Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe made up of the Jutland peninsula and 406 islands, together with the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland, with Copenhagen as its capital and largest city. It emerged as a unified kingdom around the eighth century AD, and its monarchy traces back to Gorm the Old in the early tenth century, making it one of Europe's oldest continuous royal lines; the country adopted its constitution on 5 June 1849, moving from absolute to constitutional monarchy. Denmark operates today as a unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy under King Frederik X, with a single chamber parliament, the Folketing, elected by proportional representation. With a population of more than 6 million, Denmark joined NATO in 1949 and the European Union in 1973, though it negotiated opt-outs including keeping its own currency, the Danish krone, outside the eurozone.
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Government TypeUnitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy 1 Government type (class) Classification
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Source Wikipedia: Denmark
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1. Wikipedia: Denmark
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Capital and largest city: Copenhagen
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Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Denmark: Status
Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe made up of the Jutland peninsula and 406 islands, together with the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland, with Copenhagen as its capital and largest city.
In Era: The Contemporary Period, lead paragraph and infobox, existence dates
Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe.
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