denmark travel blog Archives - ToursMaps.com ® http://toursmaps.com/tag/denmark-travel-blog Thu, 19 Jan 2017 20:00:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.0.9 Denmark Guide for Tourist http://toursmaps.com/denmark-guide-for-tourist.html http://toursmaps.com/denmark-guide-for-tourist.html#respond Mon, 30 Jan 2017 01:37:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=228862 The buildings of this period, mostly in red brick with sandstone decorative features, show the influence of Dutch architecture: Kronborg Castle (1577-85), Frederiksborg Castle (1602-20), Rosenborg (1608-17), the Exchange in Copenhagen (1619-40). 161315 and 1643-45 Wars with Sweden. Denmark is obliged to give up large territories on the Scandinavian peninsula. 1648-70 Frederik III. Between 1657 and 1660 Denmark fights two wars with Sweden. Charles X of Sweden invades Denmark. 1659, heroic defence of Copenhagen and Danish victory at Nyborg. Denmark is finally compelled, however, to give up its possessions in southern Sweden. Absolutism 1660 Denmark becomes an unlimited hereditary monarchy.

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/denmark-guide-for-tourist.html/feed 0 Travel to Denmark http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-denmark.html http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-denmark.html#respond Tue, 24 Jan 2017 01:32:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=228838 DENMARK Emergence of the Danish state; the Viking age 7th and 8th c. The coming of the Danes. The Scandinavian Danes occupy southern Sweden, the islands and Jutland, driving back the West Germanic Heruli, Angles, Saxons and Jutes. 9th-11 th c Formation ofthestate; Christianisation; Viking expeditions. 804-810 King Godfred builds the Danevirke in southern Jutland as a frontier fortification directed against Charlemagne. The Christianisation of Denmark begins in the 9th c. but is not completed until the time of Knut (Canute) the Great. Gorm the Old (c. 900-935) and Harald Bluetooth (935-985) unify Denmark after fierce fighting with local chieftains.

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]]> http://toursmaps.com/travel-to-denmark.html/feed 0 Denmark Travel http://toursmaps.com/denmark-travel.html http://toursmaps.com/denmark-travel.html#respond Sat, 21 Jan 2017 07:02:00 +0000 http://toursmaps.com/?p=228888 Denmark remains neutral. The occupation by German troops (1940-5) is a painful ordeal for the whole country. The Danish government remains in office. Growth of a resistance movement. In the autumn of 1943 the commander of the German occupation forces takes over executive power, replacing the Danish government. The German surrender is signed on 4 May 1945. A Social Democrat, Buhl, forms a provisional government in Copenhagen. 1944 ICELAND breaks free of Denmark and becomes a republic. After its experiences during the war Denmark abandons its strict neutrality and joins the western system of alliances, although in the early post-war

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