Danish (Civ5)

The Danish people (or Danes) represent a DLC civilization for Civilization V that was released in May 2011 along with the 1066: Year of Viking Destiny scenario. Like the Polynesians, they have a unique sprite for their embarked units.
* Symbol: Stylized version of the Horn Triskelion, a symbol of Odin
* Musical Theme: Drømte mig en drøm i nat, oldest known Danish folk song and also Nobilis Humilis, written by Orkney monks (composed by Michael Curran, who found both melodies on a site called Viking Answer Lady)
* Music Set: European
* Architecture: European
* Spy Names: Jørgen, Mette, Henrik, Niels, Helle, Frederik, Ida, Thea, Freja, Morten
* Preferred Religion: Christianity () or Catholicism* ()
* Preferred Ideology: Order
* The preferred religion for Denmark in Brave New World is supposed to be Protestantism. However, since it is a DLC civilization, no updates were made to Denmark.
== Strategy ==
The unique ability of the Danes makes them very well suited to a domination victory. Unlocking the ability to embark units with the discovery of Optics is critical, as this will grant you the power to perform quick coastal raids. The Danish ability to pillage tile improvements without using a point allows them to quickly demolish their opponents' infrastructure and heal themselves. Taken together, the Danish player has the ability to make lightning-quick strikes from the sea, tearing down enemy territory. With the discovery of Metal Casting and unlocking of the Berserker, the Danes become even more dangerous from the water, as well as getting their unit earlier than other civs, giving an especially early advantage. Though more specialized, the Norwegian Ski Infantry maintain this pattern of increased mobility and can be used to great effect in their preferred territories.
Danish players should focus on developing social policies, religious beliefs, and ideological tenets that promote the growth of their military. They should also build a large number of Berserkers when available and try to keep them alive until they can be upgraded to Norwegian Ski Infantry, as the combined abilities of the two unique units result in extremely mobile late-game infantry forces that can cross most forms of rough terrain quickly.
Paratroopers are also an unexpectedly interesting addition to the Danish arsenal. The airdrop ability does not verify if the Paratrooper has moved since the beginning of the round; rather, it verifies whether the unit has at least 2 points left. Normally these two checks are equivalent - not so for Danes. If you park a Paratrooper on a coastal tile and move it to land at the start of the round, that's 5 (6-1) points left, which means you can airdrop the unit across half the map if your territory reaches that far.
== Civilopedia entry ==
== Cities ==
== Gallery ==
Denmark map (Civ5).png|Map of Danish Empire
== Related achievements ==
== See also ==
* Danish in other games
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