Transcript The History Of Denmark

The History Of
Denmark
The Vikings
700 AD
► Many tribes unified
► Pillage, plunder, etc
► Many rulers
► Fought extensively with
the Frankish Empire
► Around 800 the
exploration by the
Scandinavians began
► Around 1060 the church
was introduced
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Skagerrak
Kattegat
Denmark
► Surrounded
by
The North Sea (West)
The Baltic Sea (SE)
The Skagerrak (N)
The Kattegat (E)
The Oresund (E)
Germany (S)
Oresund
North Sea
Germany
Baltic Sea
Christian IV 1596-1648
► Came
to power at
height of The Danish
Empire
► Became King at age 19
► Considered to be great
horseman and hunter
► Practically Oriented
► Very Large Man
Christian @ War
► Kalmar
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Navy Was Spread very thin, so had to be fought with Mercenaries
Never Could defeat the Swedes even with their superior Navy
► War
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War 1611-13
between Protestants and Catholics
During his first great battle he had 20,000 men, 80 of them survived
Though he lost, it showed his support of Protestantism
Years War 1625-29
Almost lost everything
German Commander Wallenstein followed Christian’s armies back into Jutland
Created successful peace treaty that lost them no land
► Torstensson
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War 1643-1645
Swedish General Torstensson occupied Jutland
Even with victories by Christian, they still lost, and had to succeed lands, as well as reduce the
Øresund toll and the Norwegian tax
“Lasting Treasures”
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Constructed
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Stock Exchange
Regensen
Holmens Church
Rosenborg Castle
Trinitatis with the Round Tower,
parts of Nyboder
Proviantgården and Tøjhuset
Renovated
 Frederiksborg Castle
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Founded
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Christianshavn
Christiania
Christianstad
Christiansand
Democratic Revolt of 1848
► With
the revolutions
occurring in Germany
 groups of Pro-German
Schleswig-Holsteiners
demanded
►a
liberal Constitution
► the incorporation of
Schleswig in the
German Confederation
► This
triggered a
revolt in the duchies
REVOLT, and Frederik VII
► Frederik
proclaimed
himself the
constitutional king
 Paved the way to a
Democratic
Constitution
►The
Constitution of
the Kingdom of
Denmark of 5 June
1849
Denmark in WWII
► Neutral
► Occupied
forces
by Nazi
 April 9, 1940
 Germans marched
into Denmark
Denmark in WWII
► Thorvald
Stauning
(Danish government
leader)
 Collaborated with the
occupying power
By the end of the war there where
50,000 members of the resistance
► With
British help
 Resistance to the
Germans increased
 Collaboration stopped in
August of 1943
 Armed revolts occurred
all over during the last
18 months of the war
Danish Jews in WWII
► In
October 1943 Jews
ordered to be
deported to Germany
► Danes and Swedes
collectively evacuated
8,000 Jews to
Sweden
► Considered to be one
of the largest
collective resistances
of an occupied
country
Because of these Country's efforts the
vast Majority of Danish Jewish
population survived.
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YOUTH REVOLTS
liberal groups of Denmark protested against
the use of nuclear weapon though the 1960’s
 Danish Campaign against Nuclear Weapons was created
in January 1960
 Many books where written on the subject of Nuclear
arms by Danish liberals
WAR
NO VIETNAM
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Peaceful anti-Vietnam War protests
 Outside the American Embassy
 January of 1967
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The Committee to help American Deserters
 Would help X-American Soldiers
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The Conscientious Objectors Union
 Formed against the practice of conscription in Denmark