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On this page, we have collected extra material and suggestions for further reading. 

You can find an overall timeline of the important events in Danish history from the end of the eight century until today, as well as overviews of monarchs and prime ministers. The authors of each module have selected a short list of literature which can be used as inspiration for further reading. You can also find links to articles on nordics.info. The website is based at Aarhus University and aims to to disseminate reliable, interdisciplinary information on the Nordic region for a global and Nordic audience.

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Introduction: What is Denmark?

Literature for further reading

  • Árnason, Jóhann Páll and Björn Wittrock, eds., Nordic Paths to Modernity (New York: Berghahn, 2012).
  • Bregnsbo, Michael and Kurt Villads Jensen, eds., Schleswig Holstein – contested region(s) through history (Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2016).
  • Bregnsbo, Michael and Kurt Villads Jensen, The Rise and Fall of the Danish Empire (Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, 2022).
  • Helle, Knut, ed., The Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1520 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
  • Jespersen, Knud J.V., A History of Denmark, translated by Ivan Hill and Christopher Wade (London: Palgrave Macmillan, second edition, 2011).
  • Kirby, David, Northern Europe in the Early Modern Period: The Baltic World 1492– 1772 (London: Longman, 1990).
  • Kirby, David, The Baltic World 1772–1993: Europe’s Northern Periphery in an Age of Change (London: Longman, 1995).
  • Kouri, E.I. and Jens E. Olesen, eds., The Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 2: 1520–1870 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016).
  • Lidegaard, Bo, A Short History of Denmark in the 20th Century (Gyldendal, 2009).
  • Thisted, Kirsten and Ann-Sofie N. Gremaud, eds., Denmark and the New North Atlantic: Narratives and Memories in a Former Empire. Vols. 1–2 (Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2020).

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The Viking Age, c. 790-1050

Literature for further reading

  • Antonsson, Haki, “Viking-Age Scandinavia: Identities, communities and kingdoms”, in Annika Lindskog and Jakob Stougaard-Nielsen, eds., Introduction to Nordic Cultures (London: UCL Press, 2020), pp. 11–22.
  • Bately, Janet and Anton Englert, eds., Ohthere’s Voyages: A late 9th­century account of voyages along the coasts of Norway and Denmark and its cultural context (The Viking Ship Museum, 2007).
  • Brink, Stefan and Neil Price, eds., The Viking World (London: Routledge, 2008).
  • Foote, Peter and David M. Wilson, The Viking Achievement (London: Book Club Associates, 1974).
  • Hall, R.A., The World of the Vikings (New York: Thames & Hudson, 2007).
  • Helle, Knut, ed., The Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1520 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
  • Jensen, Jørgen, The Prehistory of Denmark: From the Stone Age to the Vikings (Gyldendal, 2013).
  • Jesch, Judith, The Viking Diaspora (London: Routledge, 2015).
  • Lund, Niels, Jellingkongerne og deres forgængere (The Viking Ship Museum, 2020).
  • Moltke, Erik, Runes and Their Origin: Denmark and elsewhere (National Museum of Denmark, 1981).
  • Randsborg, Klavs, The Viking Age in Denmark (London: Duckworth, 1980).
  • Roesdahl, Else, The Vikings, translated by Susan M. Margeson and Kirsten Williams (London: Penguin Books, revised third edition, 2016).
  • Sindbæk, Søren M. and Athena Trakadas, eds., The World in the Viking Age, translated by Athena Trakadas and Tríona Nicholl (Viking Ship Museum, 2014).

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The High Middle Ages, 1050-1340

Literature for further reading

  • Bagge, Sverre, Cross and Scepter: The Rise of the Scandinavian Kingdoms from the Vikings to the Reformation (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2014).
  • Carelli, Peter, Lars Hermanson and Hanne Sanders, eds., Ett annat 1100­tal. Individ, kollektiv och kulturella mönster i medeltidens Danmark (Göteborg: Makadam/Centrum för Danmarksstudier, 2004).
  • Helle, Knut, ed., The Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 1: Prehistory to 1520 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003).
  • Fenger, Ole, Kirker rejses alle vegne, 1050–1250. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 4 (Gyldendal/Politikens Forlag, 1989).
  • Friis-Jensen, Karsten, ed., and Peter Fisher, trans., Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum: The History of the Danes. Vol. 1–2, Oxford Medieval Texts (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015).
  • Hermanson, Lars, Släkt, vänner och makt: En studie av elitens politiska kultur i 1100­talets Danmark (Göteborg: Historiska institutionen, 2000).
  • Hybel, Nils and Bjørn Poulsen, The Danish Resources c. 1000–1550: Growth and Recession (Leiden: Brill, 2007).
  • Hørby, Kai, Velstands krise og tusind baghold, 1250–1400. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 5 (Gyldendal/ Politikens Forlag, 1989).
  • Krongaard Kristensen, Hans and Bjørn Poulsen, Danmarks byer i middelalderen (Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2016).
  • Lind, John, Carsten Selch Jensen, Kurt Villads Jensen and Ane L. Bysted, Danske korstog: Krig og mission i Østersøen (Høst & Søn, 2004).
  • Poulsen, Bjørn and Søren M. Sindbæk, eds., Settlement and Lordship in Viking and Early Medieval Scandinavia (Turnhout: Brepols, 2011).
  • Poulsen, Bjørn, “Scandinavia 1000–1750”, in Leen Van Molle et al., eds., Rural Economy and Society in North­western Europe, 500–2000: The Agro­Food Market. Production, Distribution and Consumption (Turnhout: Brepols, 2013), pp. 331–362.
  • Salonen, Kirsi and Kurt Villads Jensen, Scandinavia in the Middle Ages 900– 1550. Between Two Oceans (New York: Routledge, 2023).
  • Sawyer, Birgit and Peter Sawyer, Medieval Scandinavia. From Conversion to Reformation, circa 800–1500 (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1993).

The Late Middle Ages, 1340-1523

Literature for further reading

  • Arnórsdóttir, Agnes, Per Ingesman and Bjørn Poulsen, Konge, kirke og samfund. De to øvrighedsmagter i dansk senmid­ delalder (Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2007).
  • Dahlerup, Troels, De fire stænder 1400–1500. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 6 (Gyldendal/Politikens Forlag, 1989).
  • Fonnesberg-Schmidt, Iben and Erik Opsahl, eds., Routledge Handbook of Medieval Scandinavia (London: Routledge, forthcoming).
  • Hørby, Kai, Velstands krise og tusind baghold, 1250–1400. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 5 (Gyldendal/ Politikens Forlag, 1989).
  • Ingesman, Per and Jens Villiam Jensen, eds., Danmark i Senmiddelalderen (Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 1994).
  • Ingesman, Per and Bjørn Poulsen, Danmark og Europa i Senmiddelalderen (Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2000).
  • Ingesman, Per, “Middelalderen”, in Per Ingesman and Nils Arne Pedersen, eds., Kirkens historie, Vol. 1 (Hans Reitzels Forlag, 2012), pp. 311–779.
  • Krongaard Kristensen, Hans and Bjørn Poulsen, Danmarks byer i middelalderen (Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2016).
  • Ulsig, Erik, “Pest og befolknings- nedgang i Danmark i det 14. århundrede”, Historisk Tidsskrift, 91, 1 (1991), pp. 21–43.
  • Wittendorff, Alex, På Guds og herskabs nåde, 1500–1600. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 7 (Gyldendal/ Politikens Forlag, 1989).

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Reformation and Power State, 1523-1660

Literature for further reading

  • Asche, Matthias and Anton Schindling, eds., Dänemark, Norwegen und Schweden im Zeitalter der Reformation und Konfessionalisierung. Nordische Königreiche und Konfession 1500 bis 1660 (Münster: Aschendorff, 2003).
  • Gamrath, Helge and Erling Ladewig Petersen, Tiden 1559–1648. Danmarks historie, ed. Aksel E. Christensen et al., Vol. 2.2 (Gyldendal, 1980).
  • Grane, Leif and Kai Hørby, eds., Die Dänische Reformation vor ihrem inter­ nationalen Hintergrund/The Danish Reformation against its International Background (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck und Ruprecht, 1990).
  • Heiberg, Steffen, Christian 4. – En europæisk statsmand (Lindhardt og Ringhof, 2018).
  • Høiris, Ole and Per Ingesman, eds., Reformationen. 1500­tallets kultur­ revolution. Vol. 2 (Aarhus Universitets- forlag, 2018).
  • Ingesman, Per and Jens Villiam Jensen, eds., Riget, magten og æren. Den danske adel 1350–1660 (Aarhus Universitets- forlag, 2001).
  • Ingesman, Per, Rognald Heiseldal Bergensen and Ingebjørg Hage, “Reformation and Confessionalisation in Early Modern Denmark”, in Lars Ivar Hansen et al., eds., The Protracted Reformation in Northern Norway. Introductory Studies (Stamsund: Orkana Akademisk, 2014), pp. 29–48.
  • Jespersen, Knud J.V., Tiden 1648–1730. Danmarks historie, ed. Søren Mørch, Vol. 3 (Gyldendal, 1989).
  • Kelly, James E., Henning Laugerud, Ryan Salvador, eds., Northern European Reformations: Transnational Perspectives (Cham: Springer International Publishing 2020).
  • Koefoed, Nina J. and Andrew G. Newby, eds., Lutheranism and social responsibility (Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2022).
  • Kouri, E.I. and Jens E. Olesen, eds., The Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 2: 1520–1870 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016).
  • Lange, Ulrich, ed., Geschichte Schleswig­ Holsteins. Von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (Neumünster : Wachholz, 1996).
  • Wittendorff, Alex, På Guds og herskabs nåde, 1500–1600. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 7 (Gyldendal/ Politikens Forlag, 2003).

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Absolute Monarchy, 1660-1814

Literature for further reading

  • Appel, Charlotte and Morten Fink- Jensen, Da læreren holdt skole. Tiden før 1780. Dansk skolehistorie, Vol. 1 (Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2013).
  • Bjørn, Claus, Fra reaktion til grundlov, 1800–1850. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 10 (Gyldendal/Politikens Forlag, 1990).
  • Fabricius Møller, Jes et al., Historien om Danmark. Reformation, enevælde og demokrati (Gads Forlag, 2017).
  • Feldbæk, Ole, Danmarks økonomiske historie 1500–1840 (Systime, 1993).
  • Feldbæk, Ole, Den lange fred, 1700–1800. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarks- historie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 9 (Gyldendal/Politikens Forlag, 1990).
  • Feldbæk, Ole, Nærhed og adskillelse 1720–1814. Danmark­Norge 1380–1814. Vol. 4 (Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, 1998).
  • Feldbæk, Ole and Gunner Lind et al., Stat, forvaltning og samfund fra middel­ alderen til 1901. Dansk Forvaltnings­ historie, Vol. 1 (Jurist- og økonom- forbundets Forlag, 2000).
  • Ihalainen, Pasi, Michael Bregnsbo, Karin Sennefelt and Patrik Winton, eds., Scandinavia in the Age of Revolution: Nordic Political Cultures, 1740–1820 (London: Routledge, 2016).
  • Jespersen, Knud J.V. and Ole Feldbæk, Revanche og neutralitet 1648–1814. Dansk Udenrigspolitisk Historie, Vol. 2 (Copenhagen: Gyldendal, 2002).
  • Kouri, E.I. and Jens E. Olesen, eds., The Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 2: 1520–1870 (Cambridge University Press, 2016).
  • Lyngby, Thomas, Søren Mentz and Sebastian Olden-Jørgensen, Magt og pragt: enevælden 1660–1848 (Gads Forlag, 2010).
  • Løgstrup, Birgit, Bondens frisættelse. De danske landboreformer 1750–1810 (Gads Forlag, 2015).
  • Naum, Magdalena and Jonas M. Nordin, eds., Scandinavian Colonialism and the Rise of Modernity: Small­Time Agents in a Global Arena (New York: Springer, 2013).
  • Petersen, Jørgen Henrik, Klaus Petersen and Niels Finn Christiansen, eds., Frem mod socialhjælpsstaten 1536–1898. Dansk Velfærdshistorie, Vol. 1 (Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2010).
  • Scocozza, Benito, Ved afgrundens rand, 1600–1700. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 8 (Gyldendal/Politikens Forlag, 1989).
  • Vendborg Pedersen, Mikkel, ed., Danmark – en kolonimagt, Danmark og kolonierne (Gads Forlag, 2017).

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From Absolutist Composite State to Nation State, 1814–1914

Literature for further reading

  • Appel, Charlotte and Ning de Coninck- Smith, eds., Dansk skolehistorie. Vols. 2 and 3 (Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2013–2014).
  • Bjørn, Claus, Fra reaktion til grundlov 1800–1850. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 10 (Gyldendal/Politikens Forlag, 1990, second edition).
  • Feldbæk, Ole, ed., Dansk Identitetshistorie. Vols. 2 and 3 (C.A. Reitzels Forlag, 1991–1992).
  • Frandsen, Steen Bo, Dänemark – Der kleine Nachbar im Norden (Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1994).
  • Glenthøj, Rasmus and Morten Nordhagen Ottosen, Experiences of War and Nationality in Denmark and Norway, 1807–1815 (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014).
  • Hvidt, Kristian, Det folkelige gennembrud 1850–1900. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 11 (Gyldendal/Politikens Forlag, 2004, second edition).
  • Hyldtoft, Ole, Danmarks økonomiske historie 1840–1910 (Forlaget Systime, 1999).
  • Knudsen, Knud, Danish Trade Unionism 1870–1940: Work, Workshop and Society (Aalborg University Press, 2021).
  • Kouri, E.I. and Jens E. Olesen, eds., The Cambridge History of Scandinavia. Vol. 2: 1520–1870 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2016).
  • Lampe, Markus and Poul Sharp, A Land of Milk and Butter (Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2019).
  • Lind, Gunner and Palle Roslyng-Jensen, eds., Danmarkshistorien: Samfund, livsformer og politik (Gyldendal, 2019).
  • Rerup, Lorenz, Tiden 1864–1914. Danmarks historie, Vol. 6, ed. Søren Mørch (Gyldendal, 1989).
  • Rerup, Lorenz, Slesvig og Holsten efter 1830 (Politikens Forlag, 1982).
  • Skovgaard-Petersen, Vagn, Tiden 1814–1864. Danmarks historie, Vol. 5, ed. Søren Mørch and H.P. Clausen (Gyldendal, 1985).

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The World War Era, 1914–1945

Literature for further reading

  • Bak, Sofie Lene, “Danish Historical Narratives of the Occupation: The Promises and Lies of April 9th”, in Marianne Stecher-Hansen, ed., Nordic War Stories: World War II as History, Fiction, Media, and Memory (New York: Berghahn Books, 2021), pp. 35–48.
  • Bendtsen, Bjarne, Mellem fronterne. Første Verdenskrigs aftryk i dansk litteratur og kultur 1914–1939 (Klim, 2018).
  • Bryld, Claus, “The Five Accursed Years: Danish perception and usage of the period of the German occupation, with a wider view to Norway and Sweden”, Scandinavian Journal of History, 32, 1 (2007), pp. 86–115.
  • Christiansen, Niels Finn, Klassesamfundet organiseres 1900–1925. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 12 (Gyldendal/Politikens Forlag, 2004, second edition).
  • Christensen, Claus Bundgård, Joachim Lund, Niels Wium Olesen and Jakob Sørensen, Danmark besat. Krig og hverdag 1940–45 (Informations forlag, 2020).
  • Dybdahl, Vagn, Ole Hyldtoft, H.C. Johansen and E. Helmer Pedersen, Krise i Danmark. Strukturændringer og krisepolitik i 1930’erne (Berlingske Forlag, 1975).
  • Gilmour, John and Jill Stephenson, eds., Hitler’s Scandinavian Legacy: The Consequences of the German Invasion for the Scandinavian Countries, Then and Now (London: Bloomsbury, 2013).
  • Gram-Skjoldager, Karen, “The Other End of Neutrality: The First World War, the League of Nations, and Danish neutrality”, in Johan den Hertog and Samuel Kruizinga, eds., Caught in the Middle: neutrals, neutrality and the First World War (Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press, 2010), pp. 155-172.
  • Gram-Skjoldager, Karen, Fred og folkeret. Dansk internationalistisk udenrigspolitik 1899–1939 (Museum Tusculanum, 2012).
  • Hansen, Svend Aage and Ingrid Henriksen, Sociale brydninger 1914–39. Dansk social- historie, Vol. 6 (Gyldendal, 1980).
  • Hilson, Mary, “Scandinavia”, in Robert Gerwarth, ed., Twisted Paths: Europe 1914–1945 (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), pp. 8–32.
  • Kaarsted, Tage and Aage Trommer, Krise og krig 1925–1950. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 13 (Gyldendal/ Politikens Forlag, 2004, second edition).
  • Krake, Kristina, “Reconsidering the Crisis Agreements of the 1930s: The Defence of Democracy in a Comparative Scandinavian Perspective”, Contemporary European History, 29, 1 (2020), pp. 1–15.
  • Lidegaard, Bo, Overleveren: 1914–1945. Dansk udenrigspolitiks historie, Vol. 4 (Danmarks Nationalleksikon, 2003).
  • Lundtofte, Henrik, Mona Jensen and Flemming Just, eds., War and Society in Scandinavia 1914–1950 (Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2009).
  • Østergård, Uffe, “Swords, Shields or Collaborators? Danish Historians and the Debate over the German Occupation of Denmark”, in Henrik Stenius, Mirja Österberg and Johan Östling, eds., Nordic Narratives of the Second World War: National Historiographies Revisited (Lund: Nordic Academic Press, 2011), pp. 31– 53.

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The Post-War Era, 1945–1973

Literature for further reading

  • Andersen, Morten Bendix and Niklas Olsen, eds., 1968: Dengang og nu (Museum Tusculanum, 2004).
  • Brunbech, Peter Yding, “Size, Targets and Purpose: An Analysis of Danish Aid Policy and the Emerging International Spending Targets 1945–70”, DUPIDOK (2014), pp. 140–174.
  • Christiansen, Peter Munk, et al., The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics (Oxford University Press, 2020).
  • Danmarks Statistik, 65 år i tal. Danmark siden 2. verdenskrig (2014).
  • DIIS, Danmark under den kolde krig. Den sikkerhedspolitiske situation 1945–1991 (2005).
  • Doel, Ronald E., et al., Exploring Greenland: Cold War Science and Technology on Ice (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).
  • Hilson, Mary, The Nordic Model: Scandinavia since 1945 (Reaktion Books, 2008).
  • Jakobsen, Peter Viggo, “Denmark and UN Peacekeeping: Glorious Past, Dim Future”, International Peacekeeping, 23, 5 (2016), pp. 741–761.
  • Jønsson, Heidi Vad, “A new inequality in the Danish welfare state: The develop- ment of immigration and integration policy in post-war Denmark”, in M. Baar and P. van Trigt, eds., Marginalized Groups, Inequalities and the Post­War Welfare State: Whose Welfare? (London: Routledge, 2020), pp. 155–172.
  • Kaarsted, Tage and Aage Trommer, Krise og krig 1925–1950. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 13 (Gyldendal/ Politikes Forlag, 2004, second edition).
  • Laneth, Pia Fris, Lillys danmarkshistorie: Kvindeliv i fire generationer (Gyldendal, 2006).
  • Nissen, Henrik S., Landet blev by 1950–1970. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 14 (Gyldendal/Politikens Forlag, 1991).
  • Olesen, Thorsten Borring and Poul Villaume, I blokopdelingens tegn, 1945–1972. Dansk udenrigspolitiks historie, Vol. 5 ( Gyldendal, 2005).
  • Olesen, Thorsten Borring, “Danish Euroscepticism and its changing faces/ phases, 1945–2018”, in Mark Gilbert and Daniele Pasquinucci, eds., Euroscepticisms: The Historical Roots of Political Change (Leiden: Brill, 2020), pp. 140–163.
  • Olesen, Thorsten Borring, “Truth on Demand: Denmark and the Cold War”, in Danish Foreign Policy Yearbook 2006, ed. Nanna Hvidt and Hans Mouritzen (Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS), 2006), pp. 80–113.
  • Olesen, Thorsten Borring, ed., The Cold War – and the Nordic Countries: Historiography at a Crossroads (Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2004).
  • Petersen, Klaus and Niels Finn Christiansen, “The Dynamics of Social Solidarity: The Danish Welfare State 1900–2000”, Scandinavian Journal of History, 3 (2001), pp. 177–196.
  • Petersen, Jørn Henrik and Klaus Petersen, “The Concept of ‘Welfare State’ in Danish Public and Political Debates”, in The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State: Histories of a Key Concept in the Nordic Countries, ed. Nils Edling (New York: Berghahn, 2019), pp. 137–178.
  • Pedersen, Ole Karup, Danmark og verden 1970–1990. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 15 (Gyldendal/ Politikens Forlag, 1991).
  • Petersen, Jørn Henrik, Klaus Petersen and Niels Finn Christiansen, eds., Dansk velfærdshistorie. Vols. 3 and 4 (Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2012).
  • Rasmussen, Søren Hein, Sære Alliancer: politiske bevægelser i efterkrigstidens Danmark (Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 1997).
  • Rasmussen, Søren Hein and Rasmus Rosenørn, eds., Amerika i dansk Kulturliv 1945–75 (Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2010).
  • Rosenbeck Bente, Kvindekøn. Den moderne kvindeligheds historie 1880– 1980 (Gyldendal, 1987).
  • Statistics Denmark, Agriculture and Danish Farm Returns through 100 Years, 1916–2015 (2017).
  • Sørensen, Vibeke, “The Politics of Closed Markets: Denmark, the Marshall Plan, and European Integration, 1945– 1963”, International History Review, 15, 1 (1993), pp. 23–45.
  • Thisted, Kirsten and Ann-Sofie N. Gremaud, eds., Denmark and the New North Atlantic: Narratives and Memories in a Former Empire. Vols. 1–2 (Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2020).
  • Walter, Lynn, “The Embodiment of Ugliness and the Logic of Love: The Danish Redstocking Movement”, Feminist Review, 36, 1 (1990), pp. 103–126.

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Global Times, After 1973

Literature for further reading

  • Andersen, Jørgen Goul and Ditte Shamshiri-Petersen, eds., Fra krisevalg til jordskredsvalg: vælgere på vandring 2011–2015 (Frydenlund Acacemic, 2016).
  • Anter, David, Scandinavian Politics Today (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2016, third edition).
  • Campell, J.L., John A. Hall and O.K. Pedersen, eds., National Identity and the Varieties of Capitalism. The Danish Experience (DJØFs Forlag, 2006).
  • Christiansen, Peter Munk et al., The Oxford Handbook of Danish Politics (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020).
  • de Coninck-Smith, Ning, Lisa Rośen Rasmussen and Iben Vyff, Da skolen blev alles, tiden efter 1970. Dansk skolehistorie, Vol. 5 (Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2015).
  • Fernández, Christian, Neighboring Countries, Worlds Apart? Explaining the Swedish­Danish difference in immigration­integration policy. MIM Working Paper Series no. 22:5 (Malmö: Malmö Institute for Studies of Migration, Diversity and Welfare (MIM), 2022).
  • Jenkins, Richard, Being Danish: Paradoxes of Identity in Everyday Life (Museum Tusculanum Press, 2011).
  • Jensen, Helle Strandgaard, From Superman to social realism: children’s media and Scandinavian childhood (Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017).
  • Jensen, Klaus Bruhn, ed., Dansk Mediehistorie 1995–2015. Vol. 4 (Samfundslitteratur, 2016, second edition).
  • Kelstrup, Morten, Dorte S. Martinsen and Marlene Wind, Europa i forandring: en grundbog om EU’s politiske retlige system (Hans Reitzels forlag, 2017, third edition).
  • Lind, Gunner and Palle Roslyng-Jensen, eds., Danmarkshistorien: Samfund, livsformer og politik (Gyldendal, 2019).
  • Mariager, Rasmus and Anders Wivel, Hvorfor gik Danmark i krig? Udredning af baggrunden for Danmarks engagement i Kosovo, Afghanistan og Irak. Vols. 1–4 (University of Copenhagen, 2019).
  • Nedergaard, Peter and Anders Wivel, eds., The Routledge Handbook of Scandinavian Politics (London: Routledge, 2017).
  • Ólafsson, Stefán, Mary Daly, Olli Kangas and Joakim Palme, eds., Welfare and the Great Recession: A Comparative Study (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2019).
  • Olesen, Thorsten Borring, “Danish Euroscepticism and Its Changing Faces/Phases 1945–2018”, in Mark Gilbert and Daniele Pasquinucci, eds., Euroscepticisms. The Historical Roots of a Political Challenge (Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2020).
  • Olesen, Thorsten Borring, “Denmark in Europe 1973–2015: Processes of Europeanization and ‘Denmarkization’”, Journal of Contemporary European Research, 11, 4 (2015), pp. 312–329.
  • Olesen, Thorsten Borring, Anker Jørgensens tid 1972–1982. De Danske Ministerier 1972–1993, Vol. 1 (Gads Forlag, 2018).
  • Olesen, Niels Wium, Poul Schlüters tid 1982–1993. De Danske Ministerier 1972–1993, Vol. 2 (Gads Forlag, 2018).
  • Pedersen, Frederik I. and Lars Erik Skovgaard, Økonomisk vækst og velstand i Danmark (DJØFs Forlag, 2017).
  • Petersen, Nikolaj, “Europæisk og globalt engagement 1973–2006”, Dansk uden­ rigspolitiks historie, Vol. 6 (Danmarks Nationalleksikon, 2006, second edition).
  • Petersen, Jørn Henrik, Klaus Petersen and Niels Finn Christiansen, eds., Dansk velfærdshistorie, Vols. 5 and 6 (Syddansk Universitetsforlag, 2013).
  • Rasmussen, Søren Hein, Grænser forsvinder 1985–2000. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 16 (Gyldendal/ Politikens Forlag, 2004).
  • Reid-Henry, Simon, Empire of Democracy: The Remaking of the West Since the Cold War (London: John Murray Press, 2019).
  • Rüdiger, Mogens, Oliekrisen, 100 danmarkshistorier (Aarhus Universitetsforlag, 2019).
  • Schjørring, Esben and Michael Jannerup, Værdikæmperne. Slaget om danskernes sjæl (Gyldendal, 2018).
  • Villaume, Poul, Lavvækst og frontdannelser 1970–1985. Gyldendal og Politikens Danmarkshistorie, ed. Olaf Olsen, Vol. 15 (Gyldendal/Politikens Forlag, 2005).
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Timeline

Gå på opdagelse i centrale årstal og begivenheder i danmarkshistorien.

The Royal Lineage and Prime Ministers