X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Copenhagen University Library


Copenhagen University Library

In 1656, the Trinitatis Church was completed as the last part of the new trinity of science, knowledge and faith.

In the British terror bombing of the civilian population of Copenhagen in the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807, the University Library was only marginally damaged when a few grenades penetrated the roof of Trinitatis Church.


Frostathing Law

The Håkon Håkonsson version is also known as the Codex Resenianus, after the historian Peder Hansen Resen who gave the only surviving version to the University of Copenhagen (unfortunately later destroyed in the 1728 fire at the Copenhagen Library).


see also