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The Copenhagen Trilogy is a series of memoirs by Danish author Tove Ditlevsen.The books were first released in Denmark between 1967 and 1971 under the titles Childhood (Danish: Barndom), Youth (Danish: Ungdom) and Dependency (Danish: Gift — Gift is the Danish word for both the adjective "married" and the noun "poison").
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Hans Christian Andersen in the garden of "Roligheden" near Copenhagen, in 1869.. This is a list of published works by Hans Christian Andersen.The list has been supplemented with a few important posthumous editions of his works; the year given in each entry refers to the first Danish edition.
The Royal Copenhagen Porcelain Manufactory 1775–1975. The Manufactory. Borberg, Poul (1932). The Development of Telephonic Communication in Copenhagen, 1881–1931. Danmarks Naturvidenskabelige Samfund. Copenhagen, Dansk turistforening (1898). Copenhagen, the Capital of Denmark. Cunningham, Antonia (1 April 2011).
SAS Radisson Royal Copenhagen . Built in 1960, it is called the world’s first design hotel and is the only hotel by designer and architect Arne Jacobsen, one of the most famous players in Danish ...
Copenhagen was founded around year 1000 by Sweyn I Forkbeard and his son Canute the Great. It was only a fishing village until the middle of the 12th century when Havn ("Harbour"), as the town was then called, assumed increasing importance in the Danish kingdom. Around 1160 King Waldemar the Great gave control of Copenhagen to Absalon, Bishop ...
Copenhagen's name (København in Danish), reflects its origin as a harbour and a place of commerce.The original designation in Old Norse, from which Danish descends, was Kaupmannahǫfn [ˈkɔupˌmɑnːɑˌhɔvn] (cf. modern Icelandic: Kaupmannahöfn [ˈkʰœipˌmanːaˌhœpn̥], Faroese: Keypmannahavn [ˈtʃʰɛʰpmanːaˌhavn]), meaning 'merchants' harbour'.
A village has been there at least since the Iron Age, but the name Nærum was first recorded in 1186 when Bishop Absalon gave all his holdings, including Nærum, to Roskilde. It is believed that the name refers to his home Nóatún, the home of the god Njörðr, a Norse god associated with sea, seafaring, wind, fishing, wealth, and crop fertility.