What is the best-known book set in Denmark?

[nwhyte]

See note on methodologyThere is a hugely clear winner here, with a slight caveat that although we are clearly told that the setting is Kronborg castle, Helsingør, and there are contextual references aplenty to neighbouring countries, there isn't a terribly strong historical foundation to this story of dynastic intrigue at the Danish court. However

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[minnesattva]

Yes, I read Number the Stars for school, in something like third or fourth grade if I remember right (so it would've been only a few years old then), and it was hugely influential to me, one of a very few books I read at that age that has bits I can see exactly how they moved me and colored my thinking and really stuck with me.