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The 16th century brought the Lutheran Reformation to Denmark and a new period in the nation's literature. Major authors of the time include the humanist Christiern Pedersen, who translated the New Testament into Danish, and Poul Helgesen who vigorously opposed the Reformation. The 16th century also saw Denmark's earliest plays, including the works of Hieronymus Justesen Ranch. The 17th century was an era of renewed interest in Scandinavian antiquities with scholars like Ole Worm at the forefront. Though religious dogmatism was on the rise the passionate hymns of Thomas Kingo transcended the ge ...more

New Releases Tagged "Danish"

Calluna eller Hvordan lever I?
On the Calculation of Volume I
On the Calculation of Volume III
On the Calculation of Volume II
The Wax Child
Tælle til en, tælle til to
Locked In (Department Q, #10)
Kun til navlen
The Shadow Murders (Department Q, #9)
Døde sjæle synger ikke (Afdeling Q, #11)
Om udregning af rumfang VI
Man skulle nok have været der
Underskud
Jeg anerkender ikke længere jeres autoritet
Eleven Percent
Pigedyr
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Fear and Trembling
Out of Africa
The Shamer's Daughter (The Shamer Chronicles, #1)
The Employees
The Keeper of Lost Causes (Department Q, #1)
The Complete Fairy Tales
On the Calculation of Volume I
Childhood (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1)
Gift
The Copenhagen Trilogy (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)
We, the Drowned
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Kongens fald
The Shamer's Signet (The Shamer Chronicles, #2)
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Scandinavian and Nordic Romance Books
130 books — 19 voters
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Scandinavian Roots
13 books — 13 voters

The Shamer's Daughter by Lene KaaberbølErik Menneskesøn by Lars-Henrik OlsenThe Exception by Christian JungersenThe Little Mermaid by Hans Christian AndersenThe Serpent Gift by Lene Kaaberbøl
Best Danish Books
316 books — 55 voters
Det forsømte forår by Hans ScherfigLykke-Per by Henrik PontoppidanMarie Grubbe by Jens Peter JacobsenVed vejen by Herman BangDen kroniske uskyld by Klaus Rifbjerg
Klassisk dansk litteratur
74 books — 17 voters

Upassende Opførsel by Mads Ananda LodahlInkarnation by Pernille L. StenbyDragens Kys by Josefine OttesenLivet er en fest og så dør man by Nikolaj Tange LangeNielsine by Ina Munch Christensen
dansk lgbt
54 books — 13 voters


Steen Langstrup
They died. Along with three other men who had joined our group. We were betrayed. The porter had told his girlfriend about the operation. They’d only just met each other. Jens shot her a week later.” Johannes aka ‘BB’ The Informer
Steen Langstrup, The Informer

Christian Humberg
When Ole Kirk Kristiansen established the company name LEGO in 1934, it was a fortunate play on words. The entrepreneur had been inspired by the Danish phrase "leg godt" - "play well." He took the beginning of each respective word and made what he considered to be a pleasant-sounding, imaginary word out of them. The company owner was unaware that as the first person present singular of the verb legere, "lego" is also the Latin word for "I assemble" - and therefore completely appropriate for the ...more
Christian Humberg, 50 Years of the Lego Brick

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