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Bornholm ([bɒːnˈhʌlˀm]; Old Norse: Burgundaholmr, "the island of the Burgundians") is a Danish island in the Baltic Sea located to the east of (most of) the rest of Denmark, the south of Sweden, and the north of Poland. The main industries on the island include fishing, arts and crafts like glass making and pottery using locally worked clay, and dairy farming. Tourism is important during the summer. The topography of the island consists of dramatic rock formations in the north (Unlike the rest of Denmark - the rest of Denmark is a very flat land, having few hills and no mountains), sloping down towards “pine and deciduous forests” (greatly damaged by storms in the 1950s) and farmland in the middle and sandy beaches in the south.
It also refers to Bornholm Regional Municipality, the municipality (Danish: kommune) which covers the entire island. Bornholm was one of the three last Danish municipalities not belonging to a county— the others being Copenhagen and Frederiksberg. On 1 January 2007, the municipality lost its short-lived (2003 until 2006) county privileges and became part of Region Hovedstaden (i.e. the Copenhagen Capital Region).
Black become the suns beam in the days
That will come
It is harsh in the world
Whoredom rife
When my ancestors calling
To fight and die
I will paint with grimson gore
The caves of lies
With courage of the forefarthers
Flaming pride
Towards the golden halls of might
Be my guide
I greet the gods of heathen soul
The sons of day
I greet the night and her daugthers
Pagan's my pray
And when my soul flies higher
And I lay
Let thunder roar and lightning strikes
On that day