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  1. Complete the sentence about Copenhagen with the correct year: In ______, the city was bombarded by a British fleet during the Napoleonic Wars, before the Danish Golden Age brought a Neoclassical look…
  2. Complete the sentence about Copenhagen with the correct year: The University of Copenhagen, founded in ______, is the oldest university in Denmark.
  3. Complete the sentence about Aarhus with the correct year: The City Hall, designed by Arne Jacobsen and Erik Møller, was completed in ______ in a modern Functionalist style.
  4. Complete the sentence about Aarhus with the correct year: Aarhus Theatre, the largest provincial theatre in Denmark, opposite the cathedral on Bispetorvet, was built by Hack Kampmann in the Art Nouvea…
  5. Complete the sentence about Aarhus with the correct year: The spelling "Aarhus" is first found in ______ and gradually became the norm in the 17th century.
  6. Complete the sentence about Aarhus with the correct year: With the Danish spelling reform of ______, "Aa" was changed to "Å".
  7. Complete the sentence about Odense with the correct year: Canute IV of Denmark, generally considered to be the last Viking king, was murdered by unruly peasants in Odense's St Alban's Priory on 10 Jul…
  8. Complete the sentence about Odense with the correct year: Although the city was burned in ______ following a royal rivalry, it quickly recovered and flourished as a centre of commerce in the Middle Ag…
  9. Complete the sentence about Odense with the correct year: Odense's Odinstårnet was one of the tallest towers in Europe when built in ______ but was destroyed by the Nazis during World War II.
  10. Complete the sentence about Aalborg with the correct year: Budolfi Church, now a cathedral, dates from the end of the 14th century and Aalborghus Castle, a royal residence, was built in ______.
  11. Complete the sentence about Aalborg with the correct year: Aalborg University Hospital, the largest in the north of Jutland, was founded in ______.
  12. Complete the sentence about Aalborg with the correct year: Kennedys Plads has connected the city to Randers and the south since ______.
  13. Complete the sentence about Aalborg with the correct year: A ______ survey by the European Commission found that the citizens of Aalborg are the most satisfied people in Europe with their city.
  14. Complete the sentence about Esbjerg with the correct year: The Esbjerg Performing Arts Centre was completed in ______ to designs by Jan and Jørn Utzon.
  15. Complete the sentence about Esbjerg with the correct year: The sculpture was designed by Svend Wiig Hansen and installed in ______.
  16. Complete the sentence about Kolding with the correct year: Koldinghus would be besieged and presumably occupied by Holstein in ______.
  17. Complete the sentence about Kolding with the correct year: On 9 January ______, a battle was fought at Kolding during the Torstenson War between Danish and Swedish forces.
  18. Complete the sentence about Kolding with the correct year: On 1 May ______, Kolding was captured in a naval expedition by Danish forces led by Anders Bille.
  19. Complete the sentence about Kolding with the correct year: A battle between German and Danish forces took place near the town on 23 April ______ during the First War of Schleswig.
  20. Complete the sentence about Kolding with the correct year: On 9 September ______, Kolding was impacted by a high-end F2/T5 Tornado that displaced a car 20 meters into a yard.
  21. Complete the sentence about Horsens with the correct year: In ______, Horsens celebrated its 550th anniversary as a market town.
  22. Complete the sentence about Vejle with the correct year: Nicolai Church in downtown Vejle have shown that there were residences in the area as far back as ______.
  23. Complete the sentence about Helsingør with the correct year: In ______, Helsingør had grown to be the third-largest town in Denmark.
  24. Complete the sentence about Silkeborg with the correct year: The modern town grew around the Drewsen og Sønner paper mill, established in ______.
  25. Complete the sentence about Silkeborg with the correct year: A commission to establish Silkeborg as a trading centre was set up in ______.
  26. Complete the sentence with the correct year: The City Council and the Parish were both established in ______.
  27. Complete the sentence about Svendborg with the correct year: The first recorded mention of Svendborg occurred in ______ in a deed of gift by Valdemar the Victorious, where he refers to the fortificati…
  28. Complete the sentence about Svendborg with the correct year: In ______, the Greyfriars monastery in Svendborg was established.
  29. Complete the sentence about Svendborg with the correct year: The Greyfriars would be part of the city for the next 300 years, until the Protestant reformation in ______.
  30. Complete the sentence about Svendborg with the correct year: In ______, the city was granted market town privileges by King Christopher I.
  31. Complete the sentence about Skagen with the correct year: The modern port of Skagen opened on 20 November ______, and with the railway connections to Frederikshavn and the rest of Denmark, tourism beg…
  32. Complete the sentence about Ærø with the correct year: Since 1 January ______ all of Ærø has constituted a single municipality, known as Ærø Kommune.
  33. Complete the sentence about Fredericia with the correct year: On 15 December ______, the King signed the document giving the town its first privileges, and work on the new fortifications could begin.
  34. Complete the sentence about Fredericia with the correct year: Fredericia's landmark, Landsoldaten, was unveiled on 6 July ______.
  35. Complete the sentence about Fredericia with the correct year: The station was opened in ______ together with the opening of the Little Belt Bridge across the Little Belt.
  36. Complete the sentence about Tivoli Gardens with the correct year: In ______, Nazi sympathisers burnt many of Tivoli's buildings, including the concert hall, to the ground.
  37. Complete the sentence about Tivoli Gardens with the correct year: During World War II, several landmarks within Tivoli Gardens were bombed by Nazi saboteurs in June ______, including sections of Rutsc…
  38. Complete the sentence about Nyhavn with the correct year: In ______, Nyhavn was inaugurated as a veteran ship and museum harbour by Copenhagen's Lord Mayor Egon Weidekamp.
  39. Complete the sentence about Nyhavn with the correct year: In ______ Nyhavn quay was pedestrianised; it had been used as a parking area in the previous years which had coincided with a dwindling of har…
  40. Complete the sentence about The Little Mermaid with the correct year: The sculptor Edvard Eriksen created the bronze statue, which was unveiled on August 23, ______.
  41. Complete the sentence about The Little Mermaid with the correct year: On April 24, ______, the statue's head was sawn off and stolen by politically oriented artists of the Situationist movement, among…
  42. Complete the sentence with the correct year: On July 22, ______, the right arm was sawn off and returned two days later by two young men.
  43. Complete the sentence about Amalienborg with the correct year: Amalienborg was originally built for four noble families, but after Christiansborg Palace burned in ______ the royal family bought the pa…
  44. Complete the sentence about Amalienborg with the correct year: In ______, the King negotiated a deal with the Swedish building master Nicodemus Tessin the Younger, who spent some time in Copenhagen th…
  45. Complete the sentence about Rosenborg Castle with the correct year: The castle was originally built as a country summerhouse in ______ and is an example of Christian IV's many architectural projects.
  46. Complete the sentence about Rosenborg Castle with the correct year: The castle was used by Danish regents as a royal residence until around ______.
  47. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Located on the third floor, the Long Hall was completed in ______.
  48. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Around ______ it was used as Royal Reception Room and for banquets.
  49. Complete the sentence about Christiansborg Palace with the correct year: The main part of the current palace, finished in ______, is in the historicist Neo-baroque style.
  50. Complete the sentence about Christiansborg Palace with the correct year: The first castle on the site was Absalon's Castle, built in ______ by the bishop Absalon.
  51. Complete the sentence about Christiansborg Palace with the correct year: According to the Danish chronicler Saxo Grammaticus, Bishop Absalon of Roskilde built a castle in ______ on a small island outs…
  52. Complete the sentence about Christiansborg Palace with the correct year: At the death of Absalon in ______, possession of the castle and city of Copenhagen passed to the bishops of Roskilde.
  53. Complete the sentence about Kronborg with the correct year: In ______, a fire destroyed much of the castle, but King Christian IV subsequently had it rebuilt.
  54. Complete the sentence about Kronborg with the correct year: In ______, Kronborg was besieged and captured by the Swedes, who took many of its valuable art treasures as war booty.
  55. Complete the sentence about Kronborg with the correct year: In ______, the castle ceased to be a royal residence and was converted into barracks for the Army.
  56. Complete the sentence about Frederiksborg Castle with the correct year: Jacobsen, its apartments were fully restored and reopened to the public as the Danish Museum of National History in ______.
  57. Complete the sentence about Frederiksborg Castle with the correct year: After his daughter, Birgitte, married the courtier and naval hero Herluf Trolle in ______, the couple became its proprietors.
  58. Complete the sentence about Frederiksborg Castle with the correct year: As the old building with twin towers was too small for the king, in ______ he arranged for extensions and additions under Trolle…
  59. Complete the sentence about Frederiksborg Castle with the correct year: Completed in ______ in the Renaissance style with three protruding step-gabled wings, it served the king as a hunting lodge duri…
  60. Complete the sentence about Church of Our Saviour, Copenhagen with the correct year: When Christian IV planned Christianshavn in ______, it was intended as an independent merchant's town on the island…
  61. Complete the sentence about Church of Our Saviour, Copenhagen with the correct year: Three years later the spire was finished and the King climbed the tower at a ceremony on 28 August ______.
  62. Complete the sentence about Strøget with the correct year: The layout of the streets comprising Strøget has been in place since ______ when Frederiksberggade was laid out after a fire.
  63. Complete the sentence about Strøget with the correct year: Strøget was converted to a pedestrian zone on 17 November ______ when cars were beginning to dominate Copenhagen's old central streets.
  64. Complete the sentence about Freetown Christiania with the correct year: The community made its first payment in July ______, officially becoming legal landowners.
  65. Complete the sentence about Roskilde Cathedral with the correct year: Since ______, it has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site due to its unique architecture.
  66. Complete the sentence with the correct year: At Christmas in ______, Ulf the Earl was murdered by one of Cnut the Great's housecarls.
  67. Complete the sentence about Jelling stones with the correct year: In ______ a photo of this stone inspired the name Bluetooth for the wireless technology.
  68. Complete the sentence about Jelling stones with the correct year: In ______, a plaster cast of this stone was made for a festival in London.
  69. Complete the sentence about Trelleborg with the correct year: Since ______, the Trelleborg Museum has presented the story of this particular fortress and the nearby area.
  70. Complete the sentence about Legoland Billund with the correct year: Dagny Holm, a cousin of GKC trained as a sculptor who was hired as a model designer in ______ is credited with much of the original…
  71. Complete the sentence about Legoland Billund with the correct year: The Blackstone Group, an investment firm, bought a 70% controlling stake in Legoland in ______, with the remaining 30% still owned b…
  72. Complete the sentence about Møns Klint with the correct year: On 29 May ______, close to the cliff tops, the GeoCenter Møns Klint was opened by Queen Margrethe.
  73. Complete the sentence about Møns Klint with the correct year: Klintholm Estate, Danish: Klintholm Gods, to the west of the wooded area along the cliffs, is a collection of old farm buildings dating ba…
  74. Complete the sentence about Rebild Bakker with the correct year: Rebild National Park is not included in the Danish National Park laws of ______, but the heath is still to be protected and it can use…
  75. Complete the sentence about Rebild Bakker with the correct year: Max Henius, a Danish-American who emigrated to the United States in ______ and settled in Chicago.
  76. Complete the sentence about Rebild Bakker with the correct year: One of the Chicago-based Danish Americans included Jens Peder Poulsen Fuglsang, born in Virring Denmark in ______.
  77. Complete the sentence about Rebild Bakker with the correct year: Sadly, Fuglsang died at sea aboard the ocean liner SS Oscar II on his return trip to America in August ______.
  78. Complete the sentence with the correct year: Aros came under the rule of the Archbishop of Viborg in ______.
  79. Complete the sentence about ARoS Aarhus Art Museum with the correct year: The museum was established in ______ and is the oldest public art museum in Denmark outside Copenhagen.
  80. Complete the sentence about ARoS Aarhus Art Museum with the correct year: The architectural vision of the museum was completed in ______, with the addition of the circular skywalk Your rainbow panoram…
  81. Complete the sentence about Den Gamle By with the correct year: In ______ the Old Town was first opened to the public under the name "The Old Mayor's House".
  82. Complete the sentence about Den Gamle By with the correct year: The historic Mayor's House of Aarhus was no longer in use by ______, and it was decided to demolish it to make way for a new building.
  83. Complete the sentence about Den Gamle By with the correct year: The building was moved again five years later, in ______, when the museum was officially opened as "The Old Mayor's House", with Peter H…
  84. Complete the sentence about Den Gamle By with the correct year: Almost fifteen years later in ______, Peter Holm was notified by the National Museum that a large merchant mansion in Aalborg was to be…
  85. Complete the sentence about Øresund Bridge with the correct year: The concept of a bridge over the Øresund was first formally proposed in ______ by a consortium of engineering firms who proposed a nat…
  86. Complete the sentence about Øresund Bridge with the correct year: In ______, the first Øresund Delegation was appointed to investigate the conditions for a bridge link.
  87. Complete the sentence about Great Belt Bridge with the correct year: The Great Belt ferries entered service between the coastal towns of Korsør and Nyborg in ______, connecting the railway lines on ei…
  88. Complete the sentence about Great Belt Bridge with the correct year: The Danish State Railways, responsible for the ferry service, presented plans for a bridge in ______.
  89. Complete the sentence about Great Belt Bridge with the correct year: The two countries negotiated a financial compensation of 90 million Danish kroner, and Finland withdrew the lawsuit in ______.
  90. Complete the sentence about Bornholm with the correct year: Bornholm was pawned to Lübeck by Frederick I of Denmark for 50 years starting in ______, in payment for its support in his acquisition of th…
  91. Complete the sentence about Bornholm with the correct year: Swedish forces conquered the island during the Torstenson War in ______, but returned the island to Denmark in the following peace settlemen…
  92. Complete the sentence about Bornholm with the correct year: A revolt broke out the same year, culminating in Villum Clausen's shooting of the Swedish commander Johan Printzensköld on 8 December ______…
  93. Complete the sentence about Lolland with the correct year: The Centre is an experimental living history museum and it contains a reconstructed part of a medieval town from around ______.
  94. Complete the sentence about Falster with the correct year: From medieval times until ______, most of Falster belonged to the crown.
  95. Complete the sentence about Falster with the correct year: King Valdemar's Census Book from c. ______ lists all the parishes and most of the villages.
  96. Complete the sentence about Samsø with the correct year: In ______, Samsø won a government competition to become a model renewable energy community.
  97. Complete the sentence about Samsø with the correct year: Just north of Nordby is the world's biggest permanent labyrinth named 'Labyrinten', founded in the year ______.
  98. Complete the sentence about Faroe Islands with the correct year: Following the introduction of Lutheranism in ______, the Faroese language was banned in public institutions and disappeared from writin…
  99. Complete the sentence about Faroe Islands with the correct year: The islands were formally ceded to Denmark in ______ by the Treaty of Kiel along with Greenland and Iceland, and the Løgting was subseq…
  100. Complete the sentence about Faroe Islands with the correct year: The results were annulled by King Christian X, and subsequent negotiations led to the Faroe Islands being granted home rule in ______.

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