Denmark consists of the peninsula, Jutland, and many islands, most notably Zealand, Funen, Lolland, Falster and Bornholm, as well as hundreds of minor islands and has more than 7.500 km of coastline.

Denmark is a constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy. Denmark is one of the world’s oldest monarchies with a history that stretches back to the Viking Age around the year 1000. Danish society rests on the foundation of the Danish Constitution of 1849, and since then the political system has been formed by various political parties.

enmark also has a thriving private sector – it is ranked high as an attractive foreign investment location – and it has a large surplus in the trade and current account balance. The private sector include agriculture and food industry, pharmaceuticals, logistics including shipping, machinery, design, energy (gas, oil and wind energy) and it has a particularly strong profile and a long history of producing green technology and green energy.