The History of Denmark

We look at the 39-year reign of Valdemar II ‘The Victorious’! Check out the link below to listen to the Girls’ Choir of the Danish Broadcasting Corporation sing in 2016! https://www.dr.dk/tv/se/vaer-velkommen/vaer-velkommen-5 1st song: Vær Velkommen (“Be Welcome” – hymn dedicated to New Year’s Eve) 2nd song: Kong Christian stod ved Højen Mast (“King Christian stood… Continue reading Episode 9 – Valdemar the Victorious →

We follow Valdemar the Great and other notable figures throughout his reign! https://archive.org/download/Episode8ValdemarTheGreat/Episode%208%20-%20Valdemar%20the%20Great.mp3

We follow Sweyn Estridson, his sons and the kings who reigned through the decades of civil war which followed. https://archive.org/download/Episode7SweynEstridssonAndHisSons/Episode%207%20-%20Sweyn%20Estridsson%20and%20his%20sons.mp3

We look at what happened to Denmark, Norway and England after the death of Canute the Great. https://archive.org/download/Episode6TheSonsOfCanute/Episode%206%20-%20The%20Sons%20of%20Canute.mp3

We follow Sweyn Forkbeard and his son, Canute the Great as they each conquer England and forge an Empire of three Kingdoms. Pictures: https://archive.org/download/Episode5TheNorthSeaEmpire/Episode%205%20-%20The%20North%20Sea%20Empire.mp3

We look at the family of Gorm the Old, the Jelling Monuments and the christianization of Denmark! https://archive.org/download/Episode4TheBirthOfDenmark/Episode%204%20-%20The%20Birth%20of%20Denmark.mp3 Pictures:

New episode ready! We take a look at the famous warriors from Scandinavia, and examine their expansion, culture, religion and way of life. https://archive.org/download/Episode3TheVikingAge/Episode%203%20-%20The%20Viking%20Age.mp3

You can listen to the episode here: Pictures of the things mentioned in the episode are attached here. https://archive.org/download/Episode2DenmarkBeforeTheVikingAge/Episode%202%20-%20Denmark%20before%20the%20Viking%20Age.mp3

Here I present the podcast and myself. Enjoy! https://archive.org/download/Episode1AnIntroduction_201510/Episode%201%20-%20An%20Introduction.mp3