Maps and atlases: Atlas of Denmark II

This review introduces the second volume of the Danish National Atlas, published in 1961 and devoted to population geography. Its principal component comprises ten topographic sheets at 1:200,000, supplemented by a 1:100,000 map of Copenhagen. Based on the 1950 census, the maps combine precisely located dots, each representing 25 inhabitants, with proportional circles for settlements exceeding 500 residents. A carefully designed three-color scheme preserves legibility even around urban centers. Additional cartograms depict municipal population change in 1950–1955, the population distribution of the Faroe Islands, and the growth of Greenlandic settlements. Aage Aagesen’s accompanying study examines Denmark’s population structure, growth, employment, spatial distribution, and changing settlement patterns, while explaining the atlas’s cartographic methods and the physical, economic, and cultural factors shaping population geography. The volume is assessed as an effective and technically accomplished demographic atlas.