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<title>
Denmark: Government
</title>
<article><hdr>The World Factbook 1993: Denmark
Government</hdr><body>
<list>
<l>Names:</l>
<l> conventional long form: Kingdom of Denmark</l>
<l> conventional short form: Denmark</l>
<l> local long form: Kongeriget Danmark</l>
<l> local short form: Danmark</l>
</list>
<p>Digraph: DA
</p>
<p>Type: constitutional monarchy
</p>
<p>Capital: Copenhagen
</p>
<p>Administrative divisions: metropolitan Denmark - 14 counties
(amter, singular - amt) and 1 city* (stad); Arhus, Bornholm,
Frederiksborg, Fyn, Kbenhavn, Nordjylland, Ribe, Ringkbing,
Roskilde, Snderjylland, Staden Kbenhavn*, Storstrm, Vejle,
Vestsjaelland, Viborg
</p>
<p>note: see separate entries for the Faroe Islands and
Greenland, which are part of the Danish realm and self-governing
administrative divisions
</p>
<p>Independence: 1849 (became a constitutional monarchy)
</p>
<p>Constitution: 5 June 1953
</p>
<p>Legal system: civil law system; judicial review of legislative
acts; accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction, with reservations
</p>
<p>National holiday: Birthday of the Queen, 16 April (1940)
</p>
<p>Political parties and leaders: Social Democratic Party, Poul
Nyrup RASMUSSEN; Conservative Party, Poul SCHLUETER; Liberal
Party, Uffe ELLEMANN-JENSEN; Socialist People's Party, Holger K.
NIELSEN; Progress Party, Pia KJAERSGAARD; Center Democratic
Party, Mimi Stilling JAKOBSEN; Radical Liberal Party, Marianne
JELVED; Christian People's Party, Jann SJURSEN; Common Course,
Preben Moller HANSEN; Danish Workers' Party
</p>
<p>Suffrage: 21 years of age; universal
</p>
<p>Elections:
</p>
<p> Parliament: last held 12 December 1990 (next to be held by
December 1994); results - Social Democratic Party 37.4%,
Conservative Party 16.0%, Liberal 15.8%, Socialist People's
Party 8.3%, Progress Party 6.4%, Center Democratic Party 5.1%,
Radical Liberal Party 3.5%, Christian People's Party 2.3%, other
5.2%; seats - (179 total; includes 2 from Greenland and 2 from
the Faroe Islands) Social Democratic 69, Conservative 30,
Liberal 29, Socialist People's 15, Progress Party 12, Center
Democratic 9, Radical Liberal 7, Christian People's 4
</p>
<p>Executive branch: monarch, heir apparent, prime minister,
Cabinet
</p>
<p>Legislative branch: unicameral parliament (Folketing)
</p>
<p>Judicial branch: Supreme Court
</p>
<p>Leaders:
</p>
<p> Chief of State: Queen MARGRETHE II (since NA January 1972);
Heir Apparent Crown Prince FREDERIK, elder son of the Queen
(born 26 May 1968)
</p>
<p> Head of Government: Prime Minister Poul Nyrup RASMUSSEN
(since NA January 1993)
</p>
<p>Member of: AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, Australia Group, BIS,
CBSS, CCC, CE, CERN, COCOM, CSCE, EBRD, EC, ECE, EIB, ESA, FAO,
G-9, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IEA, IFAD,
IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO,
ITU, LORCS, MTCR, NACC, NATO, NC, NEA, NIB, NSG, OECD, PCA, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFICYP, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNIKOM, UNMOGIP, UNPROFOR,
UNTSO, UPU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, ZC
</p>
<list>
<l>Diplomatic representation in US:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Peter Pedersen DYVIG</l>
<l> chancery: 3200 Whitehaven Street NW, Washington, DC
20008</l>
<l> telephone: (202) 234-4300</l>
<l> FAX: (202) 328-1470</l>
<l> consulates general: Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York</l>
</list>
<list>
<l>US diplomatic representation:</l>
<l> chief of mission: Ambassador Richard B. STONE</l>
<l> embassy: Dag Hammarskjolds Alle 24, 2100 Copenhagen O</l>
<l> mailing address: APO AE 09716</l>
<l> telephone: [45] (31) 42-31-44</l>
<l> FAX: [45] (35) 43-0223</l>
</list>
<p>Flag: red with a white cross that extends to the edges of the
flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist
side, and that design element of the DANNEBROG (Danish flag) was
subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries of Finland,
Iceland, Norway, and Sweden
</p></body></article></text>