Damestenen (the Dame Stone) also called Dammestenen (the Damme Stone) is the largest boulder in Denmark

The Danish amateur inventor Wilhelm Hellesen invented one of the first dry cell batteries

Thyra Danebod was the Queen of Gorm the Old and is featured on the rune stones in Jelling

Jens Andersen Beldenak was the last bishop of Funen before the Reformation won inpass in Denmark.

Trankebar was a Danish colony and trading post in the Westindies from 1620 to 1845

Ringen was a Danish resistance organization, who spread illegal magazines and build military wait groups in Denmark

The word "Bindstouw" refers to a knitting room. It was very common to share stories while knitting during winter time in Denmark

The Hvidsten group was a Danish resistance group during the German occupation. It was active in the period of 1943-1944

A Håndfæstning was a written oath between the Danish court and the chosen King regarding guidelines between the parties.

The European trade unions arose almost at the same time as the industrialization began during the 1800s

Albeit small, the island of Sprogø has always played a vital role. Now it serves as the halfway-point that binds the country together

The Private Independant Schools ensures that the parents can participate in the decision-making

A woman who gave birth in secret could be sentenced to hard labor for life until 1930

The Eagle Blanket, found in the coffin of Canute the Holy in Odense.

Christian Frederik Gyldenkrone relocated the manor house at Moesgaar. Today, Moesgaard can be visited along with our guides

Petroglyphs are man-made drawings and symbols drawn on stones from the prehistoric era, mainly from the Bronze Age

The term originated in the Viking Age and is used to describe all men, who have the right to be heard at Tingstedet

The word "gothic" refers to many different things: it is both a style, language, font and literature-genre

The Cistercian Order is a monastic order that was founded in France under the leadership of Saint Bernhard of Clairvaux

The successor follows the current monarch in accordance with the Danish Law of Succession. Men and women have equal rights in Denmark

A capital is the city where the country's government and sometimes the central administration is. What Danish city was a capital?

Hedeby was, due to its central position, an important trade town in Scandinavia during the Viking Age

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

The sentence "Prison on water and bread" was instituted in 1866, and abolished in 1930. The maximum number of such days was 6x5

Teaching children the value of money and thrift by giving them a money box can be traced back to the ancient Greeks and Romans

The Freedom Council was founded by representatives from the central resistance movements in Denmark during the occupation

Blåtårn, which could be translated as "Blue Tower", was the greatest tower of Copenhagen Castle, and its most fearsome prison.

The Three Year War was ultimately the result of the national-liberal movements, which all over Europe clamored for national freedom

Half-timbered houses have walls constructed of timber with the spaces filled with brick, granite boulders, plaster or wattle-and-daub

Absalon first built a castle at Copenhagen, then a small port called Havn, and laid foundations for the future expansion of the city.

The word "bastion" refers the angular protruding parts of a fortress

Vegetable caviar, an invention which is rooted in an unsuccessful biology experiment. A Danish patent product, which is sold widely.

To be put on a breaking wheel is a term for a medieval method of execution

August Bournonville was a Danish ballet master, and one of Danish ballet's most important choreographers

The Hærulf runestone is located at Hærvejen between Immervad and Hovslund in south Jutland

Karen Brahe (1657-1736) was a Funen noblewoman and a great collector of books

The Gold Coast was a Danish colony in West Africa from 1658 to 1850. Gold, ivory and slaves were the primary trade products

Sweyn Forkbeard (approximately 960-1014) was the son of Harald Bluetooth and king of Denmark, Norway and England

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg (1783-1853) was a Danish painter from the early 19th century

Abosolute Monarchy as a form of government ended in Denmark on June 5th 1849 with the introduction of the first Danish Constitution

The Age of the Valdemars (1157-1241) is considered a golden age in Denmark's history

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

The Dannevirke fortifications is the largest earthwork in Europe. Over 1500 years old, it acted as Denmark's defensive boundary

Dybbøl is a small coastal town in Southern Jutland that was the scene of one of the most important battles in Denmark's history

Niels Bohr is known for understanding atomic structures and quantum mechanics. He received the Nobel Prize in physics in 1922.

The term a public "Fruentimmer" was used in Denmark and refers to a prostitute

The main purpose of The Eider Policy was to define the Danish state and its borders

Harald Bluetooth was the first Christian king of Denmark and a powerful warrior

Kierkegaard was one of the major Danish thinkers in areas such as theology, philosophy and psychology

The Franciscans created their first monastery in Denmark in Ribe. By the end of the Middle Ages they had 20 monasteries in Denmark

The Continental Blockade was installed after Napoleon lost the battle at Trafalgar in 1805.

Heralds were a king's or a nobleman's messenger

The Fenrir Wolf is a creature in Nordic mythology

The emancipation of the peasantry allowed the peasants to decide where they wanted to live and work.

The Urnehoved Thingstead was the Landsting of Southern Jutland, where kings were crowned. King Erik Emune was murdered here in 1137

Torben Vestergaard Frandsen invented the Lifestraw, a filter that cleans polluted drinking water

Great Prayer Day (Store Bededag) is a Danish public holiday, falling on the fourth Friday after Easter

A duke is responsible for the defense of a duchy - former Danish duchies includes Schleswig, Holsten and Lauenburg

The word "stowaway" refers to a person, who travels by means of transportation without a ticket.

An estate or a manor usually belonged to a nobleman during the Middle Ages and the Renæssance

The term First World War did not come into usage until the start of the Second World War. Read about the war here

In the past, the word tenant refered to a person, who was bound to the lord of the estate

Modern day cassettes, floppy disks, hard disks and credit cards would not have been possible without Valdemar Poulsen's discoveries

Baroque was a 17th century style in painting, sculpture, architecture, theatre, literature and music. It was grandiose and dramatic

From 1448 to 1863, all of the Danish kings were descendants from the House of Oldenburg

Denmark had colonies in India, Africa and America in the period of 1620-1920

The Advanced dike was build to prevent flooding in the Tønder marshland in 1979-1981

The Funnel Beaker Culture was part of the Danish Neolithic Age. It is named for its typical funnel beaker ceramics

Fyrkat is a ring castle from the Viking Age. The castle was built in the reign period of Harald Bluetooth

In the Iron Age iron replaced bronze as the most used metal for making weapons, tools and other artefacts

The Dominicans are a mendicant order of monks. The order was created in 1216 by the Spanish saint Dominic de Guzman

Jens Olsen's World Clock at City Hall in Copenhagen is an astronomical clock, which shows Siderean and Central European time.

The Dagmar Cross, a very valuable Byzantine cross, tied to Queen Dagmar who is burried in Siant Bendts church in Ringsted.

Holger Danske was the biggest resistance group in Denmark during the German occupation of Denmark in 1940-45.

Orla Lehmann was a Danish politician and an opponent of the Danish monarchy. He was a frontline figure in the Eider Policy

The Danish Resistance Movement operated with e.g. sabotage operations and executions of informants

The invention of the ostomy pouch was a major step foreward for patients colostomy

The Tustrup graveyard houses several graves from the Neolithic period as well as a kulthus.

The mendicant movement came to Denmark in the 13th century. The friars and the order denounces property ownership

A Four-poster bed, or canopy bed, is the term used to describe a bed with four posters and a baldachin

Assistenshuset or "The Royal Privileged Assistens-hus" was a pawnbroking establishment in Copenhagen from 1688 to 1975

In the Middle Ages a squire was a knight's assistant, helping him with his weapons and armour.

The word dragoons refers to a unit of mounted soldiers

Gorm the Old is considered as the first king of Denmark and was married to Thyra Danebod

Peter von Scholten was the General Governor in the Danish Westindies from 1828 to 1848. He abolished slavery on the three islands

The dry battery, an invention by Wilhelm Hellesen. He founded a batteryfactory in Copenhagen, which was bought by Duracell in 1986

A Birk means a small judicial unit separated from a district. 

Stauning transformed the Social Democratic Party in Denmark and became its first leader of goverment

Danish Law from 1683 is the first completed Code of the Kingdom of Denmark

A folk high school in Denmark refers to an educational institution - also known as an University or College

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

During the Stone Age, humans lived as hunters and gatherers. Eventually, they started settling down

Folklores was part of an oral tradition where the stories was handed down from one generation to the next

Tin soldiers were toys from the 19th century. They were bought as finished toys or as make-it-yourself-kits with tin and molds

Hammershus is situated at the Northern part of Bornholm and is the largest castle ruin in Northern Europe from the Middle Ages

The word "bankruptcy" refers to an economic collapse.

Hærvejen is a favorite tour destination for tourists today, the road takes you through Immervad Bridge, Hærulf Runestone and Dannevirke

Villa was originally the Latin word for a house in the country and later came to mean city - in French "ville".

Trelleborg was excavated near Slagelse and dates back to ca. 980. It is the first viking fortress found in Denmark

The Danish Unity Party was active in the danish resistance movement, the Danish Freedom Council and the Liberation Cabinet during WW2

Peder Griffenfeld (1635-99) was a Danish citizen, who managed to be ennobled and appointed chancellor

The Corded Ware people buried their dead in small individual grave mounds. Big ceremonial status axes were found in the graves

Dagmar of Bohemia was one of the most popular of all Denmark's queens. She was known for her beauty and kindness

The Hanseatic League was a union of North European merchant towns, mainly German, from approx. 1200 to 1500

Trelleborg in Skåne is one of Harald Bluetooth's five ring fortresses, which were built as a defensegrid for the Danish realm

A gymnasium is a school for students, who wish to enter into an university and other 'higher' educations in Denmark

The Copper Age is associated with the south European and Middle Eastern cultures, where copper was used as a raw material

Margrethe I (1353-1412) was one of the most powerful women in medieval Europe. She was Queen Regent of Denmark, Norway and Sweden

Tycho Brahe is the founder of modern astronomy. His discoveries are milestones in the history of science.

Aggersborg is the largest Viking fortification found in Denmark

The Dano-Swedish Wars refer to the many wars between Denmark and Sweden in the period of 1563-1720

Fishing weirs are one of the oldest, advanced fishing methods that we know of. In Denmark, these mainly caught salmon, eel and trout

Eric of Pomerania was the foster son of Margrethe 1. and was the first king of the Kalmar Union

The British Navy invaded Zealand and bombed Copenhagen in 1807 for three days. The city of Copenhagen went up in flames

Moats are found surrounding fortresses, buildings and cities. Historically, a moat was used for defense.

Christian VII was a Danish king, but his mental illness made him unable to rule and the country was mostly ruled by royal advisors

Christian II (1481-1559) was one of the most unpopular Danish kings and was eventually overthrown and imprisoned for life

A hird was a gathering of housecarls, or hirdmen, who functioned as the king's personal guard

Svend Poulsen, or "Gønge", was the leader of the Danish resistance "Snaphanerne", who fought during the Dano-Swedish Wars

The Danish adult education college was created by Grundtvig as an inspiration to British boarding schools

The Golden Horns were found near Møgeltønder in 1639 and 1734. The originals were stolen and remelted. Today, copies are exhibited

Elise Sørensen was a Danish nurse, who invented the ostomy pouch and obtained patent on the ostomy pouch in 1954

Trehøje's three large grave mounds are the best preserved Bronze Age grave mounds in Denmark. They are part of a larger gravesite

Queen Bengerd was born in Portugal, daughter of the Portugese King Sancho I. She was married to King Valdemar Sejr.

Grundtvig was a priest, author and politician. He familiarised himself with "the living words" and his ideas lead to Folk High Schools

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

The word "rotunde" (or rotunda) refers to a building that has been build in the shape of a cylinder or barrel.

Caroline Mathilde was married to King Christian VII and was Queen of Denmark from 1766 to 1772

The passbook was a small book with an overview of the credit balance. Abolished in 2011 in favour of bank statements and online banking

Hans Christian Andersen is known worldwide for his fairytales. He was born in Odense and later moved to Copenhagen to be a writer.

Electromagnetism is the study of electrical and magnetic fields and the coherence between them

A foot was a unit of length. Read about Christian V's decree of measurment and weight.

Next to Tivoli, Christiania is the biggest tourist attraction in Copenhagen

The term 'the Black Death' probably stems from a misinterpretation of the latin term for the bubonic plague

The coat of mail - also knows as the ring mail - was made of metalrings creating an armor to resist swords and spears

The Egtved Girl is one of the best preserved people from the Nordic Bronze Age

A sentence of forced labour in the workhouse or the reformatory could last from 8 months to a lifetime

Blågårds Plads is an area in Copenhagen and was built in order to give the people of Copenhagen a green sanctuary.

Corfitz Ulfeldt was Steward of the Realm at the court of Christian 4. Married the king's daughter, Leonora Christina. Died in exile

A thimble is usually used by a seamstress to protect the fingers against pinpricks

Illerup Ådal, or Illerup River-valley, is known for the many findings from the Iron Age

The word Danehof refers to an imperial council or what we would know today as a parliament.

The term Antiquity was first used to distinguish between the Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Recent times

The police use photographs of criminals for investigations of crimes. It is also known as a "mug shot"

Christian IV was one of the greatest Danish monarchs. He is well-known for his edifices and his buildings can still be visited today

The Ertebølle Culture was a Mesolithic Culture living in Southern Scandinavia

Count Christopher's involvement in the civil war was immortalized and remembered as the Count's Feud

Volapyk is an artificial language created by a Catholic priest after God asked to do so in a dream.

Frit Danmark, or Free Denmark, was an illegal magazine. It was published during the German occupation of Denmark 1940-1945

A drawbridge is a bridge that can be raised and lowered. It is often found at the entrance to a fortress.

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

The United Monarchy was a union between the Kingdom of Denmark and the duchy of Schleswig-Holstein and Lauenburg from 1850-1864

Ellehammer was known for his different inventions and was the first aircraft pioneer in Denmark

The Danish nobility provided military assistance to the king and in exchange obtained social, economic and political privileges

King Canute IV, also know as Canute the Holy, is the patron saint of Denmark and the first Dane to be canonized

Denmark did not invent wind-energy, but the country quickly became a forerunner and giant in the field

The viking fortresses are Aggersborg, Fyrkat, Nonnebakken, Trelleborg, and Borgeby. They were constructed as ringforts.

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

The thingstead was the center of the judicial, executive and legislative branches in the Viking Age and the Middles Ages

A crossbow shoots off the arrow by pulling the trigger and reached its height of popularity in the Middle Ages

The Hjortspring Boat is a large wooden boat from the pre-Roman Iron Age c. 350 BCE. The boat was found in a bog in 1921

The Danish Constitution was introduced June 5th 1849 and so, absolute monarchy ended in Denmark

In the 1500's there was a fear of shortage in oak for ship timber. Oak forests were protected from private tree cutters and export

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

Louise Rasmussen was the illegitimate child of an unmarried maid. She was later appointed Countess of Danner by king Frederik VII

The Flame was a Danish resistance fighter responsible for multiple assassinations of informers during the German Occupation

The Grauballe man is a bog body from the Iron Age found in Grauballe near Silkeborg in 1952

The Danish West Indies - three small islands in the Caribbean Sea - was a Danish colony from 1672 to 1917

Poul la Cour was a Danish inventor and trailblazer in the development of local windmills

Greyfriars came to Denmark in the 1200s and built monasteries in Odense and Ribe

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

The Holckenhavn castle is a manor situated at Funen. The Holck-family has been the proprietor since 1662

The Gundstrup Kettle is a silver kettle with mythical figures and was found in a peat moss. It weighs approx. 9 kg 

Frederikke Dannemand was the daughter of a shipbuilder. She was introduced to Frederik 6, with whom she began a lifelong relationship

Ogier the Dane is a mythical character with a statue in Kronborg castle and in Skjern's town center

Freyja is the goddess of fertility in the Nordic mythology

A gig is a two-wheeled horse carriage

The order was created and given their rules by the Patriach of Jerusalem, St Albert Avigadro

"To go to the thingstead" was an expression used to describe the place where the executive, judicial and legislative branches met.

BOPA was a Danish resistance group in Copenhagen during WW II. The group performed liquidations and sabotage

A hosekræmmer (wool salesman) refers to someone who travels the country to sell wool products

The Lemon was a Danish resistance fighter during the German occupation of Denmark. He took part in several assassinations.

The Sound Tolls were instituted by the king, Erik of Pomerania, when the herring population in Oresund decreased.

Valdemar "the victorious" is known for conquering many territories and for providing the Danes with their national flag: Dannebrog

"Denmark to the Eider" was the rallying cry of nationalists, who wanted to absorb the Duchy of Schleswig into Denmark

Valhal, home of Odin in Asgard. Valhal is also home to the Einherjar, fallen warriors and heroes. Valhal means "home of the fallen"

The silver cups from Hoby weighs approx. 1 kg. Images from the Iliad is depicted on both cups

The Churchill Group was a Danish resistance group in Aalborg. It was active during the years 1941-42.

The Statue of Liberty is a monument that commemorates the abolition of the Emancipation of the peasantry

Frederik III (1609-1670) was married to Sofie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg and introduced absolute monarchy in Denmark

H.C. Hansen (1906-60) was a Danish Social Democratic politician, who held multiple ministerial posts

Malling-Hansen created the Hansen Writing Ball after he discovered that deaf people wrote three times faster than other people

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

Peter L. Jensen invented the loudspeaker and was a hi-fi pioneer. Jensen’s speakers were e.g. used by Fender in their amplifiers

The Count's Feud refers to a Danish civil war 1534-1536 that escalated in the wake of king Frederik 3's death

The Danish media has a long history of celebrating Christmas - starting in 1927

The Golden Age in Denmark was at period of great artistry. Many traces of the Golden Age can be seen in the city image or at museums

A depeche (the dispatch of a message) is the ambassadors personal political intelligence for the country’s Minister of foreign affairs