Danish Monarchy

Kingdom of Denmark
During the 8th--11th centuries, the Norse discovered and settled the Hebrides, Shetland, Orkney, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland and attempted to establish a settlement in Vínland, believed to be at L'Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland. They also conquered and settled parts of England (the Danelaw), Ireland, and Normandy, and founded the Kievian Rus' in the east, which would eventually become the Tsardom of Russia. The Norse ran trade routes from Greenland in the north to Constantinople in the south via Russian rivers. Denmark-Norway was formed as a state in 1536, following a personal union of Denmark and Norway.

The Dano-Norwegian union was dissolved by the Treaty of Kiel in 1814, with Denmark keeping the Norwegian dependencies of Iceland, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland. Denmark also ruled over Danish India (Tranquebar) from 1620 to 1869, the Danish Gold Coast (Ghana) from 1658 to 1850, and the Danish West Indies (the U.S. Virgin Islands) from 1671 to 1917.

Iceland achieved home rule in 1874, and became a fully sovereign state in 1918, united with Denmark under a common king. The Icelanders abolished the monarchy in 1944, and in 1948 the Faroese gained home rule. The kingdom joined the European Economic Community (now the European Union) without the Faroes in 1973, and Greenland withdrew in 1985, in both cases because of fisheries policies. Greenland gained home rule in 1979 and a proposal for introducing further autonomy in 2009 was approved in a referendum in 2008. Greenlanders consider independence if enough natural resources are discovered to make that prospect economical.

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[smdana]

@novaskosia i really love the background music to the video

can u please tell me the name of it?

[novaskosia]

@smdana the music is Protectors of the Earth Choir- Two Steps From Hell

[Rotebuehl1]

I'm sorry! Nice vid, but it's a bit too fast, one can hardly get a glimpse of the lines! Then again, the red letters are not always readable! But, all in all, nice job.

[novaskosia]

@Rotebuehl1 sorry. If you can't read. You should stop video and read it

[andreasloenstrup]

@novaskosia That is an annoyance to the music.

[ellandelachapelle]

So. How come Harald got involved in cellphones? :) (very instructive video. With impressive music,)

[smdana]

@novaskosia thank you

[smdana]

@novaskosia thanks



[Froztification8D]

Hahaha King Niels xD det er bare for godt at vi har haft en konge der hedder Niels!!!

[Rotebuehl1]

@novaskosia I did stop the video quite often! That's what I criticise, because it isn't really the sense of a video, to be stopped every 10 seconds, is it? Nice vid, though!

[Rotebuehl1]

@novaskosia Thanks! ;-)

[Rotebuehl1]

@novaskosia

I know, I know! What I asked, is how Danes consider Canute IV's sainthood TODAY!