29 Little Known Facts About Denmark

Denmark, the little country in the North of Europe, is6. The Great Danes dog breed probably did not
famous for Carlsberg, Legoland and the Little Mermaid.originate from Denmark, but from Germany.
But did you know these little known facts?Danish Culture
Geography And Weather
1. Only three Danish films have sold more than one
1. In Denmark, it rains every second day. On average, amillion tickets.
year has 171 days with a precipitation of more than2. The Danish alphabet has three letters not found in
0.1mm). In 2007, however, there were 188 days ofthe English alphabet: Æ, Ø, and Å. All
precipitation.three are vowels, and they come after the letter Z in
2. There is usually a brisk breeze blowing in Denmark;the Danish alphabet.
the average wind speed is 7.6 m/sec.3. The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art was the
3. In a year, the average temperature changes from 0Danes' favourite museum in 2007 with 468,000 visitors.
°C in January to 16 °C in August.4. The Danes love quality food. This makes this small
4. The Kingdom of Denmark includes, besidesnation the fifth largest exporter of food in the world.
Denmark, the self-governing areas of Greenland and5. An average Dane travels 13,600 km a year. 43% of
the Faroe Islands.all Danes own a car.
5. The ice free part of Greenland is almost 10 times6. The Danes sent 42 million MMS messages in 2007.
larger than Denmark.7. Dublin in Ireland was an important Viking trading
6. The Danish countryside is rather flat. The highestcenter.
point is 180 metres above sea level.8. Place names in the UK ending in -by (Whitby) and
7. Denmark borders with only one country, Germany.-thorpe (Scunthorpe) were Viking settlements.
8. If you buy a boat in Copenhagen and sail to the9. The Danish monarchy has existed for over a
nearest shore on the other side of the water, youthousand years.
arrive in Sweden.Economy
The Danes
1. In the last ten years the average wages have
1. The 5.48 million Danes make up only about 0.8 perincreased by 44 per cent. During the same period,
thousand of the earth's population of 6.7 billion people.prices have increased by only 25 per cent resulting in
In the early 1900s the Danes made up 1.5 per thousanda considerably higher purchasing power.
so, in relative terms, the Danes have become fewer.2. Danish families had an average disposable income
2. Life expectancy for Danish women is 79 and forof DKK 280,000 ($53,000) in 2006.
men 74.3. Small and medium-sized companies (77% of the
3. Danish women are on average almost 29 years oldDanish companies employ less than 50 people)
when they give birth to their first child. This is andominate the Danish business community.
increase of more than five years since 1970 when4. Denmark has 298,000 active enterprises, which
women were almost 24 years old when giving birthcorresponds to almost one company per every
for the first time.tenDanes on the labour market.
4. Danish children and youngsters spend many years in5. Danish farms are the home of more than 13 million
school. A child who starts nursery school today will onpigs. The majority of the pigs are kept in Jutland, while
average spend 16-17 years studying before attainingthe remaining number is distributed between Funen,
the final exam certificate.Zealand and other islands.
5. Lars Ulrich of Metallica was born in Denmark.6. The average tax rate in Denmark is 49%.