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• An Account of the Ancient Monuments of Zeland — The manuscript of the Englishman Charles Bertram, with written descriptions and colored illustrations of stone monuments from Danish antiquity. Digitized by the Danish Royal Library. (Illustrated in 1758; facsimiles)
• Guder & Grave — Gods & Graves: A virtual exhibit of the Danish Bronze Age based on texts and images from the Danish National Museum. (Facsimiles and commentary)
• Project Runeberg — (Scandinavian literature; transcription)
• e-manuskripter: Middelalder og renæssance — Digitized Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts from the Danish Royal Library. (850-1596; facsimiles)
• The Planctus for William Longsword — This mourning poem is for the son of the Viking, Rollo. It serves as "an excellent laboratory in medieval philology." (943; Latin facsimiles and variant text transcriptions with English and German translations)
• Quellen zur mittelalterlichen Reichsgeschichte — Sources for the History of the Medieval (Germanic) Empire. Includes recorded conferences of the Hanseatic League. (800-1503; Latin and contemporary vernacular transcriptions with critical apparatus)
• Saxo Grammaticus: Gesta Danorum — Deeds of the Danes; national epic. (ca. 1200; Latin transcription) Also available in English translation.
• Historical Text Archive: Denmark — Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry. (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
• Over Øresund - Över Öresund — A cooperative Danish-Swedish project covering sources from both sides of the "Sound." Pictures, postcards, maps, letters, guides to archival sources. (1200-1913; facsimiles and guides)
• Rådhuse under enevælden —
  A detailed illustrative history of Danish city halls.
• Byporte under enevælden —
  A detailed illustrative history of Danish city gates. From Den Digitale Byport of the Danish Centre for Urban History. With aspect searches (by chronology, civic function, location, architect, etc.). (13th-19th centuries; annotated facsimiles of illustrations, photos and architectural plans)
• e-manuskripter: Middelalder og renæssance — Digitized Medieval and Renaissance manuscripts from the Danish Royal Library. (850-1596; facsimiles)
• Quellen zur mittelalterlichen Reichsgeschichte — Sources for the History of the Medieval (Germanic) Empire. Includes recorded conferences of the Hanseatic League. (800-1503; Latin and contemporary vernacular transcriptions with critical apparatus)
• Codex Esromensis — Hand-copies of 297 documents from the Esrum cloister archives at the end of the fifteenth century. (1496-1497; facsimiles)
• Den hollandske indvandring — Documents of the Dutch immigration and settlement at Amager. See quoted documents in the fifth paragraph and copy of royal letters of privilege. (1521-1547; transcriptions and commentary)
• King Christian IV's Norse Law Code — . (1604; facsimile of 1855 printing)
• e-manuskripter: 17. og 18. århundrede — Digitized 17th- and 18th-century manuscripts from the Danish Royal Library. (1615-1760; facsimiles)
• King Frederik III's Royal Code — (14 November 1665; transcription)
• Kongelig Fødsel og Dåb — Royal births and baptisms documented by a consortium of Danish institutions Illustrated with church book records, medallions, and related objects. (1671-1870; facsimiles, images and commentary)
• Heksejægeren — A total of three document collections from among the last witch trials in Denmark:
  • Kongen og Danske Kancelli 1686-1688 (Declarations of the King and Chancellery Officials)
  • Ebeltoft bytingsprotokol 1684-1694 (Minutes of the Ebeltoft local council)
  • Mette Madsdatters bekendelse, 6 juli 1686 (Mette Madsdatter's Confession) Assembled by Gunner Lind, History Department, University of Copenhagen (1684-1694; Danish transcriptions)
• Den sidste heks — (The Last Witch) Presented by the Provincial Archive of Zealand. (1692-1694; facsimiles, images and transcriptions)
• King Christian V's Norse Law Code — (15 April 1687; transcription
• Royal Decrees and Letters of Christian V — (1670-1699; facsimile of Schous Forordninger printed in 1795)
• Caroline Mathilde — Images of objects and documents from the Queen's short & tragic life. Presented by the State Archives. (1751-1775; facsimiles)
• Naval History: Denmark — Comprising three English documents on Danish naval history:
  • List of the Danish Navy, in the year 1692
  • Capture of Copenhagen, 1807
  • The Late Danish Fleet (1692-1807; English transcriptions)
• Slaget på Redan — (The Battle of Redan) Documenting an important sea battle against the English. (2 April 1801; facsimiles and transcriptions)
• Danish textbooks through the centuries — A database of full-text PDF files for download. Digitized by the Dansk Institut for Gymnasiepædagogik. For an overview of topics, click on "Category Search." (1775-1962; facsimiles)
• Danske Konger -- og deres historie — Danish kings and their history. Mostly secondary information and commentary, but with a time-table and images that could be valuable. (1448-1863; Danish-language commentary and images) A short update of monarchs 1863 to the present is on a separate page.
• Historical Text Archive: Denmark — Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry. (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
• Dansk Militær Historie — / Danish Military History A bilingual website with Danish or English access, including such pages as: Personal accounts and letters of soldiers, documents from various wars and occupations, and a photo gallery. (1563-1945; Danish facsimiles & transcriptions, English translations)
• Danish Naval History — A well-annotated documentation of ships and the men aboard them. Also available in the Danish original. (1801-2001; transcriptions, commentary, bibliographies, data lists)
• The Royal Danish Navy 1860-1990 — An inventory of the naval vessels by category. (1860-1990; data lists)
• Grønlandsbeskrivelse — Description of Greenland. Digitized by the Danish Royal Library together with the Skálholt-kortet. (1669; facsimiles)
• Skálholt-kortet — Maps of the North Atlantic from "Vinland" to Greenland, Iceland, Norway and Denmark. Digitized by the Danish Royal Library together with the Grønlandsbeskrivelse. (1570; facsimiles)
• Over Øresund - Över Öresund — A cooperative Danish-Swedish project covering sources from both sides of the "Sound." Pictures, postcards, maps, letters, guides to archival sources. (1200-1913; facsimiles and guides)
• Rådhuse under enevælden —
  A detailed illustrative history of Danish city halls.
• Byporte under enevælden —
  A detailed illustrative history of Danish city gates. From Den Digitale Byport of the Danish Centre for Urban History. With aspect searches (by chronology, civic function, location, architect, etc.). (13th-19th centuries; annotated facsimiles of illustrations, photos and architectural plans)
• Kongelig Fødsel og Dåb — Royal births and baptisms documented by a consortium of Danish institutions Illustrated with church book records, medallions, and related objects. (1671-1870; facsimiles, images and commentary)
• e-manuskripter: 19. og 20. århundrede — Digitized 19th- and 20th-century manuscripts from the Danish Royal Library. (Facsimiles)
• Fordommenes fejde- Jødefejden i efteråret 1819 — The Jewish Pogrom of Odense in the Autumn of 1819. Background and historical sources from the Provincial Archive of Funen. (12 September 1819; facsimiles and commentary in Danish)
• Voyage en Scandinavie — A "pictorial atlas" by the Frenchman Paul Gaimard illustrating his journeys to Scandinavia. (1838-1840; facsimile images) (Click on "Danmark" and "Færøyene" from the left frame.)
• Kirkebøger på Internettet — Parish Records on the Internet A searchable and growing database of selected parishes made available by the Danish State Archives at Arkivalier online. (1814-1891; facsimiles -- may require a plug-in)
• Dansk Demografisk Database — : Danish Demographic Database A series of searchable databases covering:
  • Census records;
  • Emigration records;
  • Immigration records (Danish interface only);
  • Other databases. (19th century to the present)
• Kvindekilder — Source documents from the Danish women's movement. Click on links within the commentary for source documents (1850-1920; Danish commentary linking to transcriptions)
• Illustreret Tidende Online — A beautifully accessible search database for full text of the newspaper Illustreret Tidende. (1859-1924; searchable facsimile pages)
• Børnearbejde — / Child Labor A virtual exhibit by the Local History Archive of Central Sjælland With quotes from -- and links to -- primary documentation. (1873-present; Danish facsimiles and transcriptions)
• Documentation and Memoirs of Danish Labor and Poverty — Laws, letters, memoirs, statistics, and more. (1873-present; Danish facsimiles and transcriptions)
• Dansk Lydhistorie — Danish Audio History Covering some important events and figures of the twentieth century. (1900-present; sound recordings -- requires RealAudio and a soundcard)
• Documents Relating to 1941 Bohr-Heisenberg Meeting — Released by the Niels Bohr Archive. The meeting in Copenhagen between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg is considered a defining moment in the development of the atomic bomb. Link to documents is found at the bottom of the page (1941-1962; facsimiles, transcriptions and translations)
• In Europe World War II in Europe — A collection of primary documents from the Internet Modern History Sourcebook. (1939-1945; transcriptions and translations)
• Archives de guerre — An archive of images and documents from the French perspective of World War II. Requires video software for the clips. (1940-1944; videos, photo images and transcriptions)
• World War II — A collection of documents related to WWII. From the Avalon Project.
• Hyperwar: A Hypertext History of the Second World War — Official (mainly U.S.) government histories, source documents, and other primary references. (1939-1945; English transcriptions and translations)
• Documents of World War II — Digital primary documents assembled at Mount Holyoke College. (1938-1945; translations)
• Oversigt over besættelsestiden 1939-1945 — Virtual exhibit of the Nazi occupation Presented by the Museum of Danish Resistance. (1939-1945; facsimiles)
• Danmarks Riges Grundlov -- Danish Constitution — (5 June 1953; Danish transcription)
• Danish Constitution — (5 June 1953 with revisions to 1992; English translation)

Folketinget / Danish Parliament:

• Archive of documents by year and session — (1997-present; Danish transcriptions).
• Ministerier og styrelser m.v. — Documents from various ministries of the Danish government. (Transcriptions and translations)
• Danish textbooks through the centuries — A database of full-text PDF files for download. Digitized by the Dansk Institut for Gymnasiepædagogik. For an overview of topics, click on "Category Search." (1775-1962; facsimiles)
• Danske Konger -- og deres historie — Danish kings and their history. Mostly secondary information and commentary, but with a time-table and images that could be valuable. (1448-1863; Danish-language commentary and images) A short update of monarchs 1863 to the present is on a separate page.
• Historical Text Archive: Denmark — Includes primary and secondary documents, provided by Don Mabry. (Transcriptions, facsimiles and commentaries, mostly in English)
• Danish History — A website sponsored by the Usenet newsgroup "soc.culture.nordic" in form of a chronology, but with links to primary documents and a chronological list of Danish monarchs. (430-1993; English transcriptions and commentary)
• Dansk Militær Historie — Danish Military History A bilingual website with Danish or English access, including such pages as: Personal accounts and letters of soldiers, documents from various wars and occupations and a photo gallery. (1563-1945; Danish facsimiles & transcriptions, English translations)
• Danish Naval History — A well-annotated documentation of ships and the men aboard them. Also available in the Danish original. (1801-2001; transcriptions, commentary, bibliographies, data lists)
• The Royal Danish Navy 1860-1990 — An inventory of the naval vessels by category. (1860-1990; data lists)
• Over Øresund - Över Öresund — A cooperative Danish-Swedish project covering sources from both sides of the "Sound." Pictures, postcards, maps, letters, guides to archival sources. (1200-1913; facsimiles and guides)
• Rådhuse under enevælden —
  A detailed illustrative history of Danish city halls.
• Byporte under enevælden —
  A detailed illustrative history of Danish city gates. From Den Digitale Byport of the Danish Centre for Urban History. With aspect searches (by chronology, civic function, location, architect, etc.). (13th-19th centuries; annotated facsimiles of illustrations, photos and architectural plans)
• King Christian IV's Norse Law Code — (1604; facsimile of 1855 printing)
• King Frederik III's Royal Code — (14 November 1665; transcription)
• Heksejægeren — A total of three document collections from among the last witch trials in Denmark:
  • Kongen og Danske Kancelli 1686-1688 (Declarations of the King and Chancellery Officials)
  • Ebeltoft bytingsprotokol 1684-1694 (Minutes of the Ebeltoft local council)
  • Mette Madsdatters bekendelse, 6 juli 1686 (Mette Madsdatter's Confession) Assembled by Gunner Lind, History Department, University of Copenhagen (1684-1694; Danish transcriptions)
• King Christian V's Norse Law Code — . (15 April 1687; transcription
• Royal Decrees and Letters of Christian V — . (1670-1699; facsimile of Schous Forordninger printed in 1795)
• Danmarks Riges Grundlov -- Danish Constitution — (5 June 1953; Danish transcription)
• Danish Constitution — (5 June 1953 with revisions to 1992; English translation)

Folketinget / Danish Parliament:

• Archive of documents by year and session — (1997-present; Danish transcriptions).
• Ministerier og styrelser m.v. — Documents from various ministries of the Danish government. (Transcriptions and translations)
• Rådhuse under enevælden —
  A detailed illustrative history of Danish city halls.
• Byporte under enevælden —
  A detailed illustrative history of Danish city gates. From Den Digitale Byport of the Danish Centre for Urban History. With aspect searches (by chronology, civic function, location, architect, etc.). (13th-19th centuries; annotated facsimiles of illustrations, photos and architectural plans)
• Den hollandske indvandring — Documents of the Dutch immigration and settlement at Amager. See quoted documents in the fifth paragraph and copy of royal letters of privilege]. (1521-1547; transcriptions and commentary)
• Online Politics & Democracy in Copenhagen:
  • Dagsordener & Beslutningsreferater
  • Rapporter & Dokumentation
  • Debat & Inflydelse Detailed reports of municipal meetings and public debates. (1999 to present; transcriptions)
• Fotografens København — Images of 19th-century Copenhagen Digitized by the Danish Royal Library. (Photographs & stereographs)
• Documents Relating to 1941 Bohr-Heisenberg Meeting — Released by the Niels Bohr Archive. The meeting in Copenhagen between Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg is considered a defining moment in the development of the atomic bomb. Link to documents is found at the bottom of the page (1941-1962; facsimiles, transcriptions and translations)
• Codex Esromensis — Hand-copies of 297 documents from the Esrum cloister archives at the end of the fifteenth century. (1496-1497; facsimiles)
• Horsens Krøniken — Historical images from Horsens in Jutland. (1870-2000; facsimiles)
• Horsens Købstadsindberetning — A municipal report for Horsens from the year 1735. From Stiftsindberetningerne fra 1735 of the Danish Centre for Urban History. (1735; transcriptions)
• Lokalhistorie om Højbjerg og Holme — Historical images and texts from Højbjerg og Holme in Jutland. (Mostly twentieth century; facsimiles)
• Om Mariager købstad og dens indvåneres tilstand året 1735 — A municipal report for Mariager from the year 1735. From Stiftsindberetningerne fra 1735 of the Danish Centre for Urban History. (1735; transcriptions)
• Fordommenes fejde- Jødefejden i efteråret 1819 — The Jewish Pogrom of Odense in the Autumn of 1819. Background and historical sources from the Provincial Archive of Funen. (12 September 1819; facsimiles and commentary in Danish
• Gamle Odensebilleder — Historical images from Odense. (19th and 20th centuries; photographs and facsimiles)
• Livslinjer: Familiealbummet fortæller — Historic photographs of family life in Odense. (19th and 20th centuries; photographs and comentary)
• Det gamle Ringsted — Historical images from Ringsted in West Sjælland. (Facsimiles)
• Tilst egnen bildgalleri — Historical maps and images from Tilst in Jutland. (1761-2000; facsimiles)
• Vejle Købstad og dens Indbyggere ved Aar 1735 — A municipal report for Vejle from the year 1735. From Stiftsindberetningerne fra 1735 of the Danish Centre for Urban History. (1735; transcriptions)

Regional Sources

• Danish Regional and Local Coats of Arms — (Facsimiles).
• historiefyn: din portal til lokalhistorie på fyn — Digital source material on the history of Funen. (18th century to the present; transcriptions and facsimiles)
• Grønlandsbeskrivelse — Description of Greenland. Digitized by the Danish Royal Library together with the Skálholt-kortet. (1669; facsimiles)
• Skåne: Historiska kartor — Digital zoomable historical maps of Scania under Danish and Swedish rule. (1550-1812; zoomable maps with Swedish interface)
• Den sidste heks — (The Last Witch) Presented by the Provincial Archive of Zealand. (1692-1694; facsimiles, images and transcriptions)
• Over Øresund - Över Öresund — A cooperative Danish-Swedish project covering sources from both sides of the "Sound" (Øresund) Pictures, postcards, maps, letters, guides to archival sources. (1200-1913; facsimiles and guides)
• Aarhus: Local History and Genealogy — Various searchable databases and documents from Aarhus. Includes citizenship, marriage and census data. (1750-present; transcriptions and facsimiles
• Århus: Magistratens Indberetning — A municipal report for Aarhus from the year 1735. From Stiftsindberetningerne fra 1735 of the Danish Centre for Urban History. (1735; transcriptions)
• Dansk Militaer Historie — Danish Military History A bilingual website with Danish or English access, including such pages as: Personal accounts and letters of soldiers,Documents from various wars and occupations and a photo gallery. (1563-1945; Danish facsimiles & transcriptions, English translations)
• Digitized maps of Scandinavia — Provided by the Latvian National Library (16th to 18th centuries; map facsimiles and descriptions)
• Danish Naval History — A well-annotated documentation of ships and the men aboard them. Also available in the Danish original. (1801-2001; transcriptions, commentary, bibliographies, data lists)
• Danske Billeder — A historical archive of Danish images searchable by database. (Photographs & facsimiles)
• National Picture Database — Images in the National Library, searchable through an English-language interface. Not all available images digitized yet... (Photographs & facsimiles)
• historie-online.dk — Danish history online, including artifacts from ongoing exhibits. (Photographs & facsimiles)
  
• Utflykten — A History of Nordic Travel Of particular interest are Resenärer i Norden (travelers' descriptions) and Länksida (links to maps and other sources). (16th to 20th centuries; facsimiles, transcriptions, maps, etc.)

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