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Denmark has been inhabited since prehistoric times and was unified into a country in the 10th century and is therefore one of the oldest state formations in Europe and is one of the oldest monarchies in Europe. It has been an independent country ever since.
The Viking Age is probably the most widely known period in Danish and Scandinavian history. It lasted from app. 800-1100 and gave the Scandinavians the somewhat dubious reputation as a fierce.

In the following centuries Denmark and Sweden fought over the supremacy in the Nordic area. Often the conflicts turned into open war and eventually Denmark ended up losing large territories to Sweden. The result of the Nordic wars and later wars with the emerging Prussia in the 19th century was a reduced and bankrupt Denmark.

From 1940-1945 Denmark was occupied by Germany. After the war Denmark was one of the founding members of the UN in 1945 and of NATO in 1949. In the following decades the industrial revolution changed many of the old structures in the Danish society. More efficient ways of producing emerged, the women entered the work field and the build-up of the welfare state increased.

In 1973 Denmark became a member of the EC (now EU) after an intense debate.