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'''[[Sikhs]]''' are a [[religious minority]] in [[Denmark]]. They are estimated to number between 800–1500.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sikhnet.com/news/sikh-youth-community-thriving-denmark|title=Sikh Youth Community Thriving in Denmark |date=March 19, 2015 |author=Satnam Singh|publisher=SikhNet|access-date=31 August 2017}}</ref> Most Sikhs are concentrated in the capital [[Copenhagen]], with small groups in other places such as the [[Horsens]] and [[Aarhus]] areas.<ref name=book>{{cite book|editor1-last=Myrvold|editor1-first=Kristina |editor2-last=Jacobsen |editor2-first=Knut A. |title=Sikhs in Europe: Migration, Identities and Representations|date=28 June 2013|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=1409481662|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=q6feCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT66 |access-date=31 August 2017|chapter=The Sikh community in Denmark: Balancing between the Cooperation and Conflict}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
The Sikhs started to arrive at Denmark in the late 1960s and early 1970s as labour migrants. In the 1980s and 1990s, Sikh refugees escaping the violent conflicts in [[Punjab]] started to arrive in Denmark.<ref name=book /><br />
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The Sikh community in Denmark achieved official recognition as a religious community from the Ministry of Ecceslesistical affairs in 1985.<ref name=book /><br />
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== Gurdwaras ==<br />
The only [[gurdwara]] in the country is:<br />
* Gurdwara Sri Guru Singh Sabha, Kirkebjerg Allé 35 A, 2720 Vanlose, Copenhagen.<ref>[https://www.allaboutsikhs.com/world-gurudwaras/gurudwaras-in-denmark Gurdwaras in Denmark], AllAboutSikhs.com</ref><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Sikhism by country]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* [http://www.sikh.dk]<br />
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