Scanian law is the oldest Danish provincial law and one of the first Nordic provincial laws to be written down. It was used in the geographic region of Danish Skåneland, which at the time included Scania, Halland, Blekinge and the island of Bornholm. It was also used for a short period on the island of Zealand. According to some scholars, the Scanian Law was first set down between 1202 and 1216, around the same time it was translated into Latin by the Danish Archbishop Anders Sunesøn.
The oldest known vernacular manuscript (B 74) of the Scanian Law and the Scanian Ecclesiastical Law, dated to c. 1250, presently stored at the Royal Library of Sweden, Stockholm.
AM 37 4to, Anders Sunesøn's version of the Scanian Law and Scanian Ecclesiastical Law, with the "skåningestrofe" in the bottom margin.
Codex Runicus, a vellum manuscript from c. 1300 written entirely in runes, containing one of the oldest and best preserved texts of the Scanian Law and the oldest musical notation found in Scandinavia.
Last phrase of Codex Runicus, which differs from the Latin letter version. It's a melody, which for decades has been used by Danmarks Radio as a pause signal
Danish is a North Germanic language from the Indo-European language family spoken by about six million people, principally in and around Denmark. Communities of Danish speakers are also found in Greenland, the Faroe Islands, and the northern German region of Southern Schleswig, where it has minority language status. Minor Danish-speaking communities are also found in Norway, Sweden, the United States, Canada, Brazil, and Argentina.
The first page of the Jutlandic Law originally from 1241 in Codex Holmiensis, copied in 1350. The first sentence is: "Mæth logh skal land byggas" Modern orthography: "Med lov skal land bygges" English translation: "With law shall a country be built"
Danish label reading militærpoliti, "military police", on a police vehicle
Learn Danish banner in Flensburg, Germany, where it is an officially recognized regional language
Danish keyboard with keys for Æ, Ø, and Å