: Sumiko Knudsen
: Living in Denmark
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Denmar belongs to the Scandinavian countries in Northern Europe. Denmark has a rich history and is one of the oldest monarchies in Europe, dating from around 900. Denmark has no mountains but many hills. Denmark is surrounded by sea and it is maximum 67km from the sea, wherever you are. Denmark is a welfare country, industry as biotechnology, and also agricultural country. This book guides you by giving knowledge about Denmark in various fields. This book is for people living in Denmark and living outside of Denmark.

Sumiko Knudsen was born in Japan, and she has lived in USA, UK, and Denmark since 1986. She had been engaged at STB, the Scandinavian Tourist Board in Tokyo as an information officer. She is a member of National Tourist Guide Association in Denmark. She has published 38 books including E-books on Japanese art and Chinese medicine. She is an author, teacher, artist, and a private practitioner in Denmark.

II. ZEALAND


Copenhagen

1. Amager

King Chr.2 invited Dutch peasants to settle on the island at the beginning of the 16th century.

  • City: Tårnby, Dragør, Kongelunden, Saltholm, Kastrup.

Christianshavn… founded by king Chr. 4 built after Dutch model with straight street and canal.

  • Our Saviour’s church… baroque, architect Lambert van Haven, tower by Thurah mid-1700s.

2. Copenhagen

Langelinie (Long Line)

Langelinie is a pier, promenade and park in central Copenhagen, Denmark, and home of The Little Mermaid statue.

The great expansion of Copenhagen under king Chr 4 in about 1650 required a completely new fortification with ramparts, bastions, and moats. The work toward the harbor became the Citadel, a solid, strongly fortified stronghold and Garrison town, surrounded by bastions. The end of the 1700´s, it became a popular, permitted leisure activity to walk on the ramparts, which also became the subject of the “Golden Age” painters. In 1894, when the merchant and industrial harbor, the “Free Harbor” was built north of the Citadel.

The whole Langelinie Park was made at the end of the1890´s. Langelinie Marina was established in the 1890s in connection with the foundation of the Free Port and the Langelinie Quay.

  • Citadel through the Zealand gate which is Baroque gate in 1663 ordered by King Fr 3.
  • Urn-shaped, crowned stone sculpture in 1902 by Thorvald Bindesbøll to commemorate the naval battle of Copenhagen on 2 April 1801 against Lord Nelson and the British navy.
  • The large monument with the angel to Danish sailors who died in World War I, made by sculptor Svend Rathsack and architect Ivar Bentsen. Below is the yacht harbor, and then Churchill Park.
  • The row of warehouses on the east pier of the Free Port. Particularly No.2 in the row,