Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. Denmark proper, which is the southernmost of the Scandinavian countries, consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island.
The unified kingdom of Denmark emerged in the 8th century as a proficient seafaring nation in the struggle for control of the Baltic Sea. Denmark, Sweden, and Norway were ruled together under one sovereign ruler in the Kalmar Union, established in 1397 and ending with Swedish secession in 1523. The areas of Denmark and Norway remained under the same monarch until 1814, Denmark–Norway.
Beginning in the 17th century, there were several devastating wars with the Swedish Empire, ending with large cessions of territory to Sweden. After the Napoleonic Wars, Norway was ceded to Sweden, while Denmark kept the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. In the 19th century there was a surge of nationalist movements, which were defeated in the First Schleswig War.
The Constitution of Denmark was signed on 5 June 1849, ending the absolute monarchy, which had begun in 1660. It establishes a constitutional monarchy organised as a parliamentary democracy. After the Second Schleswig War in 1864, Denmark lost the Duchy of Schleswig to Prussia.
Denmark remained neutral during World War I; however, in 1920 the northern half of Schleswig became Danish again. In April 1940, a German invasion saw brief military skirmishes while the Danish resistance movement was active from 1943 until the German surrender in May 1945.
Home rule was established in the Faroe Islands in 1948; in Greenland home rule was established in 1979 and further autonomy in 2009.
Articles
- Philatelic Database: Stamps of Denmark: Danish Stamp Centenary (1951)
- Stamp Forgeries: Forged Stamps of Denmark
Blogs
Dealers
- JF Stamps Denmark (PTS)
- Danmarks Filatelist Forbund
- Filateli Med Svaghed for Våbentypen 1882/84
- Frimærker – Verden
- Frimærke-vurdering
- Landskrona frimærkeklub
- Danish Philatelist – @Stamps_Denmark
- Danish Stamps – @DanishStamps1
Websites
- Copenhagen Philatelist Club
- Danish Motif Collectors
- Danish Philatelic Association
- Danish Stamp Dealers Association
- Dansk Perfin Samlerklub
- Dansk Posthistorisk Selskabs
- Dansk Postkortsamler Klub
- Scandinavia Philatelic Society
- Scandinavian Collectors Club
- Scout Stamps Collectors Club in Denmark
Regions
- East Jutland
- Fyn
- Greater Copenhagen
- Lolland-Falster
- North Jutland
- North Zetland
- South and Southern Jutland
- South and West Zealand
- West Jutland
I am not a member of this Society og know nothing about the stamps, but if you could give me a link or a copy of the article, I would give it a try to translate it to english.
Hello, I just found an article from the kobenhagen philatelic society about the Russian charity semipostal stamps of ww I, I’d like to get a copy of the article if possible in English. Or communicate with the author as I have a small collection of these. I’d also like to find them with Finish postmarks/cancels if you know a dealer who may have some for sale.
I also have a collection of postmarks from Aland and from Faroes.
If you know anyone who would be interested in writing to me I’d be pleased to hear from them, my family have had the joy of visiting Sweden twice and Denmark once in 2000
Thanks /tak, Norman Hart, Euroa, Victoria, Australia
I recommend contacting one of the Facebook groups to see if anyone knows.:)