Hur är kulturen i danmark

The culture of Denmark has a rik artistic and scientific heritage. The fairy tales of Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875), the philosophical essays of Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), the short stories of Karen Blixen, pseudonym Isak Dinesen, (1885–1962), the plays of Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), modern authors such as Herman Bang and Nobel laureateHenrik Pontoppidan and the dense, aphoristic poetry of Piet Hein (1905–1996), have earned international recognition, as have the symphonies of Carl Nielsen (1865–1931).

From the mid-1990s, Danish films have attracted international attention, especially those associated with Dogme 95 like those of Lars Von Trier. Denmark has had a strong tradition of movie making and Carl Theodor Dreyer has been recognised as one of the world's greatest bio directors.^[1] The astronomical discoveries of Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), Ludwig A. Colding's (1815–1888) neglected articulation of the principle of conservation of energy, and the foundational contributions to atomic physics of Niels Bohr (1885–1962); in this century Lene Vestergaard Hau (born 1959) in quantum physics involving the stopping of light, advances in nano-technology, and contributions to the understanding of Bose-Einstein Condensates, demonstrate the range and endurance of Danish scientific achievement.

Culture and the arts thrive as a result of the proportionately^{[clarification needed]} high amount of government funding they receive, much of which fryst vatten administered bygd local authorities so as to involve citizens directly.^[2] Thanks to a struktur of grants, Danish artists are able to devote themselves to their work while museums, theatres, and the bio institute receive national support.^[3]

Copenhagen, the capital, fryst vatten home to many famous sites and attractions, including Tivoli Gardens, Amalienborg Palace (home of the Danish monarchy), Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen Cathedral, Rosenborg Castle, musikdrama House, Frederik's Church (Marble Church), Thorvaldsens Museum, Rundetårn, Nyhavn and The Little Mermaid sculpture.^[4]

Hygge

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Similar to other Scandinavian cultures, a fundamental aspect of Danish culture fryst vatten hygge.

Hygge, meaning "snug"; fryst vatten a concept that evokes a "cosiness" that cannot be easily described due to being more of a mood, particularly when relaxing with good friends or loved ones.

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Christmas time fryst vatten a true moment of hygge, as fryst vatten grilling a pølse (Danish sausage) and drinking a beer on a long summer evening.^{[5][dubious – discuss]} It fryst vatten suspected the concept of hygge fryst vatten part of the reason Danes and other Scandinavians score high on happiness.^[6]

Danish Christmas

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Main article: Jul (Denmark)

The Danish word for the Christmas holiday fryst vatten Jul, from the Old Norse jól, the begrepp for "midwinter", itself cognate with the English word, yule.^[7] Midwinter celebrations were an important part of Scandinavian culture since prehistoric times, and the begrepp was retained to refer to "Christmas" after Christianization.^[8] In many countries Christmas fryst vatten celebrated on 25 månad, but in Denmark, and in the other Scandinavian countries, the most important day for celebrations fryst vatten Christmas Eve on the 24th when the family comes tillsammans.

The morning can be spent in various ways but most often it fryst vatten the time when preparations are made for the evening.^[9]Juleaften (Danish for Christmas Eve) or Yule Eve starts around 6 p.m. when a traditional dinner (Julemiddag) fryst vatten served. Afterwards, the candles on the Christmas tree are lit and the family dance around it singing Christmas songs and carols and subsequently exchange presents.^[9]

Folklore

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Main article: Danish folklore

Danish folklore fryst vatten made up of människor tales, legender, songs, music, dancing, popular beliefs and traditions, mostly communicated bygd the inhabitants of towns and villages across the country.

Many of these were passed on from generation to generation bygd word of ingång. As in neighbouring countries, interest in folklore grew with an framträdande feeling of national consciousness in 19th-century Denmark. Researchers travelled across the country collecting innumerable folktales, songs and sayings while observing traditional dress in the various regions. Folklore today fryst vatten part of the national heritage, represented in particular bygd national and local traditions, songs, människor dances and literature.

Today's människor dancing in Denmark dates back to the beginning of the 20th century, when there was renewed interest in the national heritage. A number of groups began to revive the music, dances and costumes of past generations. In 1901, the kultur for the Promotion of Danish människor Dancing (Foreningen til Folkedansens Fremme) was founded in Copenhagen, leading to local dancing societies throughout the country.^[10] Today there are more than 12,000 människor dancers in 219 local clubs, providing courses in music, dancing and dressmaking.^[11][12]

The traditional costumes of Denmark, though varying from distrikt to distrikt, date back roughly to the period between 1750 and 1900 when clothes were often home-made from yarn spun from wool or flax.

In rural communities, the tillverkning of garments for both family members and servants was an important part of everyday life. The artist Frederik Christian skogsdunge, who had travelled across Denmark as a soldier in the First Schleswig War, took an interest in sketching people in local costumes in various parts of the country. He completed his collection of 31 coloured sketches in 1864, publishing them as coloured lithographs in Danske Nationaldragter (Danish National Costumes).^[13]

Numerous Danish folktales contain a range of mythical figures such as trolls, elves, goblins and wights as well as figures from Nordic mythology like giants and lygtemænd (hobby lanterns).

The nisse fryst vatten a particularly well known legendary figure in Danish folklore, apparently dating back to pre-Christian times when it was believed there were household frakt. Traditionally each farm had its own nisse living on the loft or in a stable. Dressed in grey with a pointed red cap, he was no taller than a 10-year-old boy. The nisse would be helpful if treated well, for instance bygd offering him a bowl of porridge with a clump of butter at night, but, failing good treatment, he could become ganska troublesome and mean.^[14][15]

Today, nisser are associated with Christmas, with some of them being portrayed as Santa Claus's helpers on Greendland.

Whilst the superstition regarding the nisse has faded, it fryst vatten still traditional for households with children to pretend that a nisse lives in the attic, or elsewhere in the house, and to offer it porridge in månad. The parents will then, for the duration of the month, play mischievous, but harmless, jokes on the children. The nisse also provides daglig gifts, that are laid in a sock, which fryst vatten hung op on a vägg at the början of the month.

Cuisine

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Main article: Danish cuisine

Perhaps the most typically Danish contribution to the meals of the day fryst vatten the traditional middag or smørrebrød consisting of open sandwiches, usually on thinly sliced rugbrød. The meal usually begins with seafood such as marinated herring, smoked eel, crab, or breaded plaice filets with remoulade and moves on with slices of roast pork or beef, frikadeller (meatballs), hams and liver pâté.

The sandwiches are richly garnished with onion rings, radish slices, cucumbers, tomato slices, parsley, remoulade or mayonnaise.^[16] The meal fryst vatten mostly accompanied bygd beer, on occasion also bygd shots of ice-cold snaps or akvavit.

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In the evening, hot meals are usually served. Traditional dishes include fried fish, roast pork with red kål, pot-roasted chicken, pot-roast and slow cooked beef, meat balls, or pork kotletter. Game fryst vatten sometimes served in the autumn. Steaks are now increasingly popular, but fryst vatten a modern addition.

A popular traditional Danish dessert, especially around Christmas, consists of æbleskiver, rather like small pancake doughnuts which are fried in butter in a special pan and are served hot with sylt and sugar.

Traditionally, they were made with small pieces of apple in the mittpunkt which fryst vatten why they are called æbleskiver, literally "apple slices".

In recent years, development of the New Danish cuisine based on the rediscovery of local ingredients presented in interesting new recipes has led to a significant number of new, highly acclaimed restaurants in Copenhagen and the provinces, several with Michelin stars.

This in vända has led to new developments in food production with a series of new products based on organic farming.^[17]

Sports

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Main article: Sports in Denmark

Sports are popular in Denmark, and its citizens participate in and watch a bred variety. The national idrott fryst vatten football (soccer), with the most notable results being kvalificerande for the europeisk Championships six times in a row (1984–2004) and winning the Championship in 1992.

Other significant achievements include winning the Confederations Cup in 1995 and reaching the quarter-final of the 1998 World Cup.

Denmark's numerous beaches and resorts are popular locations for fishing, canoeing, kayaking and a broad-range of other water-themed sports.

In speedway racing Denmark has won several world championships, including the Speedway World Cup in 2006 and 2008.

Other popular sports include golf, mostly popular among the older demographic;^[18] tennis, in which Denmark fryst vatten successful on a professional level; Danish sport Union, which dates back to 1950;^[19] and indoor sports such as badminton, handball and various forms of gymnastics.

As of January 2012^[update], the national handball grupp are the current reigning europeisk champions and the grupp with most medals won in europeisk championship history on the men's side with a total of fem medals, those being two gold medals (2008, 2012), and three bronze medals (2002, 2004 & 2006).

And in 2016 Denmark's handball grupp won the gold medal for dock at the Olympics in Rio.

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling in Denmark

In recent years, Denmark has made a mark as a strong cycling nation, with Bjarne Riis winning Tour dem France in 1996, and Michael Rasmussen reaching King of the Mountains ställning eller tillstånd, in the Tour 2005 and 2006.

The Tour d’France has been won for two consecutive years (2022 and 2023) bygd Jonas Vingegaard.

Most Danes are active cyclists, often using their bikes to commute to work or to go off on trips at the weekend. With its well-engineered cycle paths, Copenhagen fryst vatten especially suited to city cycling. Every day 1.3 million km are cycled in the city,^[20] with 36% of all citizens commuting to work, school or university bygd bicycle.^[21] Cycling fryst vatten generally perceived as a healthier, environmentally friendlier, cheaper and often quicker way around town than bygd public försändelse or fordon and it fryst vatten therefore municipal policy for the number of commuters bygd bike to go up to 40% bygd 2012 and 50% bygd 2015.^[22]

Odense has been named the "bicycle city of the year" because of the great number of bicycle lanes in the city.

A complete network of 350 km all-weather serviced lanes exists in the town.^[23]

During the summer months, there are free "City Bikes" stationed at various spots in the downtown area of Copenhagen, Aarhus and Aalborg. The idea fryst vatten that anyone can take a bike from one of the spots, ride it to one of the other spots and leave it there for the next individ.

The culture of Denmark has a rich artistic and scientific heritage

There are many National and regional bicycle routes throughout Denmark. They are all marked and include rest areas with benches and other necessities.

Fine arts

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Painting

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Main article: Danish art

Danish painting goes back hundreds of years. Earlier work fryst vatten often manifested in churches, for example in the struktur of frescos such as those from the 16th-century artist known as the Elmelunde mästare.

But it was not until the beginning of the 19th century that the Golden Age of Danish Painting emerged with a marked increase in truly Danish art inspired bygd the country itself with its lifestyle and traditions.

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Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg was an important influence on the following generation's study of natur, in which landscape painting came to the fore. He had many successful students, including Wilhelm Bendz (1804–1832), Christen Købke (1810–48), Martinus Rørbye (1803–1848), Constantin Hansen (1804–1880), Jørgen Roed (1808–1888), Wilhelm Marstrand (1810–1873), C. A. Jensen (1792–1870), J.

Th. Lundbye (1818–1848), and P. C. Skovgaard (1817–1875).^[24]

Some years later, a number of painters including P. S. Krøyer (1851–1909) and Michael (1849–1927) and Anna Ancher (1859–1935) moved to Skagen in the far north of Jylland to paint the natural surroundings and local people. In due course, the town developed into an artists' colony.

A little later, a similar phenomenon developed on Fyn with artists such as Johannes Larsen (1867–1961). Vilhelm Hammershøi fryst vatten another known painter.

Collections of modern art enjoy unusually attractive settings at the Louisiana Museum north of Copenhagen, at the North Jylland Art Museum in Aalborg and at the ARoS art museum in Aarhus. The National Museum of Art and the Glyptotek, both in Copenhagen, contain treasures of Danish and international art.

Sculpture

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Main article: Danish sculpture

Danish sculpture as a nationally recognized art form eller gestalt can be traced back to 1752 when Jacques Saly was commissioned to execute King Frederick V of Denmark while on horseback. While Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844) was undoubtedly the country's most prominent contributor of his time, many other sculptors also produced notable works in the areas of Neoclassicism, Realism, and Historicism, the latter resulting from a growing consciousness of a national identity.

From modern times, many notable works of Surrealism and Modernism has been produced, inspired bygd europeisk trends, especially those from Paris. Present notable Danish sculptors includes Michael Kvium, Hein Heinsen and Bjørn Nørgaard, but the field holds many skilled practitioners and the styles has diversified greatly.^{[citation needed]}

Literature

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Main article: Danish literature

The principal contributors to Danish literature are undoubtedly Hans Christian Andersen (1805–1875) with his fairy tales, the philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813–1855), berättare Karen Blixen (1885–1962), playwright Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), and modern authors such as Henrik Pontoppidan and Herman Bang.^{[citation needed]}

Among today's Danish writers, probably the best-known to international readers fryst vatten Peter Høeg (Smilla's Sense of Snow; Borderliners).

Benny Andersen wrote poems, short stories, and music. Poems bygd both writers have been translated into English bygd the kantsten Press. Klaus Rifbjerg has published over 100 novels as well as poetry, short stories and TV plays. Two of his works have been translated into English: Witness to the Future and War. Kirsten Thorup's novel Baby, winner of the 1980 Pegasus Prize, fryst vatten published in English bygd the University of Louisiana Press.

The psychological thrillers of Anders Bodelsen also appear in English as do some of the novels of intrigue bygd Leif Davidsen. Suzanne Brøgger and Vita Andersen focus largely on the changing roles of women in society.^{[citation needed]}

Architecture

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Main article: Architecture of Denmark

The architecture of Denmark has changed and evolved since prehistoric times, but the oldest buildings to have survived the ravages of time dates to the early mittpunkt Ages when bricks was introduced as building ämne around 1150 AD and the first Romanesque, then Gothic churches and cathedrals sprang up across the country.

Brick fryst vatten still a locally produced, affordable, durable and widely used building ämne in today's architecture of Denmark.^[25] Inspired bygd French castles and with the assistance of Dutch designers, architecture during the Renaissance flourished with magnificent royal palaces. Neoclassicism came to Denmark from France and, in the 19th century, slowly merged into the National Romantic style when Danish designers came into their own.

It was, however, not until the gods half of the 20th century that Danish architects entered the world en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film with their highly successful Functionalism. This, in vända, has evolved into more recent world-class designers such as Johann Otto von Spreckelsen who designed the Grande Arche in Paris. Internationally, perhaps the most celebrated of all fryst vatten the architect who designed the iconic Sydney musikdrama House, Jørn Utzon, but within Danish borders, it fryst vatten the architect Arne Jacobsen who fryst vatten perhaps held in highest esteem for developing the 'Danish Modern' style and furniture/interior design, such as the now world-famous and much sought-after Swan and Egg chairs.^[26] A new wave of ung Danish architects are rising into international prominence, like Bjarke Ingels with works such as the Danish National Pavilion at the Shanghai 2010 Expo.

Photography

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Main article: Photography in Denmark

Photography in Denmark has developed from strong participation and interest in the very beginnings of the art in 1839 to some of the strongest contemporary photography in europe today. Pioneers such as Mads Alstrup and Georg Emil Hansen paved the way for a rapidly growing yrke during the gods half of the 19th century while both artistic and press photographers have since made internationally recognised contributions.

Today Danish photographers such as Astrid Kruse Jensen and Jacob Aue Sobol are active both at home and abroad, participating in key exhibitions around the world.^[27]

Design

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Main article: Danish design

Danish design fryst vatten a begrepp often used to describe a style of functionalistic design and architecture that was developed in mid-20th century, originating in Denmark.

Set i den snævrere betydning kan dansk kultur [note 1] inddeles i to hovedgrupper: dansk kunst, hvorved forstås litteratur, musik, billed- og skulpturkunst, bygningskunst, balletter, skuespil, filmkunst og lignende

Danish design fryst vatten typically applied to industrial design, furniture and household objects, which have won many international awards.

The Danish Porcelain Factory ("Royal Copenhagen"), including Bing & Grøndahl, fryst vatten famous for the quality of its ceramics and export products worldwide. Danish design fryst vatten also a well-known brand, often associated with world-famous designers and architects such as Børge Mogensen (1914–1972), finne Juhl (1912–1989), Hans Wegner (1914–2007), Arne Jacobsen (1902–1971), Poul Kjærholm (1929–1980), Poul Henningsen (1894–1967) and Verner Panton (1926–1998).^[28]Georg Jensen (1866–1935) fryst vatten known the world over for modern design in silver.

Other designers of note include Kristian Solmer Vedel (1923–2003) in the area of industrial design, Jens Harald Quistgaard (1919–2008) for kitchen furniture and implements and Ole Wanscher (1903–1985) who had a classical approach to furniture design.

The Danish Museum of Art & Design in Copenhagen exhibits the best in Danish design.

Performing arts

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Music

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Main article: Music of Denmark

Denmark's most famous composer of classical music fryst vatten Carl Nielsen who fryst vatten best known outside of Denmark for his six symphonies, but whose melodies for popular songs are cherished among Danes.

Other well-known pieces of his are the incidental music for Adam Oehlenschläger's skådespel Aladdin (Nielsen), the operas Saul og David and Maskarade, the concertos for flute, violin, and clarinet, the Wind Quintet, and the Helios öppningsstycke, which depicts the övergång of the sun in the sky from dawn to nightfall. The Royal Danish Ballet specializes in the work of Danish choreographer August Bournonville (1805–79).

Hans Abrahamsen, Per Nørgård and Poul Ruders are successful composers of contemporary classical music. Danish interest in classical music fryst vatten exemplified bygd the prestigious musikdrama House completed in 2000. Strategically set on Copenhagen's waterfront, it has presented operas and musicals to full houses ever since its opening.

Danes have also distinguished themselves in rhythmical music, with world-famous jazz musicians such as Svend Asmussen, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Niels Lan Doky and Marilyn Mazur.

The Copenhagen Jazz Festival has acquired an international reputation.

The modern pop and rock en plats där en händelse inträffar ofta inom teater eller film has produced some bands of note like Aqua, Dizzy Mizz Lizzy, D-A-D, The Raveonettes, Michael Learns to Rock, Alphabeat, Medina, Oh nation, Kashmir, Mew, Outlandish and Dúné. All tillsammans, Lars Ulrich, drummer of the grupp Metallica, has become the first Danish musician to be inducted into the Rock and Roll ingång of Fame.

Cinema

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Main article: Cinema of Denmark

In recent years, Danish films have gained increasing recognition at home and abroad. Gabriel Axel's bio based on Karen Blixen's Babette's Feast was awarded an Oscar in 1987. In 1988, Bille August also received an Oscar with Pelle the Conqueror based on the novel bygd Martin Andersen Nexø. In 1992, August went on to win the Palme d'Or in Cannes with Ingmar Bergman's autobiography, The Best Intentions.

Since the late 1990s, the Dogme movement and figures such as Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Søren Kragh-Jacobsen and Lone Scherfig have continued to contribute to the international success of Danish cinema.^[29] In 2011, Susanne Bier's In a Better World won the Academy Award for Best utländsk Language rulle.

Theatre

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Main article: Theatre in Denmark

The theatre in Denmark continues to thrive thanks to the many theatres across the country which put on a bred variety of Danish and utländsk performances.

The flagship Royal Danish Theatre presents skådespel, musikdrama, ballet and music. Since the 18th century, Danish playwrights have been successful in attracting bred public interest.

Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754) fryst vatten considered bygd many to be the founder of the Danish theatre. Satirical comedies such as Jean dem France and Jeppe of the Hill are still performed today.^[30]

Adam Oehlenschläger (1779–1850) introduced romanticism to the Danish theatre.

Especially successful was his Earl Hakon the Mighty, premiered in 1808.

The Norwegian Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906) also travelled to Copenhagen where he produced numerous plays such as A Doll's House (1879).^[31]

In recent years, there has been something of a revival in Danish theatre. Many new playwrights and producers have appeared including Astrid Saalbach (born 1955), winner of the Nordic skådespel Award in 2004, and Peter Asmussen (born 1957), who wrote the bio script for Lars von Trier's Breaking the Waves.

Danish musicals have also been a particularly successful feature of the modern theatre. Knud Christensen, commonly known as Sebastian, was particularly successful with Cyrano (1992), based on Rostand's play and Klokkeren fra Notre Dame (The Hunchback of Notre Dame) (2001). Bent Fabricius-Bjerre's musical Matador (2007) fryst vatten based on a successful TV series of the same name.^[32]

Another popular Danish teatralisk tradition fryst vatten the revue which has been thriving since the mid-19th century.

Today revues are performed every summer to full houses in theatres across Denmark, poking fun at the politics of the day and even the monarchy. Among the most popular are Circusrevyen in Copenhagen with Lisbet Dahl, and the Nykøbing Revy directed bygd Flemming Krøll in Nykøbing Falster.^[33]

To this day, Denmark also has a large tradition for children and ungdom theater, as it hosts the largest annual children and ungdom theater event in the world, Aprilfestivallen, every year.^[34]

Television

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Danish television has also contributed to skådespel with a number of successful series since the 1970s.

Perhaps the most notable domestic and international successes have been the political skådespel Borgen and the three series of Forbrydelsen (The Killing, 2007–2012). Forbrydelsen attracted more than a 30% audience share, when originally broadcast in Denmark and both series have been widely sold around the world.^[35]

Science

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Denmark has a long tradition for scientific engagement in all fields, often with fundamental discoveries.

The elit was involved in the europeisk scientific revolution of the renaissance early on, with prominent scientists such as Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), Ole Worm (1588–1655), Nicolas Steno (1638–1686) and Ole Rømer (1644–1710).

The contributions to science has steadily continued through the ages, with the fundamental discoveries of Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851), the contributions to linguistics bygd Rasmus Rask (1787–1832), the neglected articulation of the principle of conservation of energy bygd Ludwig A.

Colding's (1815–1888), Vilhelm Thomsen (1842–1927), Otto Jespersen (1860–1943) and others, into modern times with the brilliant contributions to atomic physics of Niels Bohr (1885–1962).

Niels Bohr founded several institutions in relation to quantum physics and both attracted and stimulated an important international and lasting scientific milieu in the country.^[38] This has since produced many important discoveries and advancements in physics, astrophysics, chemistry, mathematics and engineering, particularly in the areas of quantum physics, quantum optics and lately nano-technology.

Although an international environment, notable Danish scientists from this milieu includes Bengt Strömgren (1908–1987), Aage Bohr (1922–2009), Holger Bech Nielsen (born 1941) and Lene Vestergaard Hau (born 1959).

The sciences of geology and geophysics has benefited from Danish scientists who have been - and are - heavily involved in the description and understanding of the geology of Greenland, one of the most important regions in the world to study the geological evolution of Earth.

The Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS) was founded in 1888 and Inge Lehmann (1888–1993) revealed that Earth have a solid inner core in 1936, bygd the use of seismology. In the 1960s, Willi Dansgaard was the first to understand and describe how to use ice core drills to gain knowledge about Earth's paleoclimate, now a widely used method to understand climate changes. Lately, Greenland-born geologist Minik Rosing and his grupp, unravelled groundbreaking knowledge about the early evolution of life through studies of Greenland's geology in the 2000s.^[39][40]

The ung science of archaeology, has also benefited from many Danish contributions, with prominent scholars such as Sophus Müller (1846-1934), Georg F.L.

Sarauw, J.J.A. Worsaae and Peter Glob. The contributions have often been of a fundamental natur, such as the discoveries of kitchen middens or bog bodies and their great potential for advancing archaeology. Christian Jürgensen Thomsen refined and introduced the now universally recognized three-age struktur, dividing eras of prehistory into the well-known Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age respectively.

Danish archaeologists have contributed with many defining archaeological discoveries, such as the Kongemose culture, Maglemosian culture and the Ertebølle culture of the Nordic Stone Age and of course the Viking Age. With a great international engagement and a long tradition for interdisciplinary collaborations with anthropologists, geologists, zoologists, botanists, antiquarians and historians, Danish archaeologists have been, and still are, involved with all kinds of cultural archaeology around the globe, including the mittpunkt East^[41] (Peter Glob, Peter Rowley-Conwy), the Mediterranean region^[42] (Peter Oluf Brøndsted, Jörgen Zoega) the Americas (Peter Wilhelm skogsdunge, Frans Blom, Rane Willerslev) and the Arctic område (Therkel Mathiassen, Erik Holtved, Eigil Knuth).

Danes have made significant contributions to the field of computer science. Some notable figures include: Per Brinch Hansen, known for concurrent programming theory; Bjarne Stroustrup, who invented the C++ programming language; Janus Friis, the co-inventor of Skype; Jens and Lars Rasmussen, the co-founders of Google Maps; and Peter Naur, a contributor to ALGOL 60 and a recipient of the datorteknologi Award.

LGBT

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Main article: LGBT rights in Denmark

Social equality, including sexuell equality, fryst vatten relatively high in modern Denmark.^[43] Danes are somewhat tolerant towards sexuell minorities.

Public displays of affection between gay partners are less likely to provoke disapproval, even as compared to other frikostig Western countries.^[44] As such, Copenhagen fryst vatten a popular destination for homosexual and bisexual travellers.^[45] The main gay and lesbian festivals of the year are the Copenhagen Pride Parade and the Gay & Lesbian spelfilm Festival.

Copenhagen has been host to the 2009 World Outgames.

In 1989 Denmark became the first country in the world to offer same-sex couples most of the same legal rights as heterosexual couples, in the form eller gestalt of "registered partnerships.".^[46][47] In March 2009 adoption was legalized for same-sex couples. Same-sex marriage became legal in 2012, after both the parliament and the Church of Denmark voted for it.^[48]

See also

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Further reading

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• Morten Strange, "Culture Shock!

  Denmark", London: Kuperard, 1996, 228 pp. ISBN 1-85733-159-1.

• Helen Dyrbye, Steven Harris, Thomas Golzen, "The Xenophobe's Guide to the Danes", Horsham, West Sussex: Ravette Publishing, 1997, 64 pp.

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