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	The term Dane may refer to: People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity, whether living in Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries.... , emigrants, or the descendants of emigrants. Members of the Danish ethnic minority in Southern Schleswig Danish minority of Southern Schleswig The Danish people minority in Southern Schleswig, Germany, has existed by this name since 1920, when the Schleswig Plebiscite split the German-ruled Schleswig into Northern Schleswig, with a clear Danish majority which became part of Denmark, and Southern Schleswig which remained a part of Germany, leaving a small number of Danes in Germany... , a former Danish province. Anyone whose mother tongue is Danish Danish language Danish is one of the North Germanic languages , a sub-group of the Germanic languages branch of the Indo-European languages. It is spoken by around 6 million people, mainly in Denmark; the language is also used by the 50,000 Danes in the northern parts of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany where it holds the status of minority language.... . Nationals Nationality Nationality is a the relationship between a person and their state of origin, culture, association, affiliation and/or loyalty. Nationality affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of the state.... or citizens of Denmark, which also includes a German minority in South Jutland South Jutland County South Jutland County is a former counties of Denmark on the south-central portion of the Jutland Peninsula in southern Denmark.The county was formed on April 1 1970, comprising the former counties of Aabenraa County , Haderslev County , S?nderborg County , and T?nder County .... . Origins The current Danes are descended from an ancient North Germanic tribe originating and residing in Scania Skåne Scania is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional provinces of Sweden in the Kingdom of Sweden, before 1658 a province in the Kingdom of Denmark and part of the historical lands of Denmark.... and on the Danish islands, the Danes (Dani) of e.g. Beowulf Beowulf *Beowulf* is an Old English language heroic Epic poetry of unknown authorship, dating as recorded in the Nowell Codex manuscript from between the 8th to the early 11th century, and relates events described as having occurred in what is now Denmark and Sweden.... . Several other ethnic components exist in what is today the Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Denmark The 'Kingdom of Denmark' , is a constitutional monarchy and a community consisting of three autonomous parts: Denmark in northern Europe, the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic, and Greenland in North America, with Denmark as the hegemonial part, where the residual judicial, executive and legislative power rests.... . The modern peoples of Jutland Jutland File:Jutland peninsula 2.pngJutland , historically also called Cimbria, is a peninsula in Europe. Jutland forms the mainland part of Denmark as well as the northernmost part of Germany.... descend from the Jutes Jutes The Jutes, Iuti, or Iutae were a Germanic people who, according to Bede, were one of the three most powerful Germanic peoples of the time.... from Jutland Jutland File:Jutland peninsula 2.pngJutland , historically also called Cimbria, is a peninsula in Europe. Jutland forms the mainland part of Denmark as well as the northernmost part of Germany.... , and their proto-Jutish ancestral tribes, including the Cimbri Cimbri The Cimbri were a Celtic or Germanic peoples tribe who together with the Teutones and the Ambrones threatened the Roman Republic in the late 2nd century BC.... , who resided in Jutland Jutland File:Jutland peninsula 2.pngJutland , historically also called Cimbria, is a peninsula in Europe. Jutland forms the mainland part of Denmark as well as the northernmost part of Germany.... . The Dani were not mentioned by Tacitus Tacitus Publius Cornelius Tacitus was a Roman Senate and a historian of the Roman Empire. The surviving portions of his two major works—the Annals and the Histories —examine the reigns of the Roman Emperors Tiberius, Claudius, Nero and those that reigned in the Year of the Four Emperors.... , whose famous work Germania mentions the Gothones Geat Geats , sometimes associated with the Goths, were a North Germanic tribes inhabiting what is now G?taland in modern Sweden. The name of the Geats also lives on in the Provinces of Sweden of V?sterg?tland and ?sterg?tland, the Western and Eastern lands of the Geats, and in many other toponyms.... (Geats and/or Goths?). They seem to be, however, mentioned by Jordanes Jordanes Jordanes , was a 6th century Roman bureaucrat , who turned his hand to history later in life.Though he also wrote Romana , a book about the history of Rome, his most known work is his Getica, written in Constantinople about AD 551 .... and Procopius Procopius Procopius of Caesarea was a prominent Byzantine Empire scholar of the family Procopius . A participant himself in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, he was the major historian of the 6th century, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History.... , as the Dani. The name Dani is the etymological root of Dane. Jordanes maintains that the Dani were of the same stock as the Suetidi (Swedes, Suithiod?) and expelled the Heruli Heruli The Heruli were a nomadic Germanic people, who were subjugated by the Ostrogoths, Huns, and Byzantine Empires in the 3rd to 5th centuries. The name is related to earl and was probably an honorific military title.... and took their lands. If Tacitus simply did not overlook the Dani, and if Jordanes's information was correct, it is possible that they first appeared, as an off-shoot of the Swedes, sometime in the 2nd or 3rd century A.D. There are several different legendary accounts of the foundation of Denmark. One of the legendary accounts found in the Chronicle of Lejre tells that a ruler of Zealand Zealand Zealand is the largest island of Denmark and the List of islands by area. Zealand is connected to Funen by the Great Belt Bridge and to Sweden by the Oresund Bridge.... with name Dan Dan (king) Dan is the name of one or more legendary kings of the Denmark in medieval Scandinavian texts.... had raised an army and saved his people from an invasion by the Roman Emperor Augustus Caesar, that the Jutes, the men of Funen Funen Funen , with a size of 2,984 km? , is the third-largest List of islands of Denmark following Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy, and the List of islands by area largest island of the world.... and the Scanian Provinces Skåneland Sk?neland, or Sk?nelandskapen, are Swedish scientific denominations, used in historical contexts for the historical lands of Denmark in southern Scandinavia, which as the autonomous polity Scania joined Zealand and Jutland in the formation of a Denmark state in the early 800s.... also accepted him as king, whence the resultant expanded country of Denmark and Danes was named after him. Dan as one or more ancient kings of the Danes are also written in other Nordic sagas Sagàs Sag?s is a small town and municipality located in Catalonia, in the comarca of Bergued?. It is located in the geographical area of the pre-Pyrenees.... . Danes in Denmark Five and half million ethnic Danes live in Denmark today. A minority of approx. 50,000 Danes live in Southern Schleswig Southern Schleswig Southern Schleswig is a name for the geographical area covering the thirty or forty northernmost kilometers of Germany, where Germany borders upon Denmark.... in Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands.... , a former Danish territory, forming around 10% of the local population. In Denmark, the latter group is often referred to as De danske syd for grænsen (Literally: The Danish south of the border) or sydslesvigere (South Schleswigers). The Danish nation in a political context Det danske folk (The Danish people) as a concept, played an important role in 19th century ethnic nationalism Ethnic nationalism Ethnic nationalism is a form of nationalism wherein the "nation" is defined in terms of ethnicity. Whatever specific ethnicity is involved, ethnic nationalism always includes some element of Kinship and descent from previous generations.... and refers to self-identification rather than a legal status. Use of the term is most often restricted to a historical context; the historic German-Danish struggle regarding the status of the Duchy Duchy A duchy is a territory, fiefdom, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess.Some duchies were sovereignty in areas that would become unified realms only during the Modern era .... of Schleswig Schleswig Schleswig or South Jutland is a region covering the area about 60 km north and 70 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark. The region is also known archaically in English language as Sleswick.... vis-à-vis a Danish nation-state Nation-state The nation-state is a certain form of state that derives its legitimacy from serving as a Sovereignty entity for a nation as a sovereign territorial unit.... . It describes people of Danish nationality Nationality Nationality is a the relationship between a person and their state of origin, culture, association, affiliation and/or loyalty. Nationality affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of the state.... , both in Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries.... and elsewhere. Most importantly, ethnic Danes in both Denmark Denmark Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries.... proper and the former Danish Duchy Duchy A duchy is a territory, fiefdom, or domain ruled by a duke or duchess.Some duchies were sovereignty in areas that would become unified realms only during the Modern era .... of Schleswig Schleswig Schleswig or South Jutland is a region covering the area about 60 km north and 70 km south of the border between Germany and Denmark. The region is also known archaically in English language as Sleswick.... . Excluded from this definition are people from the formerly Norwegian Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula.... Faroe Islands Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands or Faeroe Islands or simply Faroe or Faeroes are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately half way between Scotland and Iceland.... and Greenland Greenland Greenland is a member country of the Kingdom of Denmark located between the Arctic Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.... as well as members of the German minority as well as members of other ethnic minorities. The term should not be confused with the legal concept of nationality Nationality Nationality is a the relationship between a person and their state of origin, culture, association, affiliation and/or loyalty. Nationality affords the state jurisdiction over the person and affords the person the protection of the state.... , danske statsborgere (Danish nationals) i.e. individuals holding Danish citizenship. See also List of Danes List of Danes This is a list of well known Danish people:... Danish Americans Danish Americans File:Danish1346.gifDanish Americans are people born or naturalized in the United States with Denmark ancestry. There are approximately 1,500,000 Americans of Danish origin or descent.... Culture of Denmark Culture of Denmark The Culture of Denmark has some general characteristics often associated with Danish society and everyday culture. Modesty, punctuality but above all Social equality are important aspects of the Danish way of life....