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unusual facts about Copenhagen, Denmark



2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship

The 2012 Men's Junior European Volleyball Championship is being held in Gdynia, Poland and Randers, Denmark from August 24 to September 2, 2012.

Akhmed Zakayev

On 7 December 2002, Zakayev returned to the UK but the British authorities arrested him briefly at London Heathrow Airport; he was released on 50,000 GBP bail, which was paid by British actress Vanessa Redgrave, his friend who had travelled with him from Denmark.

Alessandro Malomo

He remained in Massimo Piscedda's U-19 team in 2009–10 season, which he played the friendly against Denmark in September.

Assia Zlatkowa

During her first piano recital in the Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, August 1975 she swept the classical music world of Denmark off her feet, which resulted in several invitations as a soloist for the most prominent of Danish Symphony Orchestras.

Axelborg

Axelborg is a building on Vesterbrogade in Copenhagen, Denmark, home to the Danish Agriculture and Food Council.

Brett Gallant

At the 2009 World Junior Curling Championships, Gallant represented team Canada, and after placing first after the round robin, lost in the final to Denmark's Rasmus Stjerne rink.

Carl Otto Reventlow

Carl Otto Reventlow (actually Karl Carl Christian Otto; born 1817 in Store Heddinge (Denmark), died in 1873) became notable as the developer of a mnemonic system.

Carsten Lund

Carsten Lund (born July 1, 1963) is a Danish-born theoretical computer scientist, currently working at AT&T Labs in Florham Park, New Jersey, United States.

Chalk

Some of the highest chalk cliffs in the world occur at Jasmund National Park in Germany and at Møns Klint in Denmark - both once formed a single island.

Copenhagen Air Taxi

It provide a range of services, including operating regularly scheduled flights from Copenhagen Airport, Roskilde (ICAO: EKRK) to the Danish islands of Anholt and Læsø; managing the airfield on Anholt, and is also a major air taxi operator in Denmark, operating from EKRK.

Daniel Heløy Davidsen

Daniel Heløy Davidsen (born 1978 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish/Norwegian guitarist, born in Denmark to Norwegian parents, known for his participation in bands like Czesław Śpiewa and JazzKamikaze and many record appearances as studio musician like with Selena Gomez and Kylie Minogue.

Danneskiold-Samsøe

Danneskiold-Samsøe is a Danish family of high nobility, formerly holding the island of Samsø as a fief.

Denmark–Kazakhstan relations

Baltic Beverages Holding bought in 2002, 76% interest in the Kazakh brewery Irbis, and 45 million euros has been invested.

Domenicus Badiaz

His name can be attached to various castles in Denmark including Lykkesholm Castle and Nyborg Castle (1607).

Elements of Life: Remixed

Note: The Carpe Noctum remix is officially known as (Fire Element Mix), it earlier had been named (War Drum Mix) when it was released in the Copenhagen: Elements of Life World Tour DVD and recently mentioned as (Fire Intro Drums Mix) in Tiësto's Club Life, on Podcast 59.

Fritz Knipschildt

After training at the Hotel and Restaurant School of Denmark, Knipschildt worked in the Mont Blanc area of France twice, and also in southern Spain.

Gesta Danorum

It is thought that Shakespeare never read Gesta Danorum, and instead had access to an auxiliary version of the tale describing the downfall of the Prince of Denmark, whose real name, Amleth, was used in anagram by Shakespeare for Hamlet.

Governance Initiative for Rights and Accountability in Forest Management

The Governance Initiative for Rights & Accountability in Forest Management (GIRAF) is a project executed in Ghana with funds from the European Union (EU) and its partners CARE Denmark, CIVIC Response, Friends of the Earth-Ghana and Centre for Indigenous Knowledge.

Grevensvænge figurines

The Grevensvænge hoard is a find of the late Nordic Bronze Age (roughly dating to between 800 BC and 500 BC), discovered in the late 18th century at Grevensvænge, Naestved Municipality, Zealand, Denmark.

Guldberg

Mogens Guldberg (born 1963), former middle distance runner from Denmark

H53

Seaplane Hangar H53, original designation of Hangar H, a listed hangar located on Magretheholm in Copenhagen, Denmark

Hans Ussing

Hans Henrikson Ussing (30 December 1911 – 22 December 2000) was a Danish scientist, best known for having invented the Ussing chamber.

Harold M. Westergaard

Harold Malcolm Westergaard (9 October 1888 Copenhagen, Denmark – 22 June 1950 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA).

Henrik Lund-Nielsen

Based on a world record of 80% recycling rate for gypsum waste in Denmark, he grew the company from an initially marginal Danish presence to the world leader in recycling of gypsum plasterboard (drywall) waste with several European subsidiaries and business in the US and Asia.

I. German/Dutch Corps

Due to its role as a NATO High Readiness Forces Headquarters, soldiers from other NATO member states, the United States, Denmark, Norway, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom amongst others, are also stationed at Münster.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Jeanne Paulson

Recently, she appeared in Death of a Salesman at Geva Theatre; other regional credits include work at Arizona Theatre Company (A Moon for the Misbegotten, Copenhagen), La Jolla Playhouse, Mark Taper Forum, and at the South Coast Repertory where she received a L.A. Drama Critic’s Circle Award for Rose in Holy Days.

John B. Haberlen

Haberlen has participated as a jury member and auditor in major choral festivals worldwide, including the St. Petersburg Choral Festival, the World Choir in Cardiff, Wales; Marktoberdorf, Germany; Riva del Garda, Italy; Budapest, Hungary; Denmark and Sydney, Australia.

Laust Jevsen Moltesen

As a result of studies in Rome in 1894 and 1895, he wrote De Avignonske Pavers Forhold til Danmark (1896), concerning the relationship between the Avignon Papacy and Denmark, for which he obtained the doctorate.

Lunaria annua

In Denmark it is known as judaspenge and in Dutch-speaking countries as judaspenning (coins of Judas), an allusion to the story of Judas Iscariot and the thirty pieces of silver he was paid for betraying Christ.

Mechanical Spin Phenomena

Mechanical Spin Phenomena is the first album released by Danish industrial metal band Mnemic.

Mohammad Bagheri Motamed

He won the gold medal in the featherweight division (-68 kg) at the 2009 World Taekwondo Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark and the Olympic Silver Medal at the London 2012 Olympics.

MS Princess Seaways

In 2002 the ship was sold to Fjord Line, renamed MS Fjord Norway for service from Denmark.

Namibe

The construction of the mine installations and a 300 km railway were commissioned to Krupp of Germany and the modern harbour terminal to SETH, a Portuguese company owned by Højgaard & Schultz of Denmark.

Olaf the Swede

Olof the Brash, Swedish chieftain who conquered Denmark in the late 9th century or early 10th century and founded the House of Olaf

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.

Pelle Hvenegaard

Pelle Hvenegaard (born 29 August 1975 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish actor and writer, best known for his role in the award-winning film Pelle the Conqueror, a Danish-Swedish co-production filmed on Zealand (Sjælland) and Bornholm, Denmark that was released in Sweden December 25, 1987.

Peter Claussen

Peter Claussen (1804-1855) was a Danish natural history collector born in Copenhagen.

Professional Further Education in Clinical Pharmacy and Public Health

The further education takes place at Pharmakon—Danish College of Pharmacy Practice in Hillerød, Denmark.

Raphinae

In 1842, Johannes Theodor Reinhardt proposed they were ground doves, based on studies of a Dodo skull he had rediscovered in the royal Danish collection of Copenhagen.

Rhynchaeites

However, leg bone fossils of a similar bird were found in the Early Eocene Fur Formation in Denmark.

Robert Coe

Robert Douglas Coe (1902–1985), career diplomat and the U.S. ambassador to Denmark from 1953 to 1957

Soldenfeldts Stiftelse

Soldenfeldts Stiftelse is a listed property overlooking Sortedam Lake in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Storyville Records

The band was recorded by Chris Albertson during its stay in Denmark and these performances—which constituted the label's first release of original material—remain in the Storyville catalogue.

Super Formation Soccer 94

Using two special codes, the player will have access to the special/hidden teams which didn't take part in the 1994 World Cup: England, Wales, Uruguay, Denmark and France.

Terribly Happy

The film is about a policeman, Robert Hansen, from Copenhagen who makes a mistake, is sent for therapy, and then is assigned to a small town in South Jutland.

The Janus Man

As he attempts to discover the identity of "The Janus Man who faces both East and West", he tracks sources of information in Moscow, Lübeck, Copenhagen and Oslo to hunt down the killer of Ferguson.

Theo Wharton

Wharton was first selected for the Wales Under-17 squad for 2011 Euro qualifiers where he start 2 games against Belgium and Denmark.

Tipperne

The reserve, which falls under the control of Denmark's Environmental Ministry and is managed by the Danish Forest and Nature Agency (Danish: Skov- og Naturstyrelsen) via Oxbøl Statsskovdistrikt, has a total area of about 2,200 ha, of which about 1,500 ha are shallow water areas around the peninsula.

Vedel

Anders Sørensen Vedel (1542–1616), priest and historian born in Vejle, Denmark


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Aldershvile slotspark

Aldershvile slotspark ia public park in Bagsværd, Gladsaxe Municipality, situated on the south side of Bagsværd Lake in the northwestern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Among the Vultures

The tour continued to be sold out through Scandinavia with dates in Copenhagen, Denmark, Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland ending at the Helsinki Ice Hall (Venue Capacity of 8200) in Helsinki, Finland.

April Records

April Records is a Danish record label (based in Copenhagen, Denmark) specialized on Scandinavian electronica music: from ambient to techno and trip hop.

Astronomische Gesellschaft

In 1882, the Astronomische Gesellschaft founded the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams at Kiel, where it remained until moving to the Østervold Observatory at Copenhagen, Denmark, to be operated there by the Copenhagen University Observatory.

Auseklis Limbazi Theatre

Production of Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Play Strindberg went to Belgium, Estonia and Lithuania, Sławomir Mrożek's At Sea travelled to Denmark, Iceland and Lithuania, Inga Abele's Dzelzzāle (Iron Weed) had its premiere in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Beer in Norway

Currently, the Norwegian beer market is dominated by two large brewers: The giant Carlsberg-Ringnes based in Oslo and Copenhagen, Denmark, and the smaller Hansa-Borg, based in Bergen and Sarpsborg.

Bernardo Huberman

He was also a Visiting Professor at the University of Paris, the École Normale Supérieure, in Paris, France, the Niels Bohr Institute in Copenhagen, Denmark, and the European School of Business, INSEAD in France.

CityCirkel

CityCirkel was a one-way circular bus route operated by electrical buses in Copenhagen, Denmark from June 12, 2009 to October 24, 2010.

Copenhagen School

The Copenhagen School is a term given to "schools" of theory originating in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Enrum

Enrum is a listed mansion on Strandvejen in Vedbæk, Rudersdal Municipality, some 20 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

European city bike

In 1997, then President of the United States Bill Clinton was given a European city bike named City Bike One as a memento of his visit to Copenhagen, Denmark.

Fernando Argenta

In 2003, 2004 and 2006, he was the commentator of RTVE in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest held in Copenhagen (Denmark), Lillehammer (Norway) and Bucharest (Romania), respectively.

Frederiksberg Allé

Frederiksberg Allë is a tree-lined avenue which runs through the southernmost part of the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen, Denmark, connecting Vesterbrogade to Frederiksberg Runddel in front of the main entrance to Frederiksberg Gardens.

Gunboat Sheds, Copenhagen

The Gunboat Sheds (Kanonbådsskurene) is a row of 32 black-painted wooden sheds located on the east coast of Frederiksholm, part of Holmen, in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Hafnia Chamber Orchestra

The Hafnia Chamber Orchestra is a string orchestra from Copenhagen, Denmark.

JazzKamikaze

JazzKamikaze (established 2005 in Copenhagen, Denmark) is an award winning Contemporary jazz band with members from Denmark, Norway and Sweden, known for a series of albums and appearances on many og the moust important international jazz festivals like the North Sea Jazz Festival and Moldejazz.

Jerome Vanclay

Before joining SCU, he was Principal Scientist with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), and Professor of Tropical Forestry at the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Kira Eggers

Kira Eggers (born November 29, 1974, Kvistgaard) is a model from Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lazarus and Joannes Baptista Colloredo

To make a living, Lazarus toured around Europe and visited at least Basel, Switzerland and Copenhagen, Denmark before he arrived in Scotland in 1642 and later visited the court of Charles I of England.

Lloyd Noel Ferguson

While affiliated with Howard University, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1953 and an NSF grant in 1960 that allowed him to travel to the Carlsberg Laboratory in Copenhagen, Denmark, and to ETH Zurich in Switzerland.

Magnús Eiríksson

Magnús Eiríksson (22 June 1806 in Skinnalón (Norður-Þingeyjarsýsla), Iceland – 3 July 1881 in Copenhagen, Denmark) was an Icelandic theologian and a contemporary critic of Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813–1855) and Hans Lassen Martensen (1808–1884) in Copenhagen.

Mathias Lauridsen

Mathias Lauridsen (born January 13, 1984) is a Danish model from Copenhagen, Denmark and has been featured in numerous ad campaigns including Jil Sander, Gucci, Hugo Boss, Lacoste, Louis Vuitton and Hermès.

Nordisk Copyright Bureau

NCB is based in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is owned by the collecting societies in the Nordic countries; KODA (DK), STEF, STIM (SE), Teosto (FI) and TONO (NO).

Oliver H. Lowry

While at Harvard, Hastings was able to arrange for Lowry to work for five months at the Carlsberg Laboratory in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he worked with Kaj Ulrik Linderstrøm-Lang.

Rasmus Kofoed

In 2010 the restaurant re-opened in one of the office towers of Parken Stadium, a football stadium in the Indre Østerbro (Inner Østerbro) district of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Royal Doulton

When the Anglican St. Alban's Church was built in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1887 with Alexandra, Princess of Wales as one of the driving forces, Doulton donated and manufactured an altarpiece, a pulpit and a font.

Shahzada Kamran Durrani

He was father of Shahzada Rehmatullah Khan Saddozai Durrani who is father of Sardar Ahmad Khan (Sadozai) Durrani Chairman Sadozai Qaumi Welfare Organization settled in Copenhagen Denmark now living in Quetta, Noor Ullah Khan Durrani settled in Harran Norway, Habibullah Khan Sadozai settled in United Kingdom and others four more sons etc.

Storyville Records

Storyville Records is a large international record label based in Copenhagen, Denmark, specializing in jazz and blues music.

Sveinn Björnsson

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he was a member of the Althing in 1914–1916 and 1920, and after Iceland's independence from Denmark in 1918 he acted as minister to Denmark during 1920–1924 and 1926–1940.

The David Collection

The David Collection (Danish: Davids Samling) is a museum of fine and applied art in Copenhagen, Denmark, built around the private collections of lawyer, businessman and art collector C. L. David.

The Knockouts

The tour continued to be sold out through Scandinavia with dates in Copenhagen, Denmark, Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland ending at the Helsinki Ice Hall (venue capacity of 8200) in Helsinki, Finland.

The Laundromat Cafe

The Laundromat Cafe is the name of four cafés in Copenhagen, Denmark and Reykjavík, Iceland.

Utterslev Mose

Utterslev Mose is a large semi-natural area of lakes, Reed beds and parkland located on the border between Gladsaxe and Copenhagen municipalities, approximately six kilometer to the northwest of central Copenhagen, Denmark.

Vadim Kolganov

In May 2008 he completed his certification in Russian Kettlebell Systems (R.K.C) in Copenhagen, Denmark under the tuition of the world famous Russian Instructor Pavel Tsatsouline.

Vivi Bach

Bach was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died on Ibiza, Spain where she lived with her husband, the Austrian film actor Dietmar Schönherr.

Volvo B59

The first Volvo B59 was delivered to the Københavns Sporveje (The City Transport Authority in Copenhagen, Denmark) in 1970, and was fitted with a bodywork built by Aabenraa Karrosserifabrik, based in Aabenraa.

Women's Prison, Christianshavn

The Women's Prison at Christianshavn in Copenhagen, Denmark, was a correctional facility which existed under various names from the med 17th century until 1921.

Xie Zhenhua

He has been the lead negotiator for the People's Republic of China in the last three United Nations Climate Change Conferences held in Copenhagen, Denmark, and Cancun, Mexico, and Durban, South Africa.