This article is about Danes as a nation and ethnic group. For the Iron Age Germanic tribe, see Danes (tribe). For other uses, see Dane.
Danes Danskere
Total population
c. 8 million
Regions with significant populations
Denmark
5,961,249[1]
United States
1,430,897[2]
Canada
207,470[3][4]
Norway
52,510[5]
Australia
50,413[6]
Germany
50,000[7]
Brazil
52,000[8][9][10]
Argentina
48,000[11][12]
Sweden
42,602[13]
United Kingdom
18,493 (Danish born only)[14]
Spain
10,000[15]
France
7,000[16]
Switzerland
4,251[17]
Iceland
4,214[18]
New Zealand
3,507[19]
Italy
2,084[20]
Portugal
1,528[21]
Austria
1,281[22]
Ireland
809[23]
Japan
500[24]
Lebanon
400[25]
Languages
Danish
Religion
Lutheranism (Church of Denmark)[26] Further details: Religion in Denmark
Danes (Danish: danskere, pronounced[ˈtænskɐɐ]) are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark.[27] This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural.
Danes generally regard themselves as a nationality and reserve the word "ethnic" for the description of recent immigrants,[28] sometimes referred to as "new Danes".[29] The contemporary Danish national identity is based on the idea of "Danishness", which is founded on principles formed through historical cultural connections and is typically not based on ethnic heritage.[30]
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others. The first mention of Danes within Denmark is on the Jelling Rune Stone, which mentions the conversion of the Danes to Christianity by Harald Bluetooth...
consultant. Danes is named after her paternal grandmother, Claire Natalie (née Tomowske) Danes. with great-grandfather Peter Ebbert. Danes describes her...
Look up Dane or Great Dane in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dane or Danes may refer to: Dane, somebody from Denmark Danes, an ethnic group native to...
larger frame and heavier bone. Great Danes have naturally floppy, triangular ears. In the past, when Great Danes were commonly used to hunt boars, cropping...
the Danes at Nottingham, but the Danes refused to leave their fortifications. King Burgred of Mercia negotiated peace with Ivar, with the Danes keeping...
to the connection between the Danes and the origins of the church. A popular theory is that in the 9th century, the Danes colonized the village of Aldwych...
with the settling Danes. A short note about the Dani in Getica by the historian Jordanes is believed to be an early mention of the Danes, one of the ethnic...
æfter ran. þus Heardingas þone hæle nemdon. Ing was first amidst the East Danes so seen, until he went eastward over the sea. His wagon ran after. Thus...
Eric William Dane (born November 9, 1972) is an American actor. After multiple television roles in the 1990s and 2000s, which included his recurring role...
Kerry Arthur Danes (a former Australian Army soldier born 21 October 1958 Longreach, Queensland) and Kay Frances Danes née Stewart (born 20 October 1967...
opportunities with high wages, many Danes settled in the town of Nuuk during the 1990s. Nuuk has the highest proportion of Danes of any town in Greenland. There...
Blaine (6 February 2009). "Claire Danes & Hugh Dancy Are Engaged!". People. Retrieved 10 April 2010. "Claire Danes and Hugh Dancy Wed". People. 28 September...
Pedagogues became the Great Danes, making Albany the only American college or university with that mascot. The name Great Danes was selected by university...
Dane William DeHaan (/dəˈhɑːn/ də-HAHN; born February 6, 1986) is an American actor. His roles include Andrew Detmer in Chronicle (2012), Jason Glanton...
The Party of the Danes (sometimes translated the Danes' Party) (Danish: Danskernes Parti) was a political party in Denmark. The party described itself...
Christianity upon the Danes, which could have been rejected by them as a badge of slavery." Henry Wheaton, "History of the Northmen, or Danes and Normans, from...
Daning or Da Ning may refer to: Daming (大明镇) in Inner Mongolia, China, formerly known as Daning (大宁) when it was the capital of the Ning Province of the...
St Clement Danes School is a co-educational academy school for pupils aged 11 to 18 in Chorleywood, Hertfordshire. St Clement Danes is a partially selective...
argument; as a result, the Governor of Kentucky is forced to release Danes on parole. Danes accepts an offer of representation from public relations guru Jilly...
there—the Danes—as early as 500 AD. These early documents include the writings of Jordanes and Procopius. With the Christianization of the Danes c. 960 AD...
of Danes report being able to speak conversational German). The third most widely understood foreign language is Swedish, with about 13% of Danes reporting...
having been scattered by a storm, the Danes were forced to submit. The Danes withdrew to Mercia. In January 878, the Danes made a sudden attack on Chippenham...
Greenlandic people in Denmark (also known as Greenlandic Danes) are residents of Denmark with Greenlandic or Greenlandic Inuit heritage. According to...