Danish Realm. The Danish Realm, officially the Kingdom of Denmark, or simply Denmark, is a sovereign state consisting of a collection of constituent territories united under the monarch of Denmark, who functions as head of state. It consists of metropolitan Denmark???the kingdom's territory in continental Europe and sometimes called "Denmark proper" (Danish: egentlige Danmark)???and the realm's two autonomous regions: the Faroe Islands in the North Atlantic and Greenland in North America. The relationship between the three parts of the Kingdom is known as Rigsf??llesskabet (in English: The unity of the Realm). The Kingdom of Denmark is not a federation; it is a concept encompassing the three autonomous legal systems of Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland, united under its monarch. The Kingdom of Denmark is a unitary sovereign state. It has Arctic territorial claims in the Arctic Ocean: various sites near the North Pole...
