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The Danish nation is a concept closely connected to 19th century ethnic nationalism. It relates to self-identification rather than to laws. The term's use is relevant chiefly in historical contexts of debate on the status of Schleswig and Holstein vis-à-vis a Danish nation-state. Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ethnic nationalism is the form of nationalism in which the state derives political legitimacy from historical cultural or hereditary groupings (ethnicities); the underlying assumption is that ethnicities should be politically distinct. ... This article is about the region of Schleswig on the German/Danish border. ... Holstein also refers to a breed of cattle. ... -1...


The Danish nation is to be distinguished from the legal concept of nationality, Danish nationals; i.e. persons fully subjected to Danish law. Nationality is, in English usage, a legal relationship existing between a person and a state. ...


The Danish nation consists, in theory, of all people the other members see as members.


In practice, it is a way to cover Danes in Denmark and in the formerly Danish Duchy of Schleswig by the same term. Denmark (disambiguation). ... A duchy is a territory, fief, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess. ... This article is about the region of Schleswig on the German/Danish border. ...


Excluded are people from the formerly Norwegian Faroe Islands and Greenland. The Kingdom of Norway is a Nordic country on the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, bordering Sweden, Finland and Russia, with territorial waters bordering Danish and British waters. ... Motto: None Official language Faroese Capital Tórshavn Monarch Margrethe II Prime Minister Jóannes Eidesgaard Area  - Total  - % water World ranking: 189th 1,399 km² — Population  - Total ( 2004)  - Density World ranking: 211th 48,228 33. ... This article is about Greenland, the island dependency of Denmark. ...


The term can today also be heard in right-wing and populist rhetoric, often conveying anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant sentiments. In politics, right-wing, the political right, or simply the right, are terms which refer, with no particular precision, to the segment of the political spectrum in opposition to left-wing politics. ... Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the... Rhetoric (from Greek ρητωρ, rhêtôr, orator) is one of the three original liberal arts or trivium (the other members are dialectic and grammar). ... This article is in an unsatisfactory state, and there is no current agreement among its editors so as to proceed; some editors regard the content as not being neutral; other editors believe this article does not describe something usefully distinct from that described on the Islamophobia page and should be... Anti-immigrant and anti-immigration are labels that are often considered inaccurate or prejudicial by those to whom they are applied. ...


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Denmark - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (3503 words)
Many Danes are fluent in English as well, particularly those in larger cities and the youth, who are taught English in school and who have grown up with American popular culture as a part of their everyday life.
Perhaps the most famous Dane is actually an English mythical figure: Hamlet, the title character of William Shakespeare's famous play, which was set in the real castle of Kronborg in Helsingør, north of Copenhagen.
Another widely known Dane is Hans Christian Andersen, in Denmark referred to as H. Andersen, a writer mostly famous for such fairy tales as The Emperor's New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, and The Ugly Duckling.
Danish people - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (530 words)
The Danes are a Scandinavian ethnic group, and are the descendants of the Norse - better known as Vikings - along with Norwegians, Swedes, Icelanders, and Faroese.
50,000 Danes live in Southern Schleswig in Germany, a former Danish territory, forming around 10% of the local population.
In Denmark, the latter group is often referred to as De danske syd for grænsen (literally: the Danes south of the (Danish-German) border).
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