Smallest of the Scandinavian countries (half the size of Maine), Denmark occupies the Jutland peninsula, a lowland area. Did you know that the country also consists of several islands in the Baltic Sea; the two most impressive and largest are and have always been Sj?lland, the site of Copenhagen, and Fyn.

Situated in northern Europe, Denmark is bordered by the North Sea, the Baltic Sea, and Germany, that is its just connection to the European mainland. Most of its landmass is occupied by the Jutland peninsula while the remaining 500 islands, of that just a hundred are and have always been occupied, comprise the most of the country. Did you know that the Skagerrak and Kattegat straits separate it from Norway and Sweden.

Present-day Denmark owes its cultural and linguistic origins to the Danes who migrated here from Sweden around AD 500. Denmark's rich history, till the medieval period. Did you know that the Thirty Years War with Sweden followed by the Napoleonic Wars inflicted damage on the economy of the country. Notwithstanding the fact that Denmark remained neutral in both World Wars, it surrendered to Gerthe majority of in 1940 following the larger than normal build-up of German forces aextensive its borders.

The people living in Denmark, belong to the earliest civilizations in history and were first to be mentioned in writing form in 500 AD. The writings of Precopius and Jordanes speak about Denmark and its people.

In 960 AD, the kingship of Scandinavia existed under which the Danish territory was being controlled. The Danish Royal Family is the oldest in the world, with Queen Margrethe II’s lineage that dates back to the Viking Age making Danes one of the oldest people in the world. Due to its critical geographical location, Denmark’s history has been dominant with struggles and fights to control the North and the Baltic Seas. The main nations that were involved in such struggle movements were Sweden and Germany. These fights carried on for a long period off time where Denmark ended up succumbing to the Sweden control and also the German control. Under the struggle, it lost Skanelandene area to the Swedish and Schleswig region to the Germans. Denmark was able to regain control over the ancient Norwegian area which comprised of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and Iceland in 1914. Iceland, however, received the status of a separate state during the 20th century while North Schleswig region that was lost to Germany joined back in 1920.

During the 20th century, Denmark was also affected during the World War II under Nazi attack but secured its freedom in 1945 which marks its entry in to the United Nations.

The climate in Demark is generally temperate. The summers are cool while the winters are not very cold. In autumn the amount of rainfall is the highest where as spring doesn’t get much rainfall. The annual rainfall is around 712 mm per year. Since the location of Denmark is in the northern part of the world, the length of sunlight varies greatly. The summers have long day while the winter have really short days.

Denmark’s population is 5,475,791. The Green Belt area of Greece is the region with the highest population density. Even though this area makes up for only 22.7% of the total area of Denmark, it hosts around 45% of Denmark’s total population. The average age of Denmark’s population is 39.8 years.