Denmark

Europe

Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn).
 

"God's Help, the People's Love, Denmark's Strength"		55.6031782N 10.9204102E
Queen Margrethe II	Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen

Capital
Copenhagen

Government
Unitary parliamentary democracy and constitutional monarchy

Religion
Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Christian (includes Protestant and Roman Catholic) 3%, Muslim 2%. 

Population
5,515,575

Ethnic group
Scandinavian, Inuit, Faroese, German, Turkish, Iranian, Somali.

National Language                   
Danish
          
National Day
5 June (1849) Constitution Day

Anthem
Der er et yndigt land

Currency
Danish krone (DKK)

Attractions
Den Gamle By, Egeskov Castle, Frederksborg Castle, Little Mermaid Statue, Mons Klint,Tivoli Gardens  

Website  

Art & Cultural

The ICON

The Little Mermaid Statue                                                                                                                                                                 The statue was commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of Carlsberg, who had been fascinated by a ballet about the fairytale in Copenhagen’s Royal Theatre and asked the primaballerina, Ellen Price, to model for the statue. The sculptor Edvard Eriksen created the statue, which was unveiled on 23 August 1913. The statue’s head was modelled after Price, but as the ballerina did not agree to model in the nude, the sculptor’s wife Eline Eriksen was used for the body. The relatively small size of the statue typically surprises tourists visiting Langelinie for the first time. The Little Mermaid statue is only 1.25 metres high and weighs around 175 kg.

The Little Mermaid