Basics

Capital city: Copenhagen

Location: Northern Europe, bordering the North and Baltic Seas. The bulk of the nation is located on a peninsula north of Germany. Two major islands, Sjaelland and Fyn, are also part of the nation.

Climate: Temperate, humid and overcast; mild winter winters, and cool summers.

Religion: Evangelical Lutheran, Protestant, and Roman Catholic.

Entry and exit: 99 airports

Non-resident stay: Only as an expatriate with a work permit, or as a spouse and family of an expatriate with a non-work permit. People seeking work permits are required to be people with special qualifications such as researchers, artists, managers, and consultants, instructors, and specialists, particularly engineers, doctors, nurses, athletes/coaches, and architects. People establishing new businesses are also welcome in Denmark.

Language: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, and German (a small minority). English is the predominant second language.

Communications: World-class communications infrastructure.

Currency: Danish krone (DKK)

GDP per capita: $31,200 (estimate 2003)

Major industries: Food processing, textiles and clothing, machinery and equipment, chemical products, electronics, construction, furniture and other wood products, ship building, and windmills.

Latest news

• Uganda to receive $80m budget support - East African

  
  Google News - Denmark
  17-February-2008

  Uganda to receive $80m budget supportEast African, Kenya - 2 hours agoAt the end of last year, Denmark, the African Development Bank and other European donors jointly gave the Ugandan government a combined grant of $150 ...

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• Reprint of the insulting caricatures an act of incitement to hatred - Tehran Times

  
  Google News - Denmark
  17-February-2008

  Arab NewsReprint of the insulting caricatures an act of incitement to hatredTehran Times, Iran - 3 hours ago... Danish citizens and Muslim immigrants, residing in Denmark, to raise their views through peaceful and democratic means available in their host county. ...Protest, but Peacefully: OIC Chief Arab Newsall 14 news articles

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• Danish Cartoons Wars, If at First You Dont Succeed - American Muslim

  
  Google News - The Netherlands
  17-February-2008

  Danish Cartoons Wars, If at First You Don't Succeed 'American Muslim, MO - 3 hours agoAustralia has a law against 'racial vilification' as do Canada, the UK, New Zealand, Belgium, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands, and Italy. ...

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