DENMARK CULTURE

DENMARK MEANS "BORDER OF THE DANES"  TO A POLITICAL UNIT DURING THE 6TH AND 9TH CENTURIES. BY THE 9TH CENTURY THE DANES HAD GAINED MASTERY OF THE AREA KNOWN TODAY AS DENMARK, INCLUDING SWEDEN AND NORWAY.  THE DANES ORIGINATED IN SWEDEN.

DENMARK IS A SMALL IN AREA AND HAS RURAL URBAN AND AN ISLAND COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DIFFERENCES .  DENMARK HISTORICALLY INCLUDES THE FORMER COLONIES OF GREENLAND AND FAROE ISLANDS.  80 OF THE 400 ISLANDS ARE INHABITATED.  THEY HAVE FEW AREAS AT HIGH ELEVATION.  IN 2000 THE POPULATION WAS 5 MILLION .  DURING 1973 FREE ABORTION WAS THEY HAD FREE ABORTIONS AND STERILIZATION AVAILABLE TO REDUCE THEIR POPULATION.

DENMARK FOLKS SPEAK DANISH.  THERE IS NO SECONDARY LANGUAGE.  MOST FOLKS CAN SPEAK SOME ENGLISH AND GERMAN.  DENMARK IS THE POLDEST KINGDOM IN EUROPE.

ACCORDING TO HISTORY DENMARK IS THE OLDEST KINGDOM IN EUROPE ACCORDING TO HISTORICAL SOURCES IT DATES BACK TO THE NINETH  CENTURY.  BY MYTH IT SAYS THEY WERE HERE IN THE 6TH CENTURYBY MYTH IT SAYS THEY WERE HERE IN THE 6TH CENTURY.  RECENTLY THEY ARE FOCUSED ON TRADE, WELFARE EQUALITY.  THEY BATTLED FOR YEARS WITH OTHERS COUNTRIES.  BY 19TH CENTURY THEY FORMED A CONSTITUTION .  BEER ALLOTTMENT GARDENS AND THE NATIONAL ANTHEM ARE PARTS OF THEIR CULTURE.  DANES CONSTANTLY NEGOTIATE AND CHANGE THEIR CULTURE IN RESPONSE TO CONTACT PEOPLE AND ITEMS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES.

DENMARK WAS ONCE OPEN AND WELOMED FOREIGNERS, BUT TENSIONS HAVE EXISTED BETWEEN NATIVE RESIDENTS AND IMMIGRANTS AREA A PROBLEM. TODAY.

WITHIN 120 YEARS DENMARK MOVED FROM AGRICULTURE TO AN INDUSTRIALIZED  SOCIETY.  MIGRATION FROM RURAL AREAS TO URBAN AREAS WHERE THE JOBS WERE.

THEIR TOWNS USUALLY HAVE A CENTER AREA WITH OLDER HOUSES .  ANTHROPOLOGISTS HAVE NOTED A SHARP DISTINCTIONA SHARP DISTINCTIONDISTINCTION BETWEEN PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SPACE AND A PRONOUCED PREFERENCE FOR PRIVATE AND DOMESTIC SPHERES.  COLLEAGUES AND MORE DISTINCT FRIENDS ARE NOT IN PUBLIC.  THEY EAT USUALLY AT HOME AND  HAVE MUCH MEAT.  THEY GROW ORGANIC FOODS.

AT CEREMONIES THEY EAT AND DRINK SPECIAL FOODS.  ON CERTAIN HOLIDAYS THEY HAVE STUFFED GOOSE AND COD OR ROASTED LAMB.

NATURAL RESOURESARE LIMITED TO AGRICULTURE, LAND, CLAY, STONE, CHALK, LIME, PEAT AND IGNITE.  THEY HAVE MUCH INTERNATIONAL TRADE.  AGRICULTURAL AND PRODUCE PRODUCTS FOR 3 TIMES THEIR  POPULATION.  91% OF FARMERS ARE FAMILY RUN RUN.  NEIGHBORS DISCUSS OPTIONS FOR SNOW REMOVAL AND CITY SERVICES.

THEY HAVE A LARGE SNOW REMOVAL AND CITY SERVICES.  THEY HAVE A LARGE COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY.  THEIR MAJOR TRADING PARTNERS ARE ARE GERMANY, SWEDEN, GREAT BRITAIN, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS, U.S. AND JAPAN AND ITALY.  AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ARE A BIG PART OF EXPORTS.  AGRICULTURE IS NOW MACHINE DRIVEN.

THEIR ADULT POPULLATION HAS INCREASEDIN UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE PUBLIC SUPPORT.  IN 1993 THEYVOTED NOT TO JOIN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMON MILITARY FORCE.  THE UNEMPLOYED RECEIVED COMPENSATION LESS THAN THE LOWWAGE FOLKS.  IF THEY ARE UNEMPLOYED FOR 6 MONTHS THEY MEET UPA COUNSELOR RE TRAINING, ETC.  FOOD AND SHELTER ARE ALWAYS PROVIDED.  OVER 90% ARE IN AN ORGANIZATION.

THESE FOLKS ARE FREE TO CHOOSE THEIR MARRIAGE PARTNERS.  MANY PEOPLE COHABIT AT A YOUNG AGE.  THEY DON'T MARRY CLOSE KIN MEMBERS.
FORTY % OF ADULTS ARE MARRIED.  DIVORCE MAY INVOLVE SEPARATION. BY A LEGAL PROCEDURE.  HOUSEHOLDS ARE LIKE OURS WITH A COUPLE OF CHILDREN. SOME COUPLES ARE DISPERSED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.  INFANTS ARE CARED FOR IN THEIR PARENTS HOME UNTIL 6 MONTHS.  THEY ARE THEN PUT INTO A CHILD CARE FACILITY.

DENMARK HAS 5 UNIVERSITIES AND SOME STUDENTS GO  TO A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL.  MANY TOURISTS STROLL ALONG A HARBOR 1 MILE LONG.  THEY SHOW FEW EMOTIONS PUBLICALLY AS IT IS A SIGN OF WEAKNESS.

RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS CONSONANT WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS.  THEY MOSTLY ARE LUTHERAN.  VARIOUS OTHER RELIGIONS ARE HERE.  RECENTLY RELIGIOUS GROUPS HAVE CELEBRATED OLD VIKING GODS.

ONLY A FEW PEOPLE ATTEND CHURCH REGULARLY.  PEOPLE ARE BURIED HERE OR ARE CREMATED IN THE GRAVEYARD THERE.  SINCE 1973 A TAX FINANCED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM PROVIDED FREE HEALTH CARE THROUGHOUT YOUR LIFE  IF FOLKS WANT ALTERNATIVE HEALTH CARE THEY PAY ADDITIONALLY. LIMITED RESOURCES FOR HEALTH CARE THAT CAUSED LONG WAITING ISTS LED TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PRIVATE HOSPITALS OFFERING TREATMENTS SUCH AS HIP SURGERY AND BYPASS OPERATIONS  PROFESSIONALS STRESS THAT  INDIVIDUALS RESPONSIBLE FOR HEALTH WITHOUT THROUGH CHANGES IN LIFESTYLE AND PERSONAL HEALTH CHANGES.  FOCUS HAS BEEN ON NOTIONS OF THE IMPORTANCE OF VARIED EATING PATTERNS, FRESH, AIR EXERCISE,  A POSITIVE MOOD, AND GOOD SOCIAL RELATIONS.  

NATIONAL CELEBRATIONS OCCUR JUST LIKE WE HAVE CELEBRATIONS,  ONLY A FEW EXCELLENT ARTISTS ARE SELF SUPPORTING.  MAJOR SOCIAL SCIENTISTS ARE ECONOMICS, POLITICAL SCIENTISTS, ANTHROPOLOGISTS, AND SOCIOLOGY.  PHYSICAL SCIENTISTS INCLUDE MECHANICAL ENGINEERS.  THE DANISH TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE ARE IMPORTANT IN INFORMATION SERVICES.

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