Jutland eastern Denmark, and Jutlander speech remains a stereotype among many Copenhageners and eastern Danes. Jutland native Maren Madsen emigrated to the American town of Yarmouth, Maine, in the late 19th century. She wrote a memoir documenting the transition, titled "From Jutland's Brown Heather to the Land Across the Sea". She married Christian Christensen, with whom she had four children. Maren died in 1965, aged about 93. She and her family are all buried in Cumberland County, Maine. Jutland Jutland (; ; ), also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula (; ; ), is a peninsula of Northern Europe that
Battle of Grathe Heath him duke of Schleswig, changed sides and was betrothed to Canute's half-sister Sophie. Both Canute and Sweyn were hailed as kings at the Landsting in Viborg in 1154. The three contenders agreed to share power, so that Valdemar would rule Jutland, Canute would rule the islands of Zealand and Funen, and Sweyn would rule Scania. Then a reconciling feast was agreed upon, and it was held in Roskilde on 9 August 1157. But, according to Saxo Grammaticus, Sweyn ordered his men to kill the two other kings. Canute was slain, but Valdemar, though wounded, managed to turn over some great