Age residents to the fascinating, preserved bog-men of the Bronze Age, on through the era of the Vikings and Medieval Europe right up to the present in this brief history of Denmark!
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History. Early history. Denmark has been inhabited by various Germanic peoples since ancient times, including the Angles, Cimbri, Jutes, Herules, Teutones and others. [31] Viking Age. Ogier the Dane (Holger Danske) at Kronborg Castle is an important national icon from the Viking age.
Learn about Danish history to understand the living conditions of your Danish ancestors and the reasons why they emigrated.
The Danes were a North Germanic tribe inhabiting southern Scandinavia, including the area now comprising Denmark proper, northern and eastern England, and the Scanian provinces of modern-day southern Sweden, during the Nordic Iron Age and the Viking Age.
The earliest recognizable kingdom is that of Hemming in southern Denmark from 811; but the king's successors fail to hold his territory. Another century passes before the whole of Denmark is united in a single kingdom, under the rule of Harald Bluetooth - who is baptized a Christian in about 960.
5 days ago · Events in Denmark exemplify on a small scale what was happening throughout Europe when princes built from war’s wreckage, exploiting the yearning for direction and benefiting from the decay of a society that no longer provided good order.
The Vikings originated in Denmark in the late 700’s and persisted until the 11th century. Religiously, they adhered to Norse paganism, which included deities like Odin and Thor, but later embraced Christianity under the Danish king, Harald Bluetooth in the 900s.
