Denmark Fact - Global Guide for Traveler

Denmark is a country in Northern Europe. Part of it, Jutland, lies on a peninsula north of

Germany while a number of islands, including two major ones, Zealand and Funen, are spread across the Baltic Sea between Jutland and Sweden.
Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), European defence cooperation, and issues concerning certain justice and home affairs.

Quick Denmark fact table

Capital:	Copenhagen
Location:	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)
Area:	Total: 43,094 sq km, land: 42,394 sq km, water: 700 sq km note: includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark (the Jutland Peninsula, and the major islands of Sjaelland and Fyn), but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland
Climate:	Temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers
Population:	5,450,661 (July 2006 est.)
Religions:	Evangelical Lutheran 95%, other Protestant and Roman Catholic 3%, Muslim 2%
Languages:	Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority). English is the predominant second language
Government:	Constitutional monarchy
Currency:	Danish krone (DKK)
Internet TLD:	.dk

Read more about Denmark fact. Sources: Wikipedia, CIA