Denmark is a Scandinavian country,along with Norway,Sweden,Finland and Iceland.Like its neighbours,Denmark is built on a history of fearsome Vikings who set sail and fought other countries all over the world.Today,Denmark is more civilised – a much quieter and friendlier place to live in!
So what do you know about Denmark?Well firstly it’s famous for pastries:delicious Danish pastries are eaten all over the world.Danish bacon’s pretty famous too – we eat a lot of it in with our great British fry-ups!What else?Lego of course!The Danes invented Lego,a favourite toy and hobby for both adults and children everywhere.
Denmark has also produced some very famous people – the football goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel is certainly a Great Dane!Probably the most famous Dane is Hans Christian Andersen.Have you heard of him?You will almost certainly have read some of his stories.