Viking Fortress
The viking fortresses are Aggersborg, Fyrkat, Nonnebakken, Trelleborg, and Borgeby. They were constructed as ringforts.
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A Capital City
A capital is the city where the country's government and sometimes the central administration is. What Danish city was a capital?
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The Battle of Copenhagen
The British Navy invaded Zealand and bombed Copenhagen in 1807 for three days. The city of Copenhagen went up in flames
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The Hvidsten Group
The Hvidsten group was a Danish resistance group during the German occupation. It was active in the period of 1943-1944
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Bastion
The word "bastion" refers the angular protruding parts of a fortress
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Nobility
The Danish nobility provided military assistance to the king and in exchange obtained social, economic and political privileges
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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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Public "Fruentimmer"
The term a public "Fruentimmer" was used in Denmark and refers to a prostitute
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Herald
Heralds were a king's or a nobleman's messenger
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