Denmark's government is set up as a constitutional monarchy. The governmentconsists of a king, queen,prime minister, and a parliment. The government of Denmark isbased on a constitution of 1953. Denmark's government is divided intoexecutive, legislative, and judiciary branches. The parliment appoints an official called anombudsum who listens to complaints against actions or decisions by the government. Thejudicial branch is vested by 82 lower courts presided over by individual judges, two highcourts each with a panel of judges and a Supreme Court. The legislative branch is also called thefolketing, the legislative term is a four year term.
The courts of Denmark consist of 15 judges. The Supreme Court is the highestranked court in Denmark's court system. There are 100 lower ranked courts in Denmark's court system.
Denmark's government divides into many sections. The government divides into14 countries. It also divides into 2 large municiples and 300 smaller municiples. The primeminister is the head of government in Denmark.The parliment consists of one house whichthe 179 members are elected for a 4 year term.
Denmark has the oldest unbroken royal line in Europe. The royal family dates backto the reign of King Gorn in 930. The current ruler of Denmark is Queen Margretthe II. Each ministry is headed by a member of the cabinet.
The Armed forces consist of an army, navy, and an air force. More than 50,000 menserve in the army, navy, and air force.Men of the ages 19 to 25 are required to serve in thearmed forces for 14 to 16 months. All of the army, navy, and air force use moderntechnology.
Denmark has many politicial parties such as the Moderat Liberal Party, Social People'sParty, Radicial Liberal Party, and Conservative People's Parties. The Social Democratic Party isconsidered the most successful party in Danish politics. The Conservative People's Party isconsidered the party of business people or higher ranked government employees. The liberal party counts on the vote of the farming community but gains considerable supportin urban areas. The Radical Liberal Party is supported by a section of the farming communityand university people. The Social People's Party was the first to break this pattern when itwon several seats in the 1960 election.
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