Denmark Genealogical Records
Denmark Birth & Baptism Records
An index to over 3.1 million baptism records, listing parents' names.
A database containing information extracted from birth and christening records from selected localities in Denmark, including parents' names.
Denmark Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to and image of around 100,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.
An index to over 1.6 million marriage records, including date and place of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
An index to several-hundred-thousand marriage records, including parents' and grandparents' names.
Denmark Death & Burial Records
An index to around 650,000 burial records from various sources. The index may contain name, age, gender, parents' names, place of burial and date of burial.
Newspapers Covering Denmark
An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.
An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.
An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.
Text-searchable copies of thousands of Danish newspaper articles.
Denmark Immigration & Travel Records
Abstracts of details found in passenger lists, passport records, correspondence and seaman records, which may list name, age, gender, birthplace, occupation, residence, destination, emigration date and more. Most passengers were traveling to North America.
Denmark Directories & Gazetteers
A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.
Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.
Denmark Cemeteries
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Denmark Histories & Books
Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.
Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.
Denmark Occupation & Business Records
A database of cricket scores and players.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Denmark
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
The lineages of Scandinavian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.
Denmark Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
The lineages of Scandinavian royalty and nobility, with biographical details and extracts from historic documents.
A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.
Denmark Maps
An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.
Denmark Reference Works
A growing collection of heraldic and related clip art that can be used to reconstruct a families' arms. Includes packs for British, German, Austrian, Spanish, Italian, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, French, Swiss and Dutch arms. Images are available in a variety of formats including vectors.
A reference dictionary of Nordic names and details on their history.
A database containing variants of 100,000s of given names used by Jews.
Historical Description
Denmark hath on the East, Mare Balticum; on the West, the German Ocean; on the North, Sweden; and on the South, Germany.
Situation
It is situate near the Artick Circle, and therefore must needs be subject to great cold; howsoever the misty Air caused by the frequent Isles, doth in some sort mitigate the extremity thereof.
Fertility
The Soyl of the Countrey is rather fit for pasture than herbage; for in regard of the Clime it cannot be expected that Fruits should grow here, which are only ripened by the heat of the Sun. They have Corn sufficient; and likewise feed such a multitude of Oxen, that 50000 are said to be sent hence yearly into Germany.
Commodity
Their other Commodities are Fish, Tallow, Furniture for Shipping, Armors, Ox-Hides, Buck-skins, Wainscot, Firwood, Filbeards, and the like.
Natures of the People
The People are naturally good Souldiers both by Sea and Land, fitter for the Sea than the Field. The Magistrate is wise rather by experience, than study; the old Man covetous; the young Man thrifty; and the Merchant ambitious. The Women are of the same conditions as the Women of Belgium.
Diet
Their Diet is much like the Germans, and their Neighbours the Saxons. Their dainties are Bacon, and salt-Meats; but the common people feed most on dryed Fishes.
It containeth the Cimbrick Chersoness, the Islands of the Baltick, and part of Scandia.
This country has an area of 15,042 square miles, and is the smallest of the Northern States of Europe. Its population in 1916 was 2,921,000, nearly one-half of whom live entirely by agriculture. Its few manufactures are mainly for home consumption. Large quantities of agricultural and dairy produce, horses, and cattle are exported to the United Kingdom, The Exports to the United Kingdom in 1920 were £31,165,965, and the Imports in 1920 amounted to £34,983,923. Woollen, cotton, and silk goods, hard-ware, coal, machinery, motors and cycles, and colonial produce are normally the leading imports from the United Kingdom. Copenhagen, the capital, has a population (including suburbs) of 506,390 (1916).
Most Common Surnames in Denmark
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jensen | 234,472 | 1:24 | |
| 2 | Nielsen | 228,242 | 1:25 | |
| 3 | Hansen | 198,063 | 1:28 | |
| 4 | Pedersen | 140,103 | 1:40 | |
| 5 | Andersen | 139,090 | 1:41 | |
| 6 | Christensen | 102,029 | 1:55 | |
| 7 | Larsen | 99,992 | 1:56 | |
| 8 | Sørensen | 82,315 | 1:69 | |
| 9 | Rasmussen | 79,506 | 1:71 | |
| 10 | Petersen | 71,942 | 1:78 | |
| 11 | Jørgensen | 62,806 | 1:90 | |
| 12 | Madsen | 56,320 | 1:100 | |
| 13 | Kristensen | 52,268 | 1:108 | |
| 14 | Olsen | 41,734 | 1:135 | |
| 15 | Thomsen | 32,672 | 1:173 | |
| 16 | Christiansen | 28,837 | 1:196 | |
| 17 | Poulsen | 28,426 | 1:199 | |
| 18 | Johansen | 25,368 | 1:223 | |
| 19 | Knudsen | 25,357 | 1:223 | |
| 20 | Mortensen | 24,634 | 1:229 | |
| 21 | Møller | 24,048 | 1:235 | |
| 22 | Jakobsen | 22,482 | 1:251 | |
| 23 | Jacobsen | 22,070 | 1:256 | |
| 24 | Olesen | 19,545 | 1:289 | |
| 25 | Mikkelsen | 19,179 | 1:294 | |
| 26 | Lund | 16,758 | 1:337 | |
| 27 | Frederiksen | 16,308 | 1:346 | |
| 28 | Holm | 15,685 | 1:360 | |
| 29 | Laursen | 15,673 | 1:360 | |
| 30 | Henriksen | 14,306 | 1:395 | |
| 31 | Schmidt | 14,195 | 1:398 | |
| 32 | Eriksen | 12,636 | 1:447 | |
| 33 | Clausen | 11,238 | 1:502 | |
| 34 | Simonsen | 11,169 | 1:505 | |
| 35 | Kristiansen | 10,949 | 1:516 | |
| 36 | Svendsen | 10,090 | 1:559 | |
| 37 | Andreasen | 10,021 | 1:563 | |
| 38 | Iversen | 9,505 | 1:594 | |
| 39 | Jeppesen | 8,371 | 1:674 | |
| 40 | Vestergaard | 8,290 | 1:681 | |
| 41 | Jespersen | 8,012 | 1:705 | |
| 42 | Mogensen | 8,000 | 1:706 | |
| 43 | Lauridsen | 7,997 | 1:706 | |
| 44 | Nissen | 7,982 | 1:707 | |
| 45 | Dahl | 7,791 | 1:725 | |
| 46 | Jepsen | 7,735 | 1:730 | |
| 47 | Kjær | 7,673 | 1:736 | |
| 48 | Skov | 7,672 | 1:736 | |
| 49 | Frandsen | 7,565 | 1:746 | |
| 50 | Jessen | 6,944 | 1:813 | |
| 51 | Bach | 6,618 | 1:853 | |
| 52 | Carlsen | 6,602 | 1:855 | |
| 53 | Bruun | 6,550 | 1:862 | |
| 54 | Friis | 6,230 | 1:906 | |
| 55 | Nørgaard | 6,220 | 1:908 | |
| 56 | Bertelsen | 6,129 | 1:921 | |
| 57 | Srensen | 6,005 | 1:940 | |
| 58 | Christoffersen | 5,846 | 1:966 | |
| 59 | Gregersen | 5,628 | 1:1,003 | |
| 60 | Bech | 5,472 | 1:1,032 | |
| 61 | Søndergaard | 5,462 | 1:1,033 | |
| 62 | Krogh | 5,211 | 1:1,083 | |
| 63 | Lassen | 5,108 | 1:1,105 | |
| 64 | Winther | 5,074 | 1:1,112 | |
| 65 | Johnsen | 4,908 | 1:1,150 | |
| 66 | Ravn | 4,866 | 1:1,160 | |
| 67 | Jrgensen | 4,841 | 1:1,166 | |
| 68 | Østergaard | 4,751 | 1:1,188 | |
| 69 | Kjeldsen | 4,746 | 1:1,189 | |
| 70 | Steffensen | 4,710 | 1:1,198 | |
| 71 | Toft | 4,648 | 1:1,214 | |
| 72 | Brandt | 4,582 | 1:1,232 | |
| 73 | Berg | 4,534 | 1:1,245 | |
| 74 | Lauritsen | 4,525 | 1:1,247 | |
| 75 | Lind | 4,499 | 1:1,255 | |
| 76 | Holst | 4,486 | 1:1,258 | |
| 77 | Juul | 4,422 | 1:1,277 | |
| 78 | Danielsen | 4,402 | 1:1,282 | |
| 79 | Dam | 4,292 | 1:1,315 | |
| 80 | Andresen | 4,251 | 1:1,328 | |
| 81 | Nygaard | 4,152 | 1:1,360 | |
| 82 | Mathiesen | 4,135 | 1:1,365 | |
| 83 | Bak | 4,110 | 1:1,373 | |
| 84 | Damgaard | 4,098 | 1:1,377 | |
| 85 | Schultz | 4,051 | 1:1,393 | |
| 86 | Overgaard | 3,929 | 1:1,437 | |
| 87 | Schou | 3,900 | 1:1,447 | |
| 88 | Nilsson | 3,895 | 1:1,449 | |
| 89 | Thygesen | 3,878 | 1:1,456 | |
| 90 | Hermansen | 3,874 | 1:1,457 | |
| 91 | Hedegaard | 3,858 | 1:1,463 | |
| 92 | Juhl | 3,828 | 1:1,475 | |
| 93 | Mathiasen | 3,797 | 1:1,487 | |
| 94 | Klausen | 3,794 | 1:1,488 | |
| 95 | Paulsen | 3,779 | 1:1,494 | |
| 96 | Kruse | 3,749 | 1:1,506 | |
| 97 | Thorsen | 3,698 | 1:1,526 | |
| 98 | Kristoffersen | 3,683 | 1:1,533 | |
| 99 | Munk | 3,675 | 1:1,536 | |
| 100 | Koch | 3,656 | 1:1,544 | |
| 101 | Bjerregaard | 3,594 | 1:1,571 | |
| 102 | Lorenzen | 3,592 | 1:1,571 | |
| 103 | Karlsen | 3,574 | 1:1,579 | |
| 104 | Beck | 3,542 | 1:1,594 | |
| 105 | Riis | 3,539 | 1:1,595 | |
| 106 | Miller | 3,500 | 1:1,613 | |
| 107 | Lauritzen | 3,455 | 1:1,634 | |
| 108 | Villadsen | 3,451 | 1:1,636 | |
| 109 | Lorentzen | 3,440 | 1:1,641 | |
| 110 | Bundgaard | 3,416 | 1:1,652 | |
| 111 | Aagaard | 3,414 | 1:1,653 | |
| 112 | Hald | 3,411 | 1:1,655 | |
| 113 | Davidsen | 3,344 | 1:1,688 | |
| 114 | Bonde | 3,319 | 1:1,701 | |
| 115 | Lange | 3,309 | 1:1,706 | |
| 116 | Svensson | 3,295 | 1:1,713 | |
| 117 | Bendtsen | 3,269 | 1:1,727 | |
| 118 | Justesen | 3,260 | 1:1,732 | |
| 119 | Bjerre | 3,166 | 1:1,783 | |
| 120 | Johannsen | 3,159 | 1:1,787 | |
| 121 | Fischer | 3,154 | 1:1,790 | |
| 122 | Meyer | 3,137 | 1:1,799 | |
| 123 | Sommer | 3,118 | 1:1,810 | |
| 124 | Andersson | 3,115 | 1:1,812 | |
| 124 | Carstensen | 3,115 | 1:1,812 | |
| 126 | Enevoldsen | 3,098 | 1:1,822 | |
| 127 | Johannesen | 3,096 | 1:1,823 | |
| 128 | Hemmingsen | 3,092 | 1:1,826 | |
| 129 | Ibsen | 3,088 | 1:1,828 | |
| 130 | Gade | 3,087 | 1:1,829 | |
| 131 | Hjorth | 3,068 | 1:1,840 | |
| 132 | Eskildsen | 3,058 | 1:1,846 | |
| 133 | Kofoed | 3,029 | 1:1,864 | |
| 134 | Dalsgaard | 3,014 | 1:1,873 | |
| 135 | Michelsen | 2,965 | 1:1,904 | |
| 136 | Markussen | 2,959 | 1:1,908 | |
| 137 | Persson | 2,914 | 1:1,937 | |
| 138 | Laustsen | 2,901 | 1:1,946 | |
| 139 | Berthelsen | 2,857 | 1:1,976 | |
| 140 | Vinther | 2,845 | 1:1,984 | |
| 141 | Henningsen | 2,841 | 1:1,987 | |
| 142 | Asmussen | 2,825 | 1:1,998 | |
| 143 | Kragh | 2,804 | 1:2,013 | |
| 144 | Johansson | 2,792 | 1:2,022 | |
| 145 | Søgaard | 2,783 | 1:2,028 | |
| 146 | Kirkegaard | 2,765 | 1:2,041 | |
| 147 | Graversen | 2,715 | 1:2,079 | |
| 147 | Olsson | 2,715 | 1:2,079 | |
| 149 | Brodersen | 2,695 | 1:2,095 | |
| 150 | Ipsen | 2,691 | 1:2,098 | |
| 151 | Frost | 2,655 | 1:2,126 | |
| 152 | Kjærgaard | 2,654 | 1:2,127 | |
| 153 | Hougaard | 2,650 | 1:2,130 | |
| 154 | Nikolajsen | 2,648 | 1:2,132 | |
| 155 | Nguyen | 2,632 | 1:2,145 | |
| 156 | Buch | 2,620 | 1:2,154 | |
| 157 | Marcussen | 2,611 | 1:2,162 | |
| 158 | Ludvigsen | 2,603 | 1:2,169 | |
| 159 | Ottosen | 2,601 | 1:2,170 | |
| 160 | Laugesen | 2,600 | 1:2,171 | |
| 161 | Axelsen | 2,597 | 1:2,174 | |
| 162 | Dalgaard | 2,589 | 1:2,180 | |
| 163 | Therkildsen | 2,579 | 1:2,189 | |
| 164 | Krog | 2,576 | 1:2,191 | |
| 165 | Storm | 2,570 | 1:2,196 | |
| 166 | Clemmensen | 2,555 | 1:2,209 | |
| 167 | Bisgaard | 2,554 | 1:2,210 | |
| 168 | Svenningsen | 2,532 | 1:2,229 | |
| 169 | Nicolaisen | 2,521 | 1:2,239 | |
| 170 | Michaelsen | 2,520 | 1:2,240 | |
| 171 | Leth | 2,500 | 1:2,258 | |
| 172 | Bentsen | 2,492 | 1:2,265 | |
| 173 | Bendixen | 2,468 | 1:2,287 | |
| 174 | Ottesen | 2,459 | 1:2,296 | |
| 175 | Westergaard | 2,440 | 1:2,313 | |
| 176 | Matthiesen | 2,432 | 1:2,321 | |
| 177 | Fisker | 2,419 | 1:2,333 | |
| 178 | Dinesen | 2,414 | 1:2,338 | |
| 179 | Erichsen | 2,403 | 1:2,349 | |
| 180 | Albrechtsen | 2,402 | 1:2,350 | |
| 181 | Ebbesen | 2,390 | 1:2,362 | |
| 182 | Lindberg | 2,375 | 1:2,377 | |
| 183 | Villumsen | 2,368 | 1:2,384 | |
| 184 | Sloth | 2,355 | 1:2,397 | |
| 185 | Munch | 2,347 | 1:2,405 | |
| 186 | Thuesen | 2,343 | 1:2,409 | |
| 187 | Thomassen | 2,311 | 1:2,443 | |
| 188 | Ovesen | 2,285 | 1:2,470 | |
| 189 | Buhl | 2,279 | 1:2,477 | |
| 190 | Boesen | 2,274 | 1:2,482 | |
| 191 | Bentzen | 2,270 | 1:2,487 | |
| 192 | Smith | 2,264 | 1:2,493 | |
| 193 | Mouritsen | 2,254 | 1:2,504 | |
| 194 | Greve | 2,253 | 1:2,505 | |
| 194 | Vilhelmsen | 2,253 | 1:2,505 | |
| 196 | Ali | 2,251 | 1:2,508 | |
| 197 | Skovgaard | 2,213 | 1:2,551 | |
| 198 | Bjerg | 2,207 | 1:2,558 | |
| 199 | Bay | 2,199 | 1:2,567 | |
| 200 | Müller | 2,196 | 1:2,570 | |