Denmark 1949-1969 since 1990






Denmark 1969-1990



In 1979 Greenland was granted political autonomy. When the Soviet Union showed signs of breaking up, the Danish government was the first to recognize the independence of Lithuania (in 1991).
In 1973 Denmark left EFTA and joined the EEC (now EU). The Danish economy was hit by the Oil Crisis. Unlike other European nations, Denmark decided not to use nuclear energy; instead they promoted small wind energy generators. Denmark's governments was later to ask Sweden to shut down its nuclear power stations on the Sound. Denmark would also promote battery-powered cars.
In Denmark, hippie generation students, similar to those of Amsterdam, occupied empty, decaying houses, many of which in Christianshavn, a suburb of Copenhagen, which they declared a "free state". Denmark was reluctant to use its police.
The 1970es saw the apperance of new political parties, such as the Progess Party, lead by maverick Mogens Glistrup, who openly advocated the abolition of income taxation, and the Greens.





EXTERNAL
FILES 		Political Upheaval, Economic Crisis and Renewed Growth, 1973-1998, in : History of Denmark, from Dan. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
DOCUMENTS Historical Population Statistics : Denmark, from Population Statistics at Univ. Utrecht
World Statesmen : Denmark, by Ben Cahoon
Danish banknotes, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money and from Currency Museum
REFERENCE Knud J.V. Jespersen, A History of Denmark, Basingstoke : Palgrave MacMillan 2004, KMLA Lib.Sign. 948.9 J58h
Article Denmark, in : Britannica Book of the Year 1970 pp.271-272, 1971 pp.260-261, 1972 pp.236-237, 1973 pp.227-228, 1974 pp.243-244, 1975 pp.227-228, 1976 pp.245-246, 1977 pp.245-246, 1978 pp.299-300, 1979 pp.301-302, 1980 pp.298-300, 1981 pp.299-300, 1982 pp.294-295, 1983 pp.293-294, 1984 pp.289-290, 1985 pp.525-526, 666, 1986 pp.520, 662, 1987 pp.490-491, 632, 1988 pp.447, 584, 1989 pp.448-449, 584, 1990 pp.464, 599 [G]
Article : Denmark, in : Statesman's Yearbook 1970-1971 pp.852-863, 1975-1976 pp.860-871, 1976-1977 pp.870-881, 1978-1979 pp.390-402, 1979-1980 pp.390-402, 1980-1981 pp.391-403, 1981-1982 pp.396-408, 1983-1984 pp.401-411, 1984-1985 pp.399-412, 1985-1986 pp.401-411, 1986-1987 pp.405-418, 1987-1988 pp.411-422, 1988-1989 pp.413-424, 1989-1990 pp.416-427, 1990-1991 pp.415-426 [G]
Article : Denmark, in : The World in Figures 1st ed. 1976 pp.217-219, 2nd ed. 1978 pp.217-219, 4th ed. 1984 pp.217-219 [G]
Article : Denmark, in : Americana Annual 1971 pp.249-250, 1972 pp.238-239, 1973 pp.232-233, 1974 pp.205-206, 1976 p.209, 1988 pp.206-207, 1989 p.206, 1990 pp.204-205 [G]
Article : Denmark, in : Funk & Wagnall's New Encyclopedia Year Book 1983 p.132 [G]
Article : Denmark, in : Yearbook on International Communist Affairs 1980 pp.129-134 (Eric S. Einhorn) [G]


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