Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in Denmark
Denmark Danmark (Danish) | |
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| Motto: (royal) "Guds hjælp, folkets
kærlighed, Danmarks styrke"[N 1] (English: "God's help, the love of the people, Denmark's strength"[1]) | |
| Anthems: Der er et yndigt land (English: "There is a lovely country") Kong Christian stod ved højen mast[N 2] (English: "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") | |
![Location of metropolitan Denmark[N 3] (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) – in the European Union (green)](/wiki/File:EU-Denmark.svg) Location of metropolitan Denmark[N 3] (dark green) – in Europe (green & dark grey) | |
| Capital and largest city | Copenhagen 55°43′N 12°34′E / 55.717°N 12.567°E |
| Official languages | Danish |
| Recognised regional languages | German[N 4] |
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| Sovereign state | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Government | Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Margrethe II |
| Mette Frederiksen | |
| Henrik Dam Kristensen | |
| Legislature | Folketing |
| History | |
| c. 8th century[7] | |
• Christianization | c. 965[8] |
| 5 June 1849 | |
• Faroese home rule | 24 March 1948 |
| 1 January 1973 | |
• Greenlandic home rule | 1 May 1979 |
| Area | |
• metropolitan Denmark | 42,933 km2 (16,577 sq mi)[9] (130th) |
• Water (%) | 1.74 (2015)[10] |
| Population | |
• Q1 2022 estimate |  5,873,420[11][N 6] (114th) |
• Faroe Islands | 52,110[12] |
• Greenland | 56,081[13] |
• Density (Denmark) | 137.65/km2 (356.5/sq mi) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $406.011 billion[14][N 7] (53nd) |
• Per capita | $69,273[14] (13th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2022 estimate |
• Total | $399.100 billion[14][N 7] (40th) |
• Per capita | $68,094[14] (10th) |
| Gini (2021) |  27.0[15]low |
| HDI (2019) |  0.940[16]very high · 10th |
| Currency | Danish krone[N 8] (DKK) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
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| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy[N 10] |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | |
| ISO 3166 code | DK |
| Internet TLD | .dk[N 11] |
Website Denmark.dk | |
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Denmark
Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the most populous and politically central constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the North Atlantic Ocean. European Denmark is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, lying southwest of Sweden, south of Norway, and north of Germany.