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Denmark - GENERAL INFORMATION

Population - Local time - Languages - Religion - Political system - Climate - Tourism - Food

Population

Main Cities	Population
Copenhagen	1,750,000
Arhus	279
Odense	183
Alborg	159
Esbjerg	83
Randers	61

Total population (millions):	5.4
Source: World Bank 2004

Urban population:	85%
Source: World Bank 2004

Average annual population growth:	0.2%
Source: World Bank 2004

Surface area (km²) :

43,09

Population origin

Origin of the population	% Of the population
Danish	96.4 %
Asian	0.4 %
British	0.2 %
Other	2.7 %

Local time

It is %T:%M %A in Copenhage

GMT+1 in winter, GMT+2 in summer

Languages

Official language: Danish, but also the Greenlandic and the Faroese dialects.
Business language: Danish and English (Danes usually have a very good level of English).

Free translation tools in Denmark :
Eurodicautom
The European Union Dictionary (12 languages avalaible)

Intertran
Free English-Danish-English translator of texts and web pages

Freedict.com
Free English-Danish-English Dictionary

Religion

Religious practises : Protestants 91%
Catholics 2%
Others 7%.

Political system

Denmark is a constitutional monarchy. The monarch represents the executive, but he (she) only has a symbolic authority. The parliament is unicameral, it counts 179 members of whom 175 represent Denmark, 2 Faeroes and 2 Greenland. Parliamentary election take place every 4 years. The government consists of a coalition between the SDP, the CD (democrats of the centre) and the liberal radical party. The opposition to the government is formed by the conservatives, the SP and the progressive party.
The Queen is Margrethe II (1972).
The Prime Minister is Anders Fogh Rasmussen (2001).

Climate

Tourism

Number of visitors in Denmark	2002	2003	2004	World rank
Number of visitors (1000)	3436	3474	3358	n.a.

Source : World Tourisme Organization, data available in November 2005

Tourist sites

-The city of Copenhagen
- The development of tourism in Greenland

For more information about tourism in Denmark , check out the following web site(s) :
Danish Tourism Board

Food

Traditional dishes

Sm?rrebr?d: slices of black bread served with meat, fish or cheese. This is a traditional Danish dish, usually taken at lunch.

Last modified in October 2005