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- LOCAL FACTS
- Geography, demographics, economy, history, and government
- National Capital City: Copenhagen (København)
- Form of government: Constitutional monarchy: monarch, prime minister, unicameral parliament (Folketing)
- Population: 5,384,384 (July 2003 est.) (87% urban)
- Total area: 43,080 sq. km (480 islands)
- Languages: Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic, German
- Religions: Evangelical Lutheran (95%)
- Currency: Danish krone (DKK)
- Per capita GDP: $28,900 p.a. (2002 est.)
- Exports: $56.3bn; machinery and instruments, meat and meat products,
dairy products, fish, chemicals, furniture, ships
- Literacy: 100%
- Life expectancy: 77.1 (79.9f, 74.5m)
Sources
- Statistics Denmark
- CIA World Factbook
| country data - Denmark
- Atlapedia Online | country data - Denmark
- E-Conflict World Encyclopedia - Denmark - national anthem, flag, map, people, economy, geography, government, defence,
news and weather
- Ethnologue | Languages of Denmark - national or official languages, number and diversity of languages, literacy rates, blind
population, etc
- Nation by Nation
| country data - Denmark - facts, government, geography, history, human rights, people
- World Skip | country data - Denmark
- Social development
- OneWorld.net | country database - Denmark - news articles selected from around the world
- The Economist | country briefing - Denmark
- U.S. Refugee Committee | World Refugee Survey country report - Denmark
- Human rights
- International Lesbian and Gay Association
| Country Survey - Denmark
| - information for those working to promote lesbian, gay,
bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) rights
- Governance
- Governments on the WWW - Denmark - comprehensive database of governmental institutions - parliaments, ministries, offices,
law courts, embassies, etc
- CIA Library | Chiefs of State and Cabinet Members
| - Denmark
- Political Resources
| - Denmark
- World Audit.org | national statistics and reports - Denmark - national statistics and reports from Freedom House, Transparency
International, Amnesty International, the International Commission of Jurists and others
- ElectionWorld.org | election results in Denmark
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(Click on map to go to surrounding locations)
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Portals, indexes, guides, searchers, phone directories
- Denmark.dk - Denmark's official international
website
- Jubii Denmark
- AltaVista Danmark
- Yahoo! Danmark
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Executive, legislature, judiciary, ministries, departments, agencies, and commissions
- The Government of Denmark
(in English)
- The Danish Monarchy
(Kongehuset)
- Legislature
- The Folketing (Danish Parliament)
- Ministries & Departments
- Ministry of Culture (Kulturministeriet)
- Ministry of Defence (Forsvarsministeriet)
- Ministry of Education (Undervisningsministeriet)
- Ministry of the Environment
(Miljøministeriets)
- Ministry of Finance (Finansministeriet)
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Udenrigsministeriet)
- Ministry for the Interior and
Health (Indenrigs- og Sundhedsministeriet)
- Ministry of Justice (Justitsministeriet)
- Ministry for Refugees, Immigration
and Integration Affairs (Ministeriet for Flygtninge, Indvandrere
og Integration)
- Ministry of Taxation (Skatteministeriet)
- Military
- Defence Force Command Denmark (Forsvarskommandoen)
- Defence Force Academy (FAK)
(Forsvarsakademiet)
- Defence Construction Service
(FBT) (Forsvarets Bygningstjeneste)
- Army Operational Command (HOK)
(Hærens Operative Kommando)
- Army Officer School (HO)
(Hærens Officersskole)
- Army Artillery
School (HAS) (Hærens Artilleriskole)
- Army Combat School
(Hærens Kampskole)
- Naval Operational Command (SOK)
(Søværnets Operative Kommando)
- Naval Materiel Command
(Søværnets Materielkommando)
- Naval Officer School (SOS)
(Søværnets Officersskole)
- Tactical Air Command (FTK)
(Flyvertaktisk Kommando)
- Air Force
Materiel Command (Flyvematerielkommandoen)
- Air Force Officer
School (Flyveaabnets Officersskole)
- Air Force Flying School
(Flyveskole)
- Danish Home Guard (HJV)
(Hjemmevaern)
- Agencies & Bureaus
- Civil Aviation Administration
(SLV) (Statens Luftfartsvæsen)
- Environmental Protection Agency
(Miljøstyrelsen)
- Medicines
Agency (Lægemiddelstyrelsen)
- Meteorological Institute
(DMI) (Danmarks Meteorologiske Institut)
- National Board of Health
(Sundhedsstyrelsen)
- Palaces and Properties Agency
(Slots- og Ejendomsstyrelsen)
- Patent and Trademark
Office (DKTPO) (Patent- og Varemærkestyrelsen)
- Post Office (Post Danmark)
- Regional Government
- Greater Copenhagen Authority
(HUR) (Hovedstadens Udviklingsråd) - politically-governed
regional organisation covering the Greater Copenhagen Region
- Inter-Government
- European Commission
Representation in Denmark (Europa-Kommissionen Repraesentationen
i Danmark)
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Human rights & civil liberties, humanitarian aid, political parties, activism, environment, and labour
- ATTAC Danmark (Association for the Taxation of Financial Transactions in Aide of Citizens)
- Baltic Media Centre - promotes democracy, social development, and a peaceful international co-operation through the active
participation
- Children's International Summer
Villages (CISV) Denmark - international, non-profit, non-political
and non-religious organisation with the aim of promoting peace
education and cross-cultural friendship
- Danish Drug Users Union (BF) (BrugerForeningen) (Copenhagen) - interest organisation for opiate and methadone users,
focussing on self-help, the needs and rights of drug users and preventing personal isolation
- Danish Federation of Early
Childhood Teachers and Youth Educators (BUPL) (Boerne- og
Ungdomspaedagogernes landsforbund)
- Danish International Human
Settlement Service (DIB) (Dansk International Bosætningsservice)
- non-governmental, non-profit organisation whose objective
is to facilitate sustainable human settlement through planning
and housing programmes and projects in developing countries
- Danish Refugee Council (Copenhagen) - private, humanitarian organization which works for refugee protection based on human
rights and humanitarian principles
- Danish Union of Teachers (DLF)
(Danmarks Laererforening)
- Libertas - free market economy and personal freedom
- Local Government Denmark (LGDK)
- aims to promote the joint interests of democratically elected
and governed local authorities and to be a center for collection,
development and dissemination of knowledge about local government
in Denmark
- Danish Association
for International Co-operation (MS) (Mellemfolkeligt Samvirke)
- Danish NGO working to promote understanding and solidarity
across borders, colour and politics by means of development
assistance, youth exchange, development education, ethnic minorities
work, information and advocacy work
- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Denmark (Læger uden Grænser) - recruits medical and logistical personnel, raises public
awareness of the plight of the populations treated and cared for, and finances international projects by raising funds
- Natural Law Party (Naturlovspartiet i Danmark)
- OIKOS (Copenhagen)
- co-operative bank that provides cheap loans to people
who cannot approach an ordinary bank because they are too poor
- Plan Denmark - national office of Plan International, responsible for raising funds nationally by attracting new sponsors and other
donors
- Red Barnet (Save the Children Denmark)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Country Office - Denmark (Nordic Office)
- United Nations Association
Denmark (FN-forbundets)
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Education, health & public safety, religion, women, children & youth, and associations & societies
- Alcoholics Anonymous Denmark (Anonyme Alkoholikere i Danmark) - fellowship of men and women who share their experience,
strength and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism, with
the only requirement for membership being a desire to stop drinking
- Astronomical Society in Denmark
(Astronomisk Selskab i Danmark)
- Danish Centre for Information on Women and Gender
(KVINFO) - information centre that disseminates results of research in the field of women and gender
- Danish Youth Council (DUF) (Dansk Ungdoms Fællesråd) (Copenhagen)
- Danish Experimenter and Radioamateur
(EDR) (Experimenterende Danske Radioamatører) (Odense)
- European Law Students' Association
(ELSA) Denmark
- Education
- Danish Centre for
International Cooperation and Mobility in Education and Training
(Cirius) (International uddannelse og praktik) - independent,
governmental institution connected to the Danish Ministry of
Education which acts as the coordination agency for the three
major educational programmes of the European Union -- Socrates,
Leonardo, Youth -- and for a number of other programmes and
schemes that contribute to international cooperation in education
and training
- Danish National Union of Upper Secondary School
Teachers (GL) (Gymnasieskorlenes Laererforening) - organises
teachers in the general Upper Secondary Schools in Denmark
- Denmark's International Study
(DIS) Program - study abroad institution affiliated
with the University of Copenhagen and recognized, supervised,
and financially supported by the Danish government
- International Association
for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience (IAESTE)
- international student exchange organization which promotes
international understanding through the exchange of students
within technical and scientific education programmes to study-related
traineeships abroad
- Education - Universities & Higher Education
- Aalborg University
(Aalborg Universitet)
- Aarhus University (Aarhus Universitet)
- Copenhagen Business School
(CBS)
- Roskilde University (Roskilde
Universitet)
- Technical University of Denmark
(DTU) (Danmarks Tekniske Universitet) (Copenhagen)
- University of Copenhagen
(Københavns Universitet)
- University of Southern Denmark
(SDU) (Syddansk Universitet) (Odense)
- Health & Public Safety
- Danish Heart Foundation
(Dansk Hjerteforeningen)
- National Institute
of Public Health (Statens Institut for folkesundhed) - independent
institute under the Danish Ministry of the Interior and Health,
whose principal purpose is to plan and carry out research and
reviews, but also to assist public authorities with statistical
and epidemiological consultancy concerning analysis, evaluation,
and planning of health promotion, health services, etc
- Religions & Beliefs
- Evangelical-Lutheran
Church of Denmark (Folkekirken)
- Islam in Denmark -
site containing articles about Islam and Muslims according to
the Sunni understanding, aimed at promoting basic Islamic
concepts and enlightment in the Danish language and environment
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