Denmark is considered a model example of a progressive state. Few other countries have managed the transformations of recent decades as successfully and guarantee their citizens such a high level of social security, parliamentary participation, and grassroots democracy. This book comprehensively presents the political, social, and economic history of Denmark in German for the first time - from ancient times to the modern state today. "Pure history, but made vivid and accessible through a narrative, absolutely non-academic language - a concept that works." Nordis.