the late eighth century until around AD 1100. They lived in a number of small kingdoms‚ but as their rulers sought to increase their wealth and power‚ the smaller kingdoms were absorbed by more powerful neighbours‚ creating the modern kingdoms of Denmark‚ Norway and Sweden. Raiding was only one aspect of the Viking age and excavation of their
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Maggie Ilicheva Carl Th. Dreyer (1889-1968) Personal Background: Born in Copenhagen‚ Denmark by his mother was an unmarried maid and he was put up for adoption by his father‚ a few years later‚ his birth mother died. He was renamed by his new father and but since in Danish there is no “senior” or “junior” added to the name. His new family was emotionally distant and his childhood was unhappy‚ but he was a smart student and left home at 16. Dreyer began his career as
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The epic of Beowulf reveals three monster archetypes‚ each one relates to an internal struggle Beowulf is facing. His battles between each monster eventually lead to his victory over each inner demon he is dealing with. Beowulf portrays this when he successfully defeats Grendel’s Mother “The water was calm and clean‚ the whole/ Huge lake was peaceful once the demons who’d lived/ in it/ Were dead.../They left the lake together.../Behind them the water slowly thickened/ As the monsters’ blood came
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The word Viking‚ really means "Pirate" in Norse‚ is used as a term‚ for the people who lived in Denmark‚ Norway and Sweden during the early Middle Ages. They are most famous for the Viking raids of the Middle Ages and people often think of them as savage and bloodthirsty. Though many did have a life devoted to raiding and warfare‚ the vast majority of the Vikings lived from farming‚ fishing‚ and etc. Law The Vikings had a complex legal system. The word "law" is actually a Viking word. When
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is toy of men and women of all ages in the world. I want to talk about Lego that has been tremendously successful. • First‚ the origin of “LEGO” The Lego Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen (1891–1958)‚ a carpenter from Billund‚ Denmark‚ who began making wooden toys in 1932. He made toys for his son. • Second‚ what does “LEGO” means? In 1934‚ his company came to be called "LEGO"‚ derived from the Danish phrase leg godt‚ which means‚ "Play well". • Third‚ why he changed from wood
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There is not too much variation between day and night temperatures. When going to Denmark be prepared for rain‚ since in Copenhagen it rains on average 170 days a year. As in other Nordic countries‚ the winters are dark and the summers are light. On the shortest days there are only 7‚ 5 hours of daylight‚ whereas in the summer when the days are longest‚ the sun shines for more than 18 hours. International business in Denmark When doing business in a foreign country you need to be prepared to experience
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Executive Summary During the last 4-5 years‚ Director Allan Rasmussen has successfully set up manufacturing operations in an off-shore project in Tatabanya‚ Hungary for Coloplast-Denmark. The project went well with and is deemed a success. Coloplast has‚ to most extent‚ effectively come over problems due to non-documentation of manuals and transfer of knowledge from its Danish to Hungarian plant. Lessons have been learnt in Hungary with new employees being more familiar with quality and production
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available healthcare for elders is an ethically dubious decision highly unlikely to occur. Instead‚ recognizing the problem means further steps are necessary to reduce the future costs. There are three options to manage the rising cost of healthcare in Denmark. The Danish Economic Council says‚ ” If the current line in health care policy is continued‚ health expenditure will increase at a faster pace than average income. To finance this‚ either other public expenditure has to decrease‚ taxes has to increase
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defended and were found to be an easy target. The Viking Age also saw a gradual conversion in Scandinavia itself‚ as Anglo-Saxon and German missionaries arrived to convert the pagans. By the mid-11th century‚ Christianity was well established in Denmark and most of Norway. It wasn’t until the mid-12th century that Christianity became established in Sweden. My second factor would be about disease. Tradition has it that a disease called Dupuytren’s Disease (DD) was a disease that originated from
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Claudius‚ Fortinbras takes over as King of Denmark. He is known as a noble and just ruler of the land and everyone is pleased with their new king. As a fishing vessel returns to Denmark from a long voyage‚ the men aboard the ship see a figure floating in the fog above the water. Immediately they believe it to be a man who has fallen overboard and send a rescue boat over. As they arrive‚ they are shocked and bewildered to see a ghost resembling the prince of Denmark. Having been away from their homeland
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