Historien om Danmark

- Season 1

(2017)

From prehistoric times (20.000 BC) to the last Stone Age (1.700 BC). From the geological creation of modern-day Denmark and the arrival of the first humans, through their lives as hunter-gatherers in foraging societies, to the beginning of the Neolithic Age and the agricultural revolution.

The Age of Metal From the Bronze Age (1.700 BC) to the end of the Iron Age (750 AD). From the introduction of bronze, which alongside amber made the area of modern-day Denmark among the richest in Europe, to the introduction of a new metal - iron, which put an end to it all.

From the Viking Age (750) to the Early Middle Ages (1050). From the rise of vikings and Norse mythology, an infamous period of piracy, plunder and conquest, to the introduction of Christianity, a new and powerful religion which saw Denmark unite as one nation under one ruling king.

Lars Mikkelsen talks about Denmark in the early Middle Ages in the 1100s, where the civil war rages. It is the story of how bishop Absalon and King Valdemar the Great begin to create stability and prosperity in Denmark. But also how they start big wars south of Denmark. And of course we will hear about the story of Dannebrog.

From the Late Middle Ages (1350) to the beginning of the Protestant Reformation (1536). From the outbreak of The Black Death, a deadly plague ravaging Denmark and the rest of Europe with devastating results, to the unification of Denmark, Norway and Sweden - fathering a new Nordic superpower thanks to King Valdemar Atterdag and even more so his daughter, Denmark's first female monarch, Queen Margrethe I.

From the Protestant Reformation (1536) to the Absolutism (1660). From Martin Luther and his famous 95 Theses which initiated the dramatic split from the authoritative Catholic Church, to Denmark's most tenacious builder; King Christian IV, the new head of the Church exercising strict piety - with people sentenced for witchcraft and burned on the fire - while his appetite for war saw Sweden deprive Denmark of its former glory.

From the Absolutism (1660) to the Age of Enlightenment (1800). From the introduction of Absolutism, a practice that gave King Frederik III unlimited power no longer subject to the nobility, to the Enlightenment; marked by scientific skepticism and rational ideas of liberty and equality, paving the way for a ban on slave trade in the Danish West Indies, and unprecedented rights for the lower class - allowing ordinary peasants to buy and own land.

From the Golden Age (1800) to the Industrial revolution (1900). From the adoption of the Constitution (Grundloven); creating an early and fragile Democracy threatened by conflicting political parties Venstre and Højre, to the national trauma of 1864 and the Industrialization - witnessing a shift from rural work to industrial labor, forming a large urban working class, using unions and strikes to improve their conditions.

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