Denmark, Finland, and Sweden
Contributors: Britannica Educational Publishing
Series: The Britannica Guide to Countries of the European Union; Britannica guide to countries of the European Union
Publisher: Britannica Educational Publishing
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781615309955; 9781615309696
Subjects: JUVENILE NONFICTION; Juvenile literature; General
Description: The Nordic region of northern Europe is indelibly linked in the minds of many with the Viking cultures that populated the area eons ago. Yet, as this intricate study of Denmark, Finland, and Sweden attests, there's so much more to the story than that. These nations have emerged from the long shadow of their early days in the Viking era to become vibrant societies with proud traditions, distinct customs, and promising futures. Readers will learn about the land, people, governments, and economies of these fascinating countries, and examine the historical paths each took to achieve the successes.
Notes: The Language Question.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Denmark: The Land and Its People; Relief; Greenland and the Faroe Islands; The Sound; Drainage; Soils; Climate; Plant and Animal Life; Ethnic Groups; Languages; Religion; N.F.S. Grundtvig; Settlement Patterns; Copenhagen; Demographic Trends; Chapter 2: The Danish Economy; Agriculture and Fishing; Resources and Power; Manufacturing; Finance; Trade; Services; Labour and Taxation; Transportation and Telecommunications; The Great Belt Fixed Link; Chapter 3: Danish Government and Society; Local Government; Justice.; title: Political ProcessHealth and Welfare; Education; Folk High School; Chapter 4: Danish Cultural Life; The Arts and Sciences; Hans Christian Andersen; Cultural Institutions; Sports and Recreation; Media and Publishing; Chapter 5: Denmark: Past and Present; Earliest Inhabitants; The Viking Era; The High Middle Ages; The Monarchy; The Kingdom; Danewirk; The Church; Saxo Grammaticus; The Late Middle Ages; Declining Royal Power and Holstein Rule; Reunion Under Valdemar IV; Margaret I and the Kalmar Union; Late Medieval Society; Reformation and War; Treaty of Copenhagen; Danish Absolutism.; title: The 18th CenturyForeign Policy; The Economy and Agricultural Reforms; Count Reventlow; The 19th Century; The Napoleonic Wars and Their Aftermath; The Liberal Movement; The Schleswig-Holstein Question; The Right and the Left; The 20th Century; Parliamentary Democracy and War, c. 1900-45; Postwar Denmark, 1945-c. 1990; Hans Hedtoft; Denmark Since the 1990s; Anders Fogh Rasmussen; Chapter 6: Finland: The Land and Its People; Relief; Salpausselkä Ridges; Drainage and Soils; Climate; Plant and Animal Life; Ethnic Groups; Languages; Religion; Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland.; title: Settlement PatternsTraditional Regions; Helsinki; Demographic Trends; Chapter 7: The Finnish Economy; Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishing; Resources and Power; Peat; Manufacturing; Finance; Trade; Services; Labour and Taxation; Transportation and Telecommunications; Gulf of Finland; Chapter 8: Finnish Government and Society; Local Government; Justice; Political Process; Åland Islands; Security; Health and Welfare; Housing; Education; Chapter 9: Finnish Cultural Life; Daily Life and Social Customs; Midsummer's Eve; The Arts; Theatre, Opera, and Music; Literature; Kalevala; Aleksis Kivi.; title: Art, Architecture, and DesignCultural Institutions; Sports and Recreation; Marja-Liisa Hämäläinen; Media and Publishing; Chapter 10: Finland: Past and Present; Competition for Trade and Converts; Finland Under Swedish Rule; The 15th, 16th, and 17th Centuries; The 18th Century; Autonomous Grand Duchy; Göran Magnus Sprengtporten; The Era of Bureaucracy; Reforms of the Russian Period; The Struggle for Independence; Resistance and Reform; Return to Autonomy; Early Independence; Political Change; Pehr Evind Svinhufvud; Agrarian Reform; Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg; Political Parties; Lapua Movement.