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City gate

 

City gates are mainly known from the Middle age, when larger cities were surrounded by city walls with several city gates

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The Church of Denmark

 

The Church of Denmark, the Danish states church, was formed after the Reformation in 1536

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Benedictine monks

   

The Benedictine monk Ansgar introduced Christianity to Denmark. Learn about Danish Benedictine monks and the monastery in Voer or Sorø

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Bronze Age

 

The Bronze Age is mainly known for the bronze objects, burial mounds, petroglyphs and longhouses

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Andelsbevægelsen, a Danish cooperative movement

         

Andelsbevægelsen is the name of the association of cooperatives which arose in the latter part of the 19th century

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Vikings

   

Vikings went on expeditions of trade, war, plunder and colonisation outside Scandinavia.

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Sophie Amalie, Queen

 

Sophie Amalie was married to Frederik III and queen of Denmark in the periode of 1648-1670 

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Hansen, Holger Møller

 

Holger Møller Hansen (1915-2000) was a professional inventor, who invented the endoscope and bubble wrap

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Tollund Man, the

 

The Tollund Man is on display at the Silkeborg Museum. He is a bog sacrifice from the earliest part of the Iron Age

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