List of Danish online encyclopedic resources
Encyclopedia
This is a list of online encyclopedic resources from Denmark, mostly in Danish, which can be freely accessed on the internet. For those who have difficulty with Danish, the Google language tools provide facilities for translating from Danish into English. The English-language interface can be found here.
General purpose
- Den Store Danske EncyklopædiDen Store Danske EncyklopædiDen Store Danske Encyklopædi is the most comprehensive contemporary Danish language encyclopedia. The 20 volumes of the encyclopedia were published successively between 1994 and 2001; a one-volume supplement was published in 2002 and two index volumes in 2003...
, a general purpose encyclopedia from the GyldendalGyldendalGyldendal may refer to:*Gyldendal, a Danish publishing house*Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, a Norwegian publishing house founded as a demerger from the Danish one*Søren Gyldendal, the founder of the Danish publishing house...
publishing house. - Salmonsens KonversationsleksikonSalmonsens KonversationsleksikonSalmonsens Konversationsleksikon is a Danish encyclopedia that has been published in several editions.The first edition, Salmonsens Store Illustrerede Konversationsleksikon was published in nineteen volumes 1893-1911 by Brødrene Salmonsens Forlag, and named after the publisher Isaac Salmonsen...
, a general purpose encyclopedia published between 1915 and 1930. Project RunebergProject RunebergProject Runeberg is an initiative patterned after Project Gutenberg that publishes freely available electronic versions of books significant to the culture and history of the Nordic countries...
hosts an online copy.
Biography
- Dansk biografisk leksikonDansk biografisk leksikonDansk biografisk leksikon is a Danish biographical dictionary that has been published in three editions...
, a large collection of Danish biographies. The first edition (1887-1905) from Project Runeberg is available online. - Kendtes Gravsted, a collection of over 3,600 short descriptions of famous people, mainly Danes, buried in Danish cemeteries.
- Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon, online version of the large collection of biographies of famous Danish women published in 2001.
Culture
- Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon, providing information on Danish artists and Danish and foreign artworks in Danish museums. There is also an English-language search page but the articles themselves are in Danish.
- Project RunebergProject RunebergProject Runeberg is an initiative patterned after Project Gutenberg that publishes freely available electronic versions of books significant to the culture and history of the Nordic countries...
, digitising the full texts of Nordic books of historic, literary or cultural interest, with online access.
Architecture
- Dansk Architektur Center, online information about Danish architecture, architects and history of architecture.
- Selskabet for Københavns Historie, online version of Jens Fleischer's København. Kulturhistorisk opslagsbog med turforslag giving detailed descriptions of many of Copenhagen's historic buildings, streets and parks.
Library resources
- REX, the online database of the Royal Danish Library provides access to catalogues and digital resources including paintings and photographs. Some facilities are restricted by login (for Danish citizens only).
- Bibliotek.dk, providing access to the titles of books throughout the Danish public library system, sometimes with short descriptions.