Denmark

Denmark is a European country in Southern Scandinavia, in which most of Beowulf takes place. At the beginning of the story, Beowulf travels to Denmark to the court of king Hrothgar to fight the monster Grendel, who has been attacking the Danes with impunity. Denmark is a mostly flat land made up of islands and coastal regions. The Beowulf Poet describes the country as full of marshy wetlands.