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Basic info about Denmark

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Official name: Kongeriget Danmark (Kingdom of Denmark)
The oldest monarchy (constitutional) of Europe
Royal chief:
Queen Margrethe II - since January 14, 1972
One chamber system: 'Folketinget'
Prime Minister:
Anders Fogh Rasmussen - since November 27, 2001
Member of: FN, EU, NATO, CSCE, OECD and WEU
Location: App. 56° North, 11° East
The country consists of a peninsula (Jutland) and 406 islands, of which 85 are uninhabited
Total area: 43,094 km2
Coast line: 7,314 km
Shares frontier with Germany (68 km)
Climate: Temperate with average temperature in January and July of 0° C and 17° C respectively and an average yearly precipitation of 664 mm
Inhabitants (2005):
5,411,505 - distributed in 14 counties and 275 municipalities
Population density (2005): 125.6 per km2
Largest cities (2004): Copenhagen with 1.086.762 inhabitants, Århus 228.547, Odense 145.554, Aalborg 121.549, Esbjerg 72.550
82.5% of the population lives in cities (2004)
BNP Index, Purchasing Power Parities per Capita, OECD 2004: 117
(OECD-30 100; EU-15 102; LUX 208, USA 145, CH 119, AUS 110, D 101, J 109, I 101, S 113, UK 109, F 105, E 87, PL 46, MEX 36)
Unemployment rate (2004):
Approx. 6.0% (average nationwide)
Inflation rate (2003 - 2004): 1.2%
32 daily and 10 Sunday papers (2004)
10 "nationwide" Danish TV stations (2004)
84% of the population own PC (2004)
98% of the population own TV (2004)
81% of the population own mobile phone (2004)
75% of the population has access to the Internet from their home (2004)
81% of the companies have their own website (2004)
97% of the companies has access to the Internet (2004)
93% of the companies use e-mail (2004)

Source: Danmarks Statistik

TOP 20 - Danish surnames

Many Danish surnames end with 'sen'.

In fact, more than 60% of the Danish population has a "sen"-name. Below the top 20 as of January 1, 2005:

Nr.
Efternavn
Antal
Procentdel af befolkningen

1
Jensen 300.351
5,55%

2
Nielsen 294.561
5,44%

3
Hansen 246.657
4,56%

4
Pedersen 185.266
3,42%

5
Andersen 172.126
3,18%

6
Christensen 131.991
2,44%

7
Larsen 128.750
2,38%

8
Sørensen 123.383
2,28%

9
Rasmussen 103.552
1,91%

10 Jørgensen 97.671
1,81%

11 Petersen 91.219
1,69%

12 Madsen 69.704
1,29%

13 Kristensen 64.922
1,20%

14 Olsen 53.613
0,99%

15 Thomsen
40.447

0,75%

16 Christiansen
39.892

0,74%

17 Poulsen
34.074

0,63%

18 Johansen
32.973

0,61%

19 Knudsen
31.791

0,59%

20 Mortensen 31.107
0,58%

Kilde: Danmarks Statistik

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