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Inger-Marie Børgesen
A place for the sick - From bloodletting to super hospitals
The health system we know today has its roots in the 19th century, in an age when the institutions for the sick became institutions of treatment. The sick were hospitalised and treated by doctors and nurses with the expectation that they could be healed. Hospitals are not an old institution in a…
Niels Kayser Nielsen
A time of leisure - A holiday for every class
Leisure time is something we take for granted, but that hasn't always been the case. At one time, only nobles or the wealthy middle class had time to visit the coast, go to the theatre or hunt. Eventually, white-collar workers were granted the right to holiday and time off at the weekend, when …
Michael Bregnsbo
Absolute monarchy - The foundation of the welfare state
Absolute monarchy in Denmark refers not just to a type of government, it also refers to the period 1660-1848. During this period, Denmark as a state and society underwent fundamental changes. Compared with other countries, the period of the absolute monarchs in Denmark was unique - partly because…
Vibeke Andersson Møller
Architecture: classicism, historicism and modernism - From antiquity to concrete
Danish architectural styles have changed many times from the mid-18th century to the mid-20th century. The styles have reflected the changing architectural ideals of the day, as well as the purely practical limitations of construction technology. Originally taking the cue from antiquity and…
Martin Zerlang
Artists - Art – on location
There is a close connection between a place and the art that is created there. Danish poets and painters have always been a part of the place they lived – be it Kiergegaard's Copenhagen or Krøyer's Skagen. But place, too, is also very much defined by art.
Morten Stenak
Climate and landscape changes over 10,000 years - From Arctic tundra to tidy field
The country’s climate and landscape have changed dramatically since the end of the last Ice Age 12,000 years ago. What was an arctic tundra barren of nearly all plant life and home to only a handful of hunters is today a built up landscape with a temperate maritime climate and home to more than…
Søren Bitsch Christensen
Commerce and craftsmanship - From marketplaces to malls
The exchange of goods and services began as early as the Iron Age, but commerce didn't begin in earnest in Denmark until international marketplaces began to emerge. For the king, it was important to maintain control over trade. In exchange for levying taxes, he protected market towns and…
Tyge Krogh
Crime and punishment - From the noose to the electric tag
That crime doesn't pay is something punishment has always needed to prove. But the way criminals are punished has changed radically down through history. At one point capital punishment was common, and the sentence was often justified by citing God's law". Today, criminals need not…
Janus Møller Jensen
Crusades - A holy war in red and white
The Crusades played a major role in Denmark in the period 1095-1204. Danes took part in the bellicose pilgrimages to the Holy Land. Crusade ideology became an important part of royal strategy and played a role in domestic power struggles and wars in the entire Baltic region. The king built castles…
Peter Dragsbo
Daily life: housing throughout the ages - From single room to suburb
The ideal house and home has changed significantly over the past 1,000 years. Communal living has been replaced by a single-family culture. Homes have gone from being a single room where a family ate, slept and worked to having a separate room for every activity. Home and work have been separated,…
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