World Heritage Sites
- The large runic stone in Jelling
Denmark has three sites on the World Heritage List, and the Arctic island of Greenland, which is part of the Kingdom of Denmark, has one site on the List.
The World Heritage List is maintained by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
Below on this page, you can see the location of the World Heritage sites in Denmark and Greenland.
Denmark will contribute to the World Heritage Committee
Denmark will be a canditate for membership of UNESCO's World Heritage Committee when new members are to be elected at the 18th General Assembly of the World Heritage Convention in 2011. You can download information about the Danish views and contributions in this pamphlet:
Denmark in the World Heritage Committee
Le Danemark au sein du Comité du Patrimonie mondial
Dinamarca en el Comité del Patrimonio Mundial
- The location of World Heritage sites in Denmark and Greenland
UNESCO seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This was embodied in an international treaty, adopted by UNESCO in 1972:
Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage