Denemarken is a hamlet in the municipality of

Midden-Groningen Midden-Groningen (Gronings: ''Midden-Grunnen'') is a municipality with a population of 60,953 in the province of Groningen, Netherlands. The municipality was formed by the merger of former municipalities of Hoogezand-Sappemeer, Slochteren and M ...

, in the

Dutch Dutch or Nederlands commonly refers to: * Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands ** Dutch people as an ethnic group () ** Dutch nationality law, history and regulations of Dutch citizenship () ** Dutch language () * In specific terms, i ...

province of

Groningen Groningen ( , ; ; or ) is the capital city and main municipality of Groningen (province), Groningen province in the Netherlands. Dubbed the "capital of the north", Groningen is the largest place as well as the economic and cultural centre of ...

. It consists of some ten dwellings, mostly farms. The name does not reference the Scandinavian country but means ''wild lands'' in the local dialect. It is notable for laying on top of the

Groningen gas field The Groningen gas field is a natural gas field in Groningen province in the northeastern part of the Netherlands. With an estimated 2,740 billion cubic metres of recoverable natural gas, it is the largest natural gas field in Europe and one of t ...

, the largest natural gas field in Europe. In 2015 the nature reserve 't Roegwold (''wild swamp forest'') was opened, overlapping partly with Denemarken. The award-winning semi-autobiographical novel '' Kinderen van het Ruige Land'' (''Children of the Savage Land'', 2012) by

Auke Hulst Auke Anthony Hulst (born 20 May 1975) is a Dutch novelist, journalist and musician. Biography Hulst was raised in the hamlet of Denemarken (meaning: Denmark), in the north of the Netherlands. After a disorganized upbringing he studied audiovisual ...

is situated in the hamlet.

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* Populated places in Groningen (province) Midden-Groningen {{Groningen-geo-stub