Over 200 years after being sunk by the British Royal Navy under Admiral Horatio Nelson, one of Denmark's most famous warships has been discovered at the bottom of Copenhagen Harbor
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The (illegal) nuclear reactor buried under Greenland
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Maritime archaeologists from the Viking Ship Museum in Denmark have announced the discovery of what they describe as the world’s largest cog
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Scientists find foreign trees and one fingerprint on iron age warship from Scandinavia
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How we unlocked the secrets of Denmark's oldest plank boat – with the help of an ancient fingerprint
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Denmark's National Museum unveils gaming piece which is believed to be the first portrait of a Viking – figurine depicts man with imperial moustache, braided beard and a neatly-groomed hairstyle
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Researchers uncover Stone Age settlement submerged by rising sea levels in Denmark
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The Faroe Islands are the only country that celebrates their World War II occupation
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The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing the country's past in extraordinary detail.
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10th-century burial site believed to have belonged to a Viking noble family has been discovered in northern Denmark
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Danish PM Mette Frederiksen is seeking to extend 2018 niqab ban to educational institutions and remove prayer rooms, citing concerns about social control and oppression
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The shipwrecks from John Franklin’s doomed arctic expedition were exactly where the Inuit said they would be
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In the last decade, extensive fungal growth has developed in Danish museums parallel to climate change, challenging occupational health and heritage preservation
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In December 2023, Denmark introduced a law banning "improper treatment" of religious texts – two people are now set to face trial on the island of Bornholm
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Why the island of Bornholm is Danish and not German, Swedish or Polish
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Danish archaeological discovery has raised questions about the origins of the iconic Sutton Hoo helmet, thought for decades to have links to Sweden
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Stonehenge-like circle unearthed in Denmark – archaeologists suggest ‘woodhenge’ was built between 2600 and 1600BC on similar axis to English stone circle
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Archaeologists discover stash of 1,500-year-old weapons – includes the only known Roman helmet ever found in Denmark
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Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of engraved sun stones – linked with a large volcanic eruption that made the sun disappear throughout Northern Europe
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Denmark has dropped the Three Crowns, a symbol of the Kalmar Union since the 14th century, from its own coat of arms
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Why did Norway try to take Greenland from Denmark in 1931?
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Advanced technology discovered under Neolithic dwelling in Denmark – a stone paved root cellar, which could represent a remarkable technological leap in resource preservation
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Danish family seek to return Etruscan objects to Italy – Bent Søndergaard's children say they want to carry out ‘his final wishes’ and send back antiquities he bought in 1960s
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A lawmaker representing Greenland in Denmark's Parliament was asked to leave the podium of the assembly after she refused to translate her speech delivered in Greenlandic into Danish
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The Vikings were part of a global network trading in ivory from Greenland
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National Museum of Denmark is handing over an iconic cloak belonging to an indigenous group in Brazil at a ceremony being attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
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Rates of violence in Viking Age Norway and Denmark were long believed to be comparable. A team of researchers now challenges that assumption.
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Did Rome know about Scandinavia and the Vikings?
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Archaeology student unearths seven spectacular Viking-era curled silver arm rings north of Denmark's second-largest city Aarhus
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A new exhibition opening at Denmark's National Museum is exploring the history and legacy of a mysterious female Viking sorceress known as the Völva
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Blacksmiths are reconstructing a Viking ship to better understand the secrets of the navigation of Scandinavian warriors a thousand years ago
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Vast coin collection of Danish butter magnate L.E. Bruun is set to finally go on sale a century after his death, and could fetch up to $72 million
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Packages seized by the Royal Navy from a Faroese cargo ship bound for Denmark during the Napoleonic Wars opened – previously hidden away in the National Archives
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Two waves of mass death hit prehistoric Denmark, with farmers wiping out hunter-gatherers and pastoralists later wiping out the farmers, genetic study reveals
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Engraving on an almost 2,000-year-old knife believed to be the oldest runes ever found in Denmark
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The tragic story of this famous meteorite and the boy who fought the museum that took everything from him
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Queen Margrethe II is the first Danish monarch to abdicate in 900 years – but it is just a sign of the times
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Blasphemy laws have returned to Denmark – even fanatical Quran-burners must remain free
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How did Denmark defeat Prussia in 1848?
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Danish parliament has voted to ban the burning of religious scriptures after a series of Qur’an desecrations in the country and neighbouring Sweden
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Sinking the Blücher: How an outdated fort stopped the WWII Invasion of Norway
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Monica de Wichfeld awarded Blue plaque honour in Derrylin, Northern Ireland – was a leading member of the Danish resistance against Nazi occupation in World War II
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How Denmark destroyed Greenland: Brief history of Denmark's colonialism in Greenland
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A replica of a boat that carried Danish Jews to safety in Sweden anchors an exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC
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Vikings and glass windows
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Gilleleje remembers one of the greatest collective acts of resistance of World War II – its role in the flight and escape of over 7,000 Danish Jews
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Denmark's first Viking queen was likely more powerful than the king, research finds
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Danish dictionary to weed out gender stereotypes – ‘career women’ are now paired with ‘career men’ and manslaughter is a linguistic offence
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Denmark's parliament to introduce interpreters – Aki-Matilda Hoegh-Dam spoke and answered questions in Greenlandic, causing protests from some lawmakers
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Planned Danish law will make improper treatment of the Quran or Bible a criminal offence punishable by a fine and jail sentence of up to two years
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