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13 unusual facts about Amager


Amager Boldklub af 1970

nickname = Vestamagers stolthed
(Pride of West Amager

Astrid Krag

She lives on Amager, is married to musician Andreas Seebach with whom she has a daughter and a son.

Geertsen

The Geertsens initially settled on the island of Amager along with the rest of the Dutch emigrants.

Guðrið Helmsdal

She and her two sisters and their parents first lived in Tårnby, Amager and later in Copenhagen.

Henrik Andersen

Born at Amager, Andersen started his career in Fremad Amager, where he made his senior debut at the age of 16.

Jan Sophus Jansen

Jan Jansen was born on February 2, 1870 in Amager, Denmark, the son of Ane Margrethe Jansen (née Madsen) and Crilles Jansen.

Jesper Nohrstedt

Jesper was born on Amager island, but grew up in Taastrup, near Copenhagen where he lived with his Danish father Carsten, Swedish mother Gudrun and sisters Linn and Fie.

Jón Pauli Olsen

In Denmark Olsen played football with Danish football clubs: KB from Copenhagen, B93 from Østerbro in Copenhagen and IF Føroyar (Ítróttarfelagið Føroyar), which is a Danish sports club in Amager founded in 1939 by Faroese ex-patriate football players living in Denmark.

Morten Stig Christensen

Morten Stig Christensen (born December 27, 1958 in Amager) is a former Danish handball player.

Ørestad Station

The penultimate stop of the M1 Line, it is located in zone 3 in the west-central section of the island of Amager.

Patrick Mortensen

Born in Copenhagen, through his youth years, Mortensen has represented several clubs from Copenhagen such as AB 70, Amager United and the merger-team of several clubs from Amager, FC Amager, which changed its name to Amager in the time Mortensen played there.

He was signed by Fremad Amager, the flagship of football clubs on Amager in 2006 on his first professional contract.

Vibeke Storm Rasmussen

Vibeke Storm Rasmussen is the daughter of chief mechanic Jørgen Rasmussen and nurse Birte Storm, and grew up on Amager.


Amager Vest

The western part of Amager island is mainly an enlargement from shallow parts of the Øresund sea.

Eva Koppel

They were subsequently known for their large public buildings and restoration projects including the Hans Christian Ørsted Institute (1955–1962) in Copenhagen, the Technical University of Denmark in Lundtofte (1961–1975), the Panum Institute, Copenhagen (1966–1986) and the South Campus of the University of Copenhagen on Amager (1972–1979).

Gemini Residence

It is located at the end of Bryggebroen, connecting Amager-side Islands Brygge to Zealand-side Vesterbro across the harbour, and close to the southern end of Havneparken.

Islands Brygge Station

The first station on the M1 Line after its split from the M2 Line at Christianshavn, it is located in zone 1 in the northwestern section of the island of Amager.