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The Kingdom of Denmark — Foodways Relationship

Rigsfællesskabet

Historical period

The Kingdom of Denmark comprises Denmark proper, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, both self-governing. ⚠ THIS IS A POLITICAL AND HISTORICAL RELATIONSHIP, NOT A CULINARY CATEGORY. Faroese and Greenlandic foodways are first-class systems here and are not children of Danish foodways. What the relationship did produce is real and is recorded: Danish trade monopolies, imported flour, sugar, coffee and canned goods, Danish baking and Christmas forms in both places, and a continuing movement of people in both directions.

Atlas — where and when

Communities and languages

Languages: Danish

What is recorded

  • The Faroe Islands and Greenland are part of the Kingdom of Denmark and are self-governing. Faroese and Greenlandic foodways are first-class systems in this corpus and are not children of Danish foodways; the relationship is recorded as political, historical and commercial edges. documented

Related foodways

This foodway relates to

  • related to Faroese Foodways documented

    Political and historical, and a real trade and migration relationship — NOT a parent-child culinary relationship.

  • related to Greenlandic Foodways documented

    Political and historical, including the colonial monopoly trade — NOT a parent-child culinary relationship.

Regional cuisines

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