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Danes

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Danes

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Also known as Danish people

Danes (, ), or Danish people, are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark. This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural.

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Danes are people who are from Denmark or have Danish heritage, forming both an ethnic group and a nationality. Their identity as Danes can come from ancestry, citizenship, history, or shared culture with the country of Denmark.

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Key facts

Ethnic group.group
Danes
Ethnic group.total
8 million center|frameless|260x260px
Ethnic group.pop1
5,961,249
Ethnic group.pop2
1,430,897
Ethnic group.pop3
207,470
Ethnic group.pop5
65,529
Ethnic group.pop6
52,510
Ethnic group.pop7
52,000
Ethnic group.pop8
50,000
Ethnic group.pop9
48,000
Ethnic group.pop10
42,602
Ethnic group.pop11
18,493 (Danish born only)
Ethnic group.pop12
10,000
Ethnic group.pop13
7,000
Ethnic group.pop15
4,251
Ethnic group.pop16
4,214
Ethnic group.pop18
3,507
Ethnic group.pop19
3,382

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Early history
  • Viking Age
  • Denmark–Norway
  • Identity
  • Diaspora
  • Genetics
  • See also
  • References
  • Sources
  • External links

Danes (, ), or Danish people, are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark. This connection may be ancestral, legal, historical, or cultural.

==History==

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