Name of country: Kingdom of Denmark
Continent: Europe
Area: 43,000 km² (excluding Greenland)
Population: 5.911 million
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Capital: Copenhagen
Landmark: The Little Mermaid statue
chronicles
Around 10,000 BC: Jutland begins to be inhabited by humans who live by hunting.
Around 4200 BC ~ 3400 BC: The humans who settled in this area entered the Neolithic period, reclaimed the land, and cultivated agriculture.
Around 400 BC: Enter the Bronze Age.
985 AD: Denmark forms a unified kingdom.
1397: The Kalmar Alliance, led by Queen Margrethe I of Denmark, is established, which includes present-day Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and part of Finland.
End of the 15th century AD: The alliance begins to decline.
1523: Sweden becomes independent from the Union.
1814 AD: Norway is ceded to Sweden.
1849 AD: Constitutional monarchy established.
1918: Iceland becomes independent from Denmark.
April 1940 to May 1945: Occupied by Nazi Germany.
1949 AD: Joined NATO.
1973: Joined the European Community. Has sovereignty over Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
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Best World Cup record
Quarterfinals (1998)