Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (
The Great Danish Encyclopedia) is the most comprehensive contemporary
Danish language encyclopedia. The 20 volumes of the encyclopedia were published successively between 1994 and 2001; a one-volume supplement was published in 2002 and two index volumes in 2003. The work comprises 115,000 articles, ranging in size from single-line cross references to the 130-page entry
Danmark (Denmark). The articles were written by a staff of about 4,000 academic experts led by editor-in-chief
Jørn Lund. Articles longer than a few dozen lines are signed by their authors. Many articles are illustrated.