Details about Denmark

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About Denmark

• Details about Denmark

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Dannebrog (The name of our flag)

• The legend of the flag is very popular among
  Danes, although most consider it to be a myth,
  albeit a beautiful one. The legend says that
  during the Battle of Lyndanisse, also known as
  the Battle of Valdemar (Danish "Volmerslaget"),
  near Lyndanisse (Tallinn) in Estonia, on June 15
  1219, the flag fell from the sky during a
  critical stage, resulting in Danish victory.
• Today the danish people are very fond of their
  flag and they always use it for their birthdays
  and when they are celebrating something.
• Also the danes almost always give some kind of
  party when they have birthday and then people
  give presents. The flag is always used on busses
  and public buildings when our Queen, Princes and
  Princesses have birthday.
• In Denmark we also have a tradition for using the
  flag at school when there are examinations and
  other festivities as for example the woorkers
  international liberation day the 1. of may where
  loads of people gather in parks and listen to
  political speeches.
• The flag is also used every year the 5th of June
  to celebrate the day where Denmark had its first
  real law the 5 th of June 1849 which was the
  beginning of the Danish democracy. Here the king
  Frederik the 7th gave his power to the people by
  saying The peoples love is my strength.

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Christiania

• Christiania was founded in 1971, when many people
  from different
• backgrounds began to take over an area of
  recently abandoned military barracks together. At
  the time many people in the larger Danish cities
• felt betrayed by the politicians, as there was a
  serious lack of housing.
• The inhabitants of the surrounding neighborhood
  Christianshavn also
• wanted a green, open area for their children to
  use, away from the
• increasing traffic in Copenhagen. The spirit of
  Christiania quickly
• developed into one of communism, the hippie
  movement and the
• squatter movement. It has just been decided
  politically that Christiania shall no longer
  exist as it is now. Many people think it is very
  sad also because it has become a special sight in
  Copenhagen, which attracts many tourists.

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Absalon

• Absalon (c. 1128March 21, 1201) was a Danish
  archbishop and statesman.
• Absalon was the founder of Copenhagen in 1167. He
  was given the habour of Copenhagen as a gift from
  the King.

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Amalienborg Palace

• Amalienborg Palace (Danish Amalienborg Slot) is
  the winter home of the Danish royal family, and
  it is located in Copenhagen, Denmark. It consists
  of four identical classicizing palace façades
  with rococo interiors around an octagonal square
  (Amalienborg Slotsplads) in the center of the
  square is a monumental equestrian statue of
  Amalienborg's founder, King Frederik V.
• Amalienborg was originally built for four noble
  families however, when Christiansborg Castle
  burnt down on February 26, 1794, the royal family
  bought the palaces and moved in. Over the years
  various kings and their families have resided in
  the four different palaces.

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Christiansborg Palace

• Christiansborg Palace on Slotsholmen in central
  Copenhagen is the home of Denmark's two supreme
  powers the executive power and the legislative
  power called Regeringen the government and
  Folketinget'. Christiansborg Palace is owned by
  the Danish state, and is run by the Palaces and
  Properties Agency.
• The palace today bears witness to three eras of
  Danish architecture, as the result of two serious
  fires. The first fire occurred in 1794 and the
  second in 1884. The main part of the current
  palace, built in 1928, is in the historicist
  Neo-baroque style. The chapel dates to the 1800s
  and is in a neoclassical style. The showgrounds
  date were built in the eighteenth century in a
  baroque style.
• In the basement of Christiansborg you can still
  see the very first castle which is dated back to
  the time of Absalon in the 1200 century.

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Danish Monarchs