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Danish krone
The Danish krone is the currency of Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, pegged to the euro since 1982 under a treaty opt-out that keeps Denmark outside the euro area.
Danish language
Danish (dansk) is a North Germanic language spoken by around 6 million people, official in Denmark and the Faroe Islands and closely related to Norwegian and Swedish.
Danish modern
Danish modern is a furniture design movement that developed in Denmark from the 1930s through the 1970s, emphasizing functionalism, natural materials, and minimalist yet organic forms.
Danish modernism
Danish modernism is the Danish branch of modernism and primarily a literary history term; it broke through around 1960 with Klaus Rifbjerg and Jess Ørnsbo.
Danish overseas colonies
Danish overseas colonies: Greenland, Iceland, Faroes, Gold Coast forts, Danish West Indies, and Tranquebar/Serampore in India, 1620s to 1917; first state to ban the Atlantic slave trade (1792/1803).
Danish Pandor
Danish Pandor (दानिश पंडोर) is an Indian actor and former model from Mumbai, known for playing gangster Uzair Baloch in Dhurandhar (2025) and Dhurandhar: The Revenge (2026), and for roles in Main Vaapas Aaunga and Chhaava.
Danish pastry
Danish pastry, called wienerbrød ("Viennese bread") in Denmark, is a sweet yeasted laminated pastry enriched with eggs and sugar, layered at roughly 24–54 fat folds, distinct from croissant and puff pastry, with Danish origins in 1840s Copenhagen.
Danish People's Party
Danish People's Party (Dansk Folkeparti, DF), Danish right-wing populist party founded in 1995 by Pia Kjærsgaard as a Progress Party breakaway; anti-immigration, welfare-chauvinist, EU-skeptical; peaked at 21.1% in 2015, fell to 2.6% in 2022.
Danish Plant Communities
Danish plant communities (plantesamfund), a term coined by Warming in 1895, are recurring species groupings classified nationally via Danveg's 130 communities and legally via CORINE and the EU Habitats Directive.
Danish Realm
Danish Realm (Rigsfællesskabet), or Kingdom of Denmark: unitary state of Denmark, Faroe Islands, and Greenland under one monarch. Faroese Home Rule 1948, Greenlandic Self-Government Act 2009; foreign, defence, and monetary policy reserved to Copenhagen.
Danish royal family
Danish royal family (den kongelige familie): the Royal House of Denmark, over 1,000 years old, traced to Gorm the Old. Since 14 January 2024 headed by King Frederik X and Queen Mary after Margrethe II's abdication; heir Crown Prince Christian.
Danish Sait
Danish Sait, born 1987, is an Indian comedian, actor, and radio presenter from Bengaluru, creator of Nograj and Mr. Nags, star of Humble Politician Nograj and Space Gen: Chandrayaan, and performer of the standup special Bengaluru Boy.
Danish slave trade prohibition decree
The Danish slave trade prohibition decree was a 1792 royal ordinance by King Christian VII, making Denmark-Norway the first European state to abolish its slave trade, effective 1803.
Danish Social Liberal Party
Radikale Venstre (Danish Social Liberal Party, letter B) is Denmark's social-liberal party, founded 21 May 1905 from a split in Venstrereformpartiet; governed 1909–10 and 1913–20, sits with Renew Europe, and in 2026 joined the Frederiksen coalition with 10 Folketing seats.
Danish Superliga
Danish Superliga (Superligaen), Denmark's top men's football league since 1991, run by the DBU: 12 clubs, split championship/relegation rounds, Copenhagen 16 titles, ~10,000 average attendance, 13th in UEFA coefficient, Viaplay rights to 2030.
Danish Taimoor (دانش تیمور)
Danish Taimoor (دانش تیمور), Pakistani actor and former model born 1983 in Karachi; married to Ayeza Khan since 2014; starred in Deewangi, Kaisi Teri Khudgarzi, Jaan Nisar, Sher, Humrahi, and Nashtar; won Lux Style Award 2021 for Deewangi.
DANISH trial
DANISH (Danish Study to Assess the Efficacy of ICDs in Non-ischemic Systolic Heart Failure on Mortality), 2016 NEJM randomized trial of 1,116 patients: prophylactic ICD did not reduce all-cause mortality but halved sudden cardiac death.
Danish Unitary State
Danish Unitary State (Danmarks Rige): the unitary Kingdom of Denmark under the 1849 constitution, with central government, 5 regions, 98 municipalities, and the devolved autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland.
Danish West India and Guinea Company
The Danish West India and Guinea Company was a Danish trading company, chartered in 1671 and dissolved in 1754, that administered the Danish West Indies and Gold Coast forts.
Danish West Indies
Danish West Indies (Dansk Vestindien), Denmark's Caribbean colony of St. Thomas, St. Jan and St. Croix from 1672 to 1917; sugar and slavery economy, abolished 1848; sold to the USA for $25 million in gold, becoming the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Danishmend Gazi
Danishmend Gazi (دانشمند غازی) was a Turkmen emir who took Sivas after the Battle of Manzikert in 1071 and founded the Danishmendid emirate of Sivas–Malatya.
Danishmendids
The Danishmendids (دانشمندیان) were a Turkmen dynasty founded by Danishmend Gazi after Manzikert (1071) that ruled the Sivas–Malatya region of Anatolia until the Seljuks absorbed it in 1178.
Daniss Jenkins
Daniss Jenkins (born 2001) is an American NBA point guard for the Detroit Pistons; undrafted 2024, two-way signee, G League All-Rookie with Motor City Cruise, converted to a standard contract in February 2026.
Danitra Vance
Danitra Vance (1954–1994), American comedian and actress; first Black woman in Saturday Night Live's regular cast (1985–86), Obie winner for Spunk, died of breast cancer.
Danity Kane
Danity Kane: American pop/R&B girl group formed in 2005 on MTV's Making the Band 3 by Sean Combs; members O'Day, Fimbres, D. Woods, Richard, Bex; first two albums debuted at No. 1.
Daniudi Tight Gas Field
The Daniudi Tight Gas Field (大牛地气田) is a tight sandstone gas field in the northern Ordos Basin, Inner Mongolia, China, discovered in 1985 and operated wholly by Sinopec.
Daniyal Biy
Daniyal Biy (Uzbek: دانیال بیی, 1720–1785) was the second ruler of the Uzbek Manghit dynasty in Bukhara, serving as regent for the last Ashtarkhanid khans from 1758 to 1785.
Daniyal ibn Mankli ibn Sarfa al-Karaki
Daniyal ibn Mankli ibn Sarfa al-Karaki was a Shafi'i jurist and Qur'an reciter who served as judge of al-Karak, born in 1220 and died in 1296.
Daniyal Mirza
Daniyal Mirza (دانیال میرزا), also known as Sultan Daniyal Mirza, was a Mughal prince, the third son of Akbar, who served as viceroy of the Deccan from 1601.
Daniyar Yeleusinov
Daniyar Yeleusinov (Данияр Маратович Елеусинов), "Kazakh Thunder", Kazakh southpaw welterweight boxer born 1991; 2016 Olympic gold medalist, 2013 world amateur champion, IBO welterweight titlist, unbeaten 13-0 pro.