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Blågårds Plads

 

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

Blågårds Plads, Blågård, Copenhagen, Nørrebro, Prince Carl, , , ,
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The Danish Freedom Council

 

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

Freedom council, resistance, judical purge, liberation cabinet, , , , ,
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Black Death, the

 

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

Bubonic, pestilence, Mortality, plague, Black Death, , , ,
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Christian II

 

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

Christian 2., Stockholm Bloodbath, Sten Sture, King of Denmark, , , , ,
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Hammershus

 

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

Hammershus, Castle, Valdemar II, Leonora, Bornholm, , , ,
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Public "Fruentimmer"

 

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

prostitute, public fruentimmer, offentlig fruentimmer, prostitution, veneral infections, , , ,
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The Church of Denmark

 

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

Folkekirken, Church of Denmark, Constitution, Protestantism, Christian III, , , ,
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Lehmann, Orla

   

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

Lehmann, Orla, Orla Lehmann, Eider Policy, , , , ,
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Depeche (The Dispatch of a Message)

 

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

Depeche, Dispatch of a Message, Ambassador, , , , , ,
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