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Frisian Islands

(Encyclopedia)Frisian Islands frĭzhˈən [key], chain of low-lying islands, off the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark, in the North Sea. The West Frisian Islands, also known as the Wadden Islands, be...

Sweyn

(Encyclopedia)Sweyn swān [key], c.960–1014, king of Denmark (986–1014), son of Harold Bluetooth. Although baptized, he reverted to paganism and rebelled against his father, who was killed in battle. Sweyn was ...

Wheaton, Henry

(Encyclopedia)Wheaton, Henry, 1785–1848, American jurist and diplomat, b. Providence, R.I., grad. Rhode Island College (now Brown), 1802. After translating the Code Napoléon into English, he practiced law, held ...

Céline, Louis Ferdinand

(Encyclopedia)Céline, Louis Ferdinand lwē fĕrdēnNˈ sālēnˈ [key], 1894–1961, French author, whose real name was Louis Ferdinand Destouches. Céline wrote grim, scatological, and blackly funny novels. His f...

Alexandra

(Encyclopedia)Alexandra, 1844–1925, queen consort of Edward VII of Great Britain, whom she married in 1863. She was the daughter of Christian IX of Denmark. ...

Amager

(Encyclopedia)Amager äˈmägər [key], island, 25 sq mi (65 sq km), Copenhagen co., E Denmark, in the Øresund. Northern Amager is occupied by a part of Copenhagen city that has import...

Horsens

(Encyclopedia)Horsens hôrˈsəns [key], city, Vejle co., central Denmark, a port at the head of the Horsens ...

Næstved

(Encyclopedia)Næstved nĕstˈvĕᵺ [key], city (1992 pop. 38,185), Storstrøm co., SE Denmark. It is a seaport, linked (since 1938) with the Karrebæk Fjord (an arm of the Store Bælt) by a 5-mi (8.1-km) canal. I...

Rønne

(Encyclopedia)Rønne röˈnə [key], city (1992 pop. 14,389), capital of Bornholm co., extreme E Denmark, on Bornholm Island, a port on the Baltic Sea; founded 1327. It is an industrial, fishing, and tourist center...

Copenhagen

(Encyclopedia)Copenhagen köˌbənhounˈ [key], city (2021 pop. 799,033), capital of Denmark and of Copenhagen co., ...