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Country profile: Denmark
| Location: | Northern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, on a peninsula north of Germany (Jutland); also includes two major islands (Sjaelland and Fyn). Also Bornholm. |
| Climate: | temperate; humid and overcast; mild, windy winters and cool summers |
| Terrain: | low and flat to gently rolling plains |
| Size: | 43094 sq. km total (Land area: 42394 sq. km Water area: 700 sq.km) |
| Population: | 5,484,723 (July 2008 est.) |
| Languages: | Danish, Faroese, Greenlandic (an Inuit dialect), German (small minority) note: English is the predominant second language |
| Government: | constitutional monarchy |
| Capital city: | Copenhagen |
| Legal system: | civil law system; judicial review of legislative acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations |
| Currency: | Danish krone (DKK) |
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Country profile
Once the seat of Viking raiders and later a major north European power, Denmark has evolved into a modern, prosperous nation that is participating in the general political and economic integration of Europe. It joined NATO in 1949 and the EEC (now the EU) in 1973. However, the country has opted out of certain elements of the European Union's Maastricht Treaty, including the European Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), European defense cooperation, and issues concerning certain justice and home affairs.
Energy production and consumption
| Oil | Gas | |
| Production: | 342,000 bbl/day (2006 est.) | 9 billion cu m (2006 est.) |
| Consumption: | 171,000 bbl/day (2006 est.) | 4 billion cu m (2006 est.) |
| Exports: | 320,000 bbl/day (2006 est.) | 5 billion cu m (2006 est.) |
| Imports: | 164,000 bbl/day (2006 est.) | |
| Reserves: | 1 billion bbl (1 January 2006 est.) | 75 billion cu m (1 January 2006 est.) |
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Denmark - recent news
| 13 May 26 |
Denmark: Stena Recycling achieves major advances toward full-scale recycling of wind turbine blades Stena Recycling in Denmark and Stena Recycling’s Research & Development department, together with Vestas, have developed a recycling system and reached the testing phase in the project - an important step toward using the recycling method on an industrial scale. |
| 04 May 26 |
Denmark: BlueNord announces preliminary production for April 2026 BlueNord has announced its preliminary production figures for April 2026. In April 2026, preliminary production was 43.6 mboepd net to the Company. |
| 09 Apr 26 |
World’s first turbine with CO2-reduced steel tower and recyclable blades installed at Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm RWE has installed the world’s first offshore wind turbine featuring a CO2 reduced steel tower and recyclable rotor blades. This marks a major milestone in the construction of the 1.1 gigawatt Thor offshore wind farm off Denmark’s west coast. |
| 09 Apr 26 |
Denmark: BlueNord announces preliminary production for March 2026 BlueNord has announced its preliminary production figures for March 2026. In March 2026, preliminary production was 42.5 mboepd net to the Company. The Tyra hub delivered 22.8 mboepd in March. The base assets (Dan, Gorm and Halfdan) produced 19.8 mboepd in March. |
| 25 Mar 26 |
Denmark: Operations and maintenance base for Thor offshore wind farm officially opened RWE has officially opened the new operations and maintenance base for Denmark’s largest offshore wind farm, Thor. |
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