Denmark is a Nordic country and a sovereign state. The southernmost of the Scandinavian nations, it is south-west of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany.
The Kingdom of Denmark also comprises two autonomous constituent countries in the North Atlantic Ocean: the Faroe Islands and Greenland. Denmark proper consists of a peninsula, Jutland, and an archipelago of 443 named islands, with the largest being Zealand, Funen and the North Jutlandic Island.
Denmark is considered to be one of the most economically and socially developed countries in the world. Danes enjoy a high standard of living and the country ranks highly in some metrics of national performance, including education, health care, protection of civil liberties, democratic governance, prosperity and human development.
Denmark ranks as having the world’s highest social mobility, a high level of income equality, is the country with the lowest perceived level of corruption in the world, the fifth-most developed in the world, has one of the world’s highest per capita incomes, and one of the world’s highest personal income tax rates.Here below is a fascinating photo collection that captured everyday life of Denmark from the 1960s.
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| Copenhagen, Denmark, 1960 |
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| Copenhagen, Denmark, 1960 |
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| Copenhagen, 1961 |
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| Copenhagen, 1961 |
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| Helsingor, 1961 |
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| Helsingor, 1961 |
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| Hillerod, Denmark, 1961 |
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| Odense, 1961 |
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| Odense, 1961 |
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| Zeeland, 1961 |
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| Copenhagen, 1962 |
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| Waiting, Copenhagen, 1964 |
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| Den Gamle By, The Mayor’s Residence from Århus, 1965 |
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| DFDS North Sea Ferry, Kronprinsesse Ingrid unloading at Esbjerg, 1965 |
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| Hotel Dagmar from Ribe Cathedral Tower, 1965 |
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| Kosangas advert, telephone kiosk, Asserbo, Zealand, 1965 |
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| Lille Hegnsbo, Tisvilde, 1965 |
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| Storks at Vedersø, 1965 |
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| Brick building in Odense, Funen Island, 1966 |
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| Catching the bus, Denmark, 1966 |
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| Denmark street scenes, 1966 |
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| Denmark street scenes, 1966 |
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| Egeskov Castle, Funen Island, 1966 |
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| Frederiksberg Castle, Denmark, 1966 |
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| Helsingborg castle, 1966 |
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| Helsingborg from the castle, 1966 |
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| Hotel Dagmar, Ribe, Denmark, 1966 |
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| In the park around Egeskov Castle, Funen Island, 1966 |
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| Main Square, Copenhagen, 1966 |
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| St. Alban’s Church, Odense, Funen Island, 1966 |
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| Street in Odense, Funen Island, 1966 |
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| Street scene of Copenhagen, 1966 |
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| Street scene of Denmark, 1966 |
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| The canal in Denmark, 1966 |
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| The Little Mermaid, Copenhagen, 1966 |
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| The Royal Palace in Copenhagen, 1966 |
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| View from the Town Hall in Copenhagen, 1966 |
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| The end of the main road, Strøget in Copenhagen, 1967 |
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| Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, 1968 |
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| Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, 1968 |
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| Anti Vietnam war rally in downtown Copenhagen, 1968 |
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| Down town Copenhagen, 1968 |
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| Hans Christian Andersen’s house in Odense, 1968 |
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| Main hall of the University of Copenhagen, 1968 |
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| Nyhavn, Copenhagen, 1968 |
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| Rådhusstræde Street, Copenhagen, 1968 |
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| Royal Guard at Amalienborg Palace, Copenhagen, 1968 |
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| The Church of Our Lady, Copenhagen’s Cathedral, 1968 |
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| Udsigten street in Gentofte, 1968 |
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| View out of a window of an apartment in Copenhagen, 1968 |