Köpenhamn (danska: København, [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwˀn] , förr även Kjøbenhavn [4]) är Danmarks huvudstad. Staden ligger i östligaste Danmark, på öarna Själland och Amager , vid Öresund . Köpenhamn är Danmarks ekonomiska, kulturella och vetenskapliga centrum, samt säte för parlamentet ( Folketinget ), för regeringen samt för Danmarks regerande drottning .

The Eurovision Song Contest 2014 was the 59th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest.It took place in Copenhagen, Denmark, following the country's victory at the 2013 contest with the song "Only Teardrops" by Emmelie de Forest.Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), the contest was held at …

Absalon (c. 1128 – 21 March 1201) was a Danish statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Roskilde from 1158 to 1192 and archbishop of Lund from 1178 until his death. He was the foremost politician and church father of Denmark in the second half of the 12th century, and was the closest advisor of King Valdemar I of Denmark.He was a key figure …

The Copenhagen interpretation is a collection of views about the meaning of quantum mechanics, principally attributed to Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg. It is one of the oldest of numerous proposed interpretations of quantum mechanics, as features of it date to the development of quantum mechanics during 1925–1927, and it remains one of the most …

Football Club Copenhagen (Danish: Football Club København, pronounced [kʰøpm̩ˈhɑwˀn]), commonly known as FC København, FC Copenhagen, Copenhagen or simply FCK, is a professional Danish football club in Copenhagen, Denmark.FCK was founded in 1992 as a superstructure on top of Kjøbenhavns Boldklub and Boldklubben 1903.. F.C. Copenhagen …

The Second Battle of Copenhagen (or the Bombardment of Copenhagen) (16 August – 7 September 1807) was a British bombardment of the Danish capital, Copenhagen, in order to capture or destroy the Dano-Norwegian fleet during the Napoleonic Wars.The incident led to the outbreak of the Anglo-Russian War of 1807, which ended with the Treaty of Örebro in 1812.. …

Öresundsförbindelsen (danska: Øresundsforbindelsen) eller Öresundsbron är en 15,9 km lång fast förbindelse över och under Öresund, mellan Malmö (Lernacken, Limhamn-Bunkeflo) och Köpenhamn (Kastrup, Amager) som öppnade 1 juli 2000.. Förbindelsen består av en 7,8 km lång brodel med tillfarter; Öresundsbron.De omkring 4 km närmast Danmark utgörs av en tunnel, …

The urban area of Copenhagen (also known as Greater Copenhagen) (Danish: Storkøbenhavn or Hovedstadsområdet), lying mostly in the Capital Region of Denmark but also in Region Zealand, consist of Copenhagen and Frederiksberg municipalities and the former Copenhagen County.In all, it consists of 18 municipalities, and except parts of Ballerup, Greve (of former …

In ancient Greece, the concept of autochthones (from Ancient Greek αὐτός autos "self," and χθών chthon "soil"; i.e. "people sprung from earth itself") means the indigenous inhabitants of a country, including mythological figures, as opposed to settlers, and those of their descendants who kept themselves free from an admixture of colonizing entities.. In mythology, autochthones are …

Elva större internationella surrealistutställningar arrangerades åren 1935–1965, i Köpenhamn 1935, London 1936, Paris 1938, Mexico City 1940, New York 1942, Paris och Prag 1947, Paris 1959, New York 1960, Milano 1961 och Paris 1965. [3] [4] Den surrealistiska kärntruppen splittrades vid andra världskriget, men riktningen fortsatte att utöva ett starkt inflytande på …