We Are Hid­Den­mark

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Our name is a con­tra­ction of “Hid­den Den­mark” and our main pur­po­se and focus is to shed light on hid­den and for­got­ten pla­ces and sto­ri­es from aro­und Den­mark.

Hid­den­mark is both a com­mu­ni­ty of peop­le with dif­fe­rent — but often over­lap­ping — areas of inte­r­est, as well as a for­mal asso­ci­a­tion, foun­ded in 2022. The asso­ci­a­tion wor­ks main­ly from a cul­tu­ral dis­se­mi­na­tion and pre­ser­va­tion per­specti­ve, and has a spe­ci­al eye for whe­re somet­hing is in dan­ger of being lost to poste­ri­ty. In many ways, we see our work as a con­ti­nu­a­tion of the proud Danish folk legend tra­di­tion.

The Den­mark of Legends

Den­mark has one of the wor­ld’s lar­gest col­lections of folk legends. The­se are fan­ta­stic and often eerie tales that dif­fer from fairy tales and myt­hs by being pla­ce-bound and often lin­ked to a histo­ri­cal per­son.

The legends them­sel­ves should per­haps be taken with a grain of salt. In addi­tion to the super­na­tu­ral ele­ments, they are often con­tra­di­ctory, or almost iden­ti­cal to a legend in the neig­h­bor­ing parish. Whet­her or not the­re real­ly were gobl­ins and trolls, the sto­ri­es have been told over and over again — and they have been rea­li­ty for tho­se who belie­ved in them.

In addi­tion to the more tra­di­tio­nal legends, we also deal with Danish UFO cases, cryp­tozoo­lo­gy, and other For­te­an topi­cs. You can even tra­ce ele­ments from the afore­men­tio­ned legend tra­di­tion in the­se more modern expe­ri­en­ces, but what they mean and what trut­hs they each offer, we lea­ve up to the indi­vi­du­al to assess.

Klu­de­e­gen, Faxe. Et sta­dig vel­be­søgt og benyt­tet hel­lig­træ.

The site and the map

In addi­tion to wri­ting arti­c­les, a lar­ge part of our dis­se­mi­na­tion takes pla­ce through soci­al media, espe­ci­al­ly Face­book and Ins­ta­gram, whe­re we wri­te posts and show pho­tos from pla­ces we have visi­ted, or sto­ri­es we have found through our research.

Klik på kortet for at se alle de skjulte, magiske steder i Danmark.

Ano­t­her more cen­tral com­mu­ni­ca­tion tool is our inte­r­a­cti­ve map, whe­re we con­ti­nuous­ly plot loca­tions as we pho­to­graph and descri­be them. With the map, you can get a bet­ter geo­grap­hi­cal over­view of Den­mark’s many legen­dary tre­es, giant sto­nes, holy springs, haun­ted hou­ses and much more, all taken from a wide ran­ge of writ­ten and oral sour­ces and sup­por­ted by per­so­nal visits. We also give you tips on how to plan your own adven­tu­res to the­se ama­zing pla­ces and the opportu­ni­ty to del­ve dee­per into the sto­ri­es behind them.

Hid­Den­mark and you

You too can con­tri­bu­te to Hid­den­mark! May­be you have an exci­ting story or know of a loca­li­ty from your region that you would like to bring to a wider audi­en­ce. May­be you are also attra­cted by the idea of ​​a com­mu­ni­ty for peop­le with the­se inte­r­e­sts and are curious about knowing more. Wha­te­ver it may be, you are always welco­me to reach out to us.

E‑mail: contact@hiddenmark.dk

Tho­mas Bris­son Jør­gen­sen
Chair­man
thomas@hiddenmark.dk

Las­se Sand Gluud
Vice Chair­man
lasse@hiddenmark.dk

The Hid­Den­mark Asso­ci­a­tion
CVR: 43540629