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Copenhagen [8] (Danish: København [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwˀn] ⓘ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the urban area. [9] [10] The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait.
Danish Journal of Archaeology 7.1 (2018): 69-116. Friedmann, Karen J. "Food Marketing in Copenhagen 1250-1850." Agricultural History 50.2 (1976): 400-413. online; Glover, Gareth. The Two Battles of Copenhagen 1801 and 1807: Britain and Denmark in the Napoleonic Wars (2018) excerpt; Gold, Carol. Women in Business in Early Modern Copenhagen 1740 ...
Frederick III (Danish: Frederik; 18 March 1609 – 9 February 1670 [1]) was King of Denmark and Norway from 1648 until his death in 1670. He also governed under the name Frederick II as diocesan administrator (colloquially referred to as prince-bishop) of the Prince-Bishopric of Verden (1623–29 and again 1634–44), and the Prince-Archbishopric of Bremen (1635–45).
Christiania is an intentional community and commune [10] [11] [12] of about 850 to 1,000 residents, covering 7.7 hectares (19 acres) in the borough of Christianshavn in the Danish capital city of Copenhagen on the island of Amager. [13] The area of Christiania consists of the former military barracks of Bådsmandsstræde and parts of the city ...
There are a number of collections of scholarship in Denmark housed in digital open access repositories. [2] They contain journal articles, book chapters, data, and other research outputs that are free to read. The consortial Scandinavian hprints repository began operating in 2008, specializing in arts, humanities, and social sciences content. [3]
Hence, a better area for comparison with other regions, bi-lateral or national ones, is a lot narrower and includes the four Danish provinces Copenhagen by, Copenhagen omegn, Nordsjælland and Østsjælland with a total area of only 2.768,6 square kilometres [13] with 2,045,259 inhabitants as of 1 January 2019 [14] And on the Swedish side the ...
The building's gable towards Frue Plads is intended as a continuation of the seven triangular gables of the University which faces the square. The central hall and corridor were decorated by Georg Hilker, one of the premier Danish decorative painters of the time. [2] The building was the first in Denmark to have a structural system of cast iron.
During Frederick's rule Copenhagen was struck by two disasters: the plague of 1711, and the great fire of October 1728, which destroyed most of the medieval capital. The King had been persuaded by astronomer Ole Rømer (1644–1710) to introduce the Gregorian calendar in Denmark-Norway in 1700, but the astronomer 's observations and ...