ABSTRACT
This chapter presents new estimates of income per capita and examines subregional convergence for Denmark between 1850 and 2010 based on the method from Frank Geary and Tom Stark. Going back to 1850 enables a view of regional economic activity that starts well before the Second Schleswig War of 1864, when Denmark lost the duchies of Schleswig and Holstein, and which is often considered to be a turning point in Danish history. In order to give a picture of the evolution of regional inequality in Denmark, regional GDP per capita figures were estimated using the Geary and Stark methodology, every 10 years starting from 1850 to 2010 at a regional and subregional level. The analysis of long-run regional growth in Denmark presented provides a picture of the quite remarkable Danish path to modern economic growth.
