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World Homes Network - Denmark (3712 words) |
 | Vikings from Denmark also raided extensively in northern and western France, until in 911 they were ceded Normandy (`land of the Norse´) by the French king; the Normans, as the Vikings who settled in France became known, were to play an important role in the history of western Europe over the next few centuries. |
| During the 16th century Denmark was one of the great powers of Europe, the reign of Frederick II (1559-88) and the early part of the reign of Christian IV (1588-1648) being the period of the country's greatest strength, although in 1563- 70 there was a disastrous attempt to regain Sweden. |
| Denmark wished to remain neutral, and if this was not possible was resolved to attack even France; but a British fleet was dispatched in 1807 to take possession of the Danish fleet, and at the same time to offer Denmark very generous terms. |
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Denmark - LoveToKnow 1911 (15777 words) |
| Denmark, however, is nowhere low in the sense in which Holland is; the country is pleasantly diversified, and rises a little at the coast even though it remains flat inland. |
| The population of Denmark in 1901 was 2,449,540. |
| The land under grain crops is not far short of one-half the remainder, the principal crops being oats, followed by barley and rye in about equal quantities, with wheat about one-sixth that of barley and hardly one-tenth that of oats. |
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