X-Nico

3 unusual facts about Holmen


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.

Holmen, Copenhagen

The 32 former Gunboat Sheds today house small business mainly in the creative sector, such advertising agencies, media houses and architectural practises.

Holmen is also home to Georg Stage, a fully rigged, three-masted sailing ship which serves as a training-platform for Danish sailors.


1728 map of Copenhagen

Gammelholm, the former site of the Royal Shipyard by then partly moved to Nyholm

Årets Näck

The competition takes place at the Tannery Holmen located in Billstaån, Hackås, Bergs kommun, in southern Jämtland.

Årstad, Bergen

However, Alrekstad lost its importance when King Eystein I moved his seat to Holmen, located within the city limits.

Drammenselva

The area between the City and the Holmen bridges in Drammen has also been developed into parkland, and is now known as Bragernes Riverside Park.

Gressbanen

Gressbanen consists of two playing fields and is located in the Holmen neighborhood of Vestre Aker in Oslo.

Regina Fryxell

Regina Fryxell, born Regina Holmén (November 24, 1899 – September, 1993) was a popular and influential American composer of Lutheran hymns and was responsible for the Setting Two of the Service Book and Hymnal of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, on which she worked between 1948 and 1958.

Samuel Holmén

Nevertheless, Holmen was not considered for selection at the Swedish Championship 2008 in Austria and Switzerland, however, could establish itself in the national squad after the tournament.

Magnus Haglund had also taken off after the following season as coach,Holmen was one of the permanent employees of the club.


see also