Danish

Cuisine
~ Shubham Powar
Sudhir Pradhan
Rachel Dsouza
Olishia Quadros.
 Shares a border with
Germany to the south also it
borders the Baltic and
Geographical Location North sea.

Denmark's terrain is mostly

It is a nordic country.
flat, with gently rolling
Made up of the Jutland
hills.
Peninsula.

Country has Møllehøj &

The country covers
Lammefjord as highest &
43,094 km2 of land.
lowest point.
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Denmark
▪ Capital: Copenhagen
▪ Climate: Temperate
▪ Rains heavily.
▪ Animal’s diet: Cereals
▪ Cuisine: Danish cuisine
▪ Natural resources: Salt, petroleum, natural
gas, limestone, fish, sand and chalk.

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History of Denmark
▪ Gorm the Old, is the first historically recognized
ruler of Denmark.
▪ During the 8th - 11th centuries, the danish people
were known as Vikings.
▪ Denmark was long in disputes with Sweden and
Germany.
▪ Denmark retained control of the old Norwegian
colonies of the Faroe Islands, Greenland and
Iceland.
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History of Cuisine
Burning stoves, meat
Development of cold meat grinders are introduced. Influence of
products by Francois Louis Milk gained favour in Mediterranen cuisine.
cuisine. Introduction of fast food.

1800s 1840s 1880s 1900s 1920s 1960s 2000s

Cuisine was based on Oskar Davidsen opened Use of tomatoes Adapted plating skills
natural products restaurant encouraging and cucumbers. from different
comes from family concept of Smørrebrød. countries.
farms.

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Tourist
Destinations
The Tivoli Garden was established in
1843. The gardens has become an
important social center and a creative
outlet for many performing troupes. It
has numerous amusement rides, games,
shops and restaurants.

Tivoli Garden
LEGO Land
▪ This is a chain of family theme parks focusing
on the construction of lego toy system.
▪ This attraction is especially for the kids.
▪ The miniland display is particularly interesting
with its miniature display of many world
famous buildings and places, build up of more
than 25 million LEGO bricks.
 The statue was erected in 1913.
A statue of The Little Mermaid sits on a rock in
the Copenhagen harbor at Langelinie in
Denmark. The Little Mermaid statue is only
1.25 meters high and weighs around 175 kg

Little Mermaid
Rosenborge Castle 8

Rosenborg is a 400 year old castle. It is

beautifully embellished with crown jewels, and
stunning surfaces with its majestic grandeur and
simplicity. The grounds are beautifully crafted
with plenty of enchanted gardens and beautiful
flowers.
 Christianborg Palace

▪ It is situated on the tiny islat

of Slotsholmen in the center of
Copenhagen.
▪ It is a home to the Parliament, the Prime
Minister's Office, and the Supreme Court.

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 Currency of Denmark
Currency
• Krone – official currency of
Denmark from 1 Jan 1875.
• Iso code – Dkk, currency sign – kr
• Krone literally means crown
therefore it referred to as Danish
Crown.
1 Danish krone = 11.91 Indian Rupees
Coins
• Coin series is divided into 3
sequences depending on its metal
colour.
• Value of coins depends in terms
of size, weight & rim.
• Value of coin increases with
increase in size.
Banknotes
• Banknotes are issued in 1945 with
values of 5kr, 10kr, 20kr, 50kr,
100kr, 500kr, 1000kr.
• Potrait and landscape series was
started in 1952 and was replaced in
1972.
• Bridge series – Initiated by Danish
national bank in 2006
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Tin bronze 50- Cupronickel 1- Aluminium bronze
øre coin krone coin 10- kroner coin 11

Banknotes
 Festivals
The Rock Festival

▪ The Rock festival is the country’s

biggest public event and one of the most
popular festivals in Denmark
▪ Place: Roskilde, Denmark.
▪ Month: May 1 – May 3 every year.
Copenhagen Jazz
Festival
▪ One of the most stunning and
inspirational times in Europe is
the Jazz festival in Copenhagen,
which takes place in every July.
▪ Place: Copenhagen, Denmark.
▪ Month: 3 July to 12 July.
 Copenhagen Pride
Aarhus Festuge
Copenhagen Pride is the biggest
Aarhus hosts this festival
yearly festival for human rights
every year. It is a 10 days art
in Denmark focusing on LGBT
and cultural festival.
community.
Place: Aarhus, Denmark.
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark
Month: 28 Aug to 6 Sept.
Month: August, 2020

Aarhus Food Festival

As the time is passing this festival
is getting bigger and famous
all over the country, more
people participates to enjoy food.
Place: Copenhagen, Denmark.
Month: 4 Sept to 6 Sept.

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 Sports in Denmark
Football
▪ National sport of Denmark.
▪ Introduced to Denmark by British engineers who
came to design the railroad system in the 1870s.
▪ Football is the most popular sport in Denmark,
with over 313,000 players in more than 1600
clubs.
▪ The national stadium for football is the Parken
Stadium.
HANDBALL

▪ Denmark has a long history with

handball, with the sport
originating in Denmark.
▪ Other than football, Handball is
another popular game played by
the people to pass their time.
 Ice Hockey
Golf There are six Danish ice hockey
In recent years golf became a players currently in the National
highly popular sport in Denmark Hockey League.
with more than 180 golf courses The Denmark men's national ice
across the country. hockey team has been in the
best division since 2003.

Badminton
Denmark is Europe's strongest badminton
country.
Danish players have won 11 gold medals at
the World Championships since 1977, 63
gold medals at the European Badminton
Championships since 1968, and 19 titles at
the Europe Cup since 1978.
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Regional Attire
▪ The traditional costumes of Denmark
vary from region to region and date back
in about 250 years ago.
▪ Clothes were homemade from wool or
flax yarn.
▪ Many of the Colored fabric were made
from vegetable dyes.
▪ Both men and women wore clog’s.
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Women’s Attire
▪ Women used to wear a bonnet, a piece of linen
cloth underneath it and a scarf to hold it in place.
The bonnet was made of lace or embroidered.
▪ Skirts and petticoats were covered by an apron of
fine silk or embroidered cloth.
▪ A blouse and jacket completes the outfit.
▪ They also wore leather dress shoes which buckles
in the front.

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 Men’s Attire
▪ Men’s clothing were made of wool and flax.
▪ Their knee breeches were made of leather.
▪ They also wore home-knitted white woolen stockings that
were upto above their knees.
▪ Men wore several jerseys, several long shirts and jackets.
The buttons were made of tin.
▪ The wealthier Danish men used to wear silver buttons.
▪ Men wore leather boot tops and leather dress shoes witch
had buckles in the front.

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Special Equipments
Aebleskiver pan Sandakkelser Tins

In Denmark Aebleskiver Its used in Danish cuisine.

pans are used in every They are small tins about
household. Its used to 2 inches long and
make light pastry balls available in various
that taste like a cross shapes. They are use to
between a doughnut and make sandakkels butter
pancake. cookies.

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Danish dough whisk

▪ A Danish dough whisk (sometimes just called a

dough whisk, Danish whisk or even a
brodpisker).
▪ It is a specially shaped tool very much unlike a
classic balloon-style whisk.
▪ It’s made of stiff looped wire and is designed to
perfectly blend ingredients especially for bread
recipes.
Rullepølse press
▪ A Rullepølse press is traditionally
used to press the roll down.
▪ It is a rectangular dish similar to
bread pans.
▪ This equipment is used to make a
popular Danish specialty :
Rullepølse.
 Raw Ingredients

Herrings
Cod Herring fish is a raw
ingredient which is use to make
herrings pickle since medieval
times in danish cuisine.

Salmon
Cod fish As Denmark is surrounded by sea,
Cod fish is most common fish Danes love the most is smoked
eaten in danish cusine. They fry salmon on top of smørrebrød.
this fish in margarine and serve it
with remoulade sauce.
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 Potatoes
Danish blue cheese It’s difficult to find a local dish in
Also known as Danablu, is a creamy Denmark without potatoes. Boiled,
blue-veined cheese, made from cow’s baked, fried, with sauce, in soup -
milk and homogenized cream. potatoes are everywhere. There is
Founded in the beginning of 20th even a special recipe that is usually
century by a Dane farmer. cooked for Christmas.

Butter
Danes love butter. They spread on
bread, use it for frying their favorite
meals, such as meatballs, or use it as
an ingredient in many of the popular
Danish pastries. Danish butter cookies
are internationally famous product.

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 Danes use apples
in sweet and salty
dishes. Pork with apples
Eggs comes in most famous
recipes from denmark.
Apple cakes, apple pies are
Eggs are used in many
famous here.
danish recipes like
Danish pastries, apple
cakes, also in savoury Apples
dishes such as
meatballs.

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 The Danish pig-meat
industry is considered
one of the greatest
Capers worldwide. So, pork is
Capers are most one of the main
used ingredients in ingredients in Nordic
Danish cuisine. They are cuisine. It’s cooked in
found in smørrebrød or various ways.
in a tuna salad. It is a Pork
basic ingredients for
Dane’s favorite
sauce, remoulade.

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Staple Lunch is usually a cold meal consisting of a

Food few simply prepared pieces of smørrebrød with

slices of cold meat and sliced sausages or hard
boiled egg. Leverpostej, a liver pâté prepared
from pig's liver and lard, is also frequently used
as a spread.

Lunch
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Breakfast
The basic Danish breakfast consists of coffee, or
tea, and rye, white bread, or rolls with cheese or
jam. Bread at breakfast time most often comes in
the form of a white loaf known
as franskbrød (French bread), a baguette, or a
variety of white or brown rolls
Dinner
▪ Dinner usually consists of just
one main course, often a meat
dish with potatoes and a vegetable
or salad.
▪ Starters are seldom served at
home. If there is a dessert, it is
likely to be ice cream or a fruit
dish.
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Speciality
food Smørrebrød
• They are called open faced
sandwiches.
• They are typically made with
butter rye bread Topped with
any meats, cheeses &
garnishes.
• This dish can also be
considered as the national
dish.
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Tarteletter
▪ Danish tarteletter are crispy, pre-baked puff
pastry shells used as containers for various
fillings.
▪ The shells are typically associated with sweet
fillings but Danes prefer to complement them
with different savory ingredients such as meat,
seafood, and vegetables.
▪ Enjoyed as a quick snack or a filling appetizer.

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Stegt flæsk med
persillesovs
This dish is known as the national dish of
denmark.
The dish is sometimes translated as pork
strips or crisp fried pork slices.
It’s a simple & tasty combination of
crispy pork, potatoes and parsley sauce.
 Risalamande
Frikadeller
Traditionally made during
It is a savory pork
Christmas time. A rice pudding
meatball dish. Served with
served cold either with hot or
brown sauce, potatoes and cabbages.
cold cherry sauce. It’s a
It is also a popular topping for
dish which is blended with
smørrebrød.
wipped cream and almonds

Flæskesteg
A typical Danish food which is a pork
roast. Flæskesteg is served with red
cabbage, caramelized potatoes and
boiled potatoes with gravy. Some
Danes eat it on Christmas Eve.

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In Denmark, these world-famous sticky delights
are called Vienna Bread (wienerbrød), as they
were first made in Denmark in the 1840s by
Austrian bakers.
A Danish pastry, sometimes shortened to just
danish is a multilayered, laminated sweet
pastry .
In Denmark, Danish Pastry is actually known
as Wienerbrød – literally: Vienna bread. In the
rest of the world, it’s ‘Danish’.

Danish pastry
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