Duke
A duke is responsible for the defense of a duchy - former Danish duchies includes Schleswig, Holsten and Lauenburg
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Danish Law
Danish Law from 1683 is the first completed Code of the Kingdom of Denmark
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Successor to the Crown
The successor follows the current monarch in accordance with the Danish Law of Succession. Men and women have equal rights in Denmark
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Dannevirke
The Dannevirke fortifications is the largest earthwork in Europe. Over 1500 years old, it acted as Denmark's defensive boundary
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Workhouse or Reformatory
A sentence of forced labour in the workhouse or the reformatory could last from 8 months to a lifetime
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Folklore
Folklores was part of an oral tradition where the stories was handed down from one generation to the next
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Christmas in the Danish media
The Danish media has a long history of celebrating Christmas - starting in 1927
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Sørensen, Elise
Elise Sørensen was a Danish nurse, who invented the ostomy pouch and obtained patent on the ostomy pouch in 1954
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