Location in Denmark  - City  - Metropolitan  - Density (city/met) 502,362 1,212,485 5700/km² / 1930/km² Longitude 12°34' E Copenhagen (Danish: København) is the capital of Denmark, and the name of the municipality (Danish, kommune) in which it resides. With its population of 1,823,109 inhabitants it is the largest city in both Denmark and Scandinavia. It is also the name of a county in Denmark, Copenhagen ...

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Copenhagen was founded around year 1000 by Sweyn I Forkbeard (Svend Tveskæg) and his son Canute the Great (Knud den Store). It was only a fishing village until the middle of the 12th century when it grew in importance after coming into the possession of the Bishop Absalon, who fortified it in 1167. The excellent harbour encouraged Copenhagen's growth until it became an important centre of commerce (hence its name). It was repeatedly attacked by the Ha ...

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Copenhagen is one of only three Danish municipalities which do not belong to any of the Counties of Denmark— the others are Frederiksberg and Bornholm. The municipality covers an area of 88 km², and has a total population of 502,362 (2005). Lord Mayor of Copenhagen is Ritt Bjerregaard, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party, who is head of the Finance Committee. Other mayors are Martin Geertsen (Cultural and Recreational Committee), Per Bregengaard (Education and Youth Committee), Inger Marie B ...

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University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen (Danish: Københavns Universitet) is the oldest and largest university and research institution in Copenhagen, Denmark. It has almost 33,000 students, a majority of which are female, and more than 6,000 employees. The University has several campuses located in and around Copenhagen, with the oldest located in central Copenhagen. It is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia. It, along with the Un ...

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The Copenhagen criteria are the rules that define whether a nation is eligible to join the European Union. The criteria require that a state have the institutions to preserve democratic governance and human rights, a functioning market economy, and that the state accept the obligations and intent of the EU. These membership criteria were laid down at the June 1993 European Council in Copenhagen, Denmark, from which they take their name. Excerpt from the Copenhagen Presidency conclusions: "Membership requires that t ...

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The Metro is a rail rapid transit system serving Copenhagen and Frederiksberg, Denmark. The system which opened in 2002, has two lines with 17 stations. It is operated by Ørestadsselskabet I/S (Ørestad Development Corporation). Copenhagen Metro - History of the Metro. The Metro was built largely as a result of a report from 1992 on the future of transport in Copenhagen. It was one of several proposals for a future transport grid to newly developing areas of Amager which were and are not served by the S-Tr ...

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The Copenhagen interpretation is an interpretation of quantum mechanics formulated by Niels Bohr and Werner Heisenberg while collaborating in Copenhagen around 1927. Bohr and Heisenberg extended the probabilistic interpretation of the wavefunction, proposed by Max Born. Their interpretation attempts to answer some perplexing questions which arise as a result of the wave-particle duality in quantum mechanics, such as the measurement problem. Copenhagen interpretation - Acceptance among physicists. According ...

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Copenhagen tobacco is the oldest dipping tobacco (a tobacco snuff product), dating to 1822. It is a fine ground tobacco which comes primarily in 3 textures: Fine Cut, Mid-Cut, and Long Cut. Copenhagen is generally available in 1.2 oz tins. Another variety is available, in the form of pouches. Dipping tobacco such as Copenhagen is often confused with chewing tobacco, but they are not the same. Chewing tobacco is used more similarly to bubble gum, whe ...

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Copenhagen Consensus is a Danish project which seeks to establish priorities for advancing global welfare using methodologies based on the theory of welfare economics. It was conceived [1] and organized by Bjørn Lomborg and the Environmental Assessment Institute, funded largely by the Danish government, and co-sponsored by The Economist. A book summarizing the conclusions, Global Crises, Global Solutions, edited by Lomborg, w ...

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Bjørn Lomborg (born January 6, 1965) is a Danish political scientist and former director of the Environmental Assessment Institute in Copenhagen. He is most known for his controversial book The Skeptical Environmentalist, and the allegations of scientific dishonesty that followed it. He is now an adjunct professor at the Copenhagen Business School. Lomborg is also a vegetarian (although he is not a supporter of animal rights), openly gay, ...

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Hunger is applied literally to the need or craving for food; it can also be applied metaphorically to cravings of other sorts. It is an extreme of a normal appetite. The term is commonly used more broadly to refer to cases of widespread malnutrition or deprivation among populations, usually due to poverty, political conflicts or instability, or adverse agricultural conditions (famine). Hunger - Hunger as a condition. The term hungry is commonly used simply to mean having an appetite or to be r ...

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Conflict is a state of opposition, disagreement or incompatibility between two or more people or groups of people, which is sometimes characterized by physical violence. Military conflict between states may constitute war. Conflict - Definitions. In political terms, "conflict" refers to an ongoing state of hostility between two groups of people. Conflict as taught for graduate and professional work in conflict resolution commonly has the definition: "when two or more parties, with perceived incompati ...

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M2 runs with the following intervals: The Metro only runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings from 24-05. ...

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M1 runs with the following intervals: The Metro only runs Friday, Saturday, and Sunday mornings from 24-05. ...

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The University of Copenhagen was founded in 1479 as the first university in Denmark. The University became a centre of Roman Catholic theological learning, but also had faculties for the study of law, medicine, and philosophy. The university was re-established in 1537 after Martin Luther's reformation, and was transformed into an evangelical-Lutheran seminary. Between 1675 and 1788, the university introduced the concept of degree examinations. An examination for theology was added in 1675, law in 1736, and by 1788 all faculties requi ...

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Copenhagen Metro - Lines. The Metro runs on underground as well as overground standard gauge tracks, and it operates at 750 V DC provided by a third rail. Most of the tracks on Amager and some of the tracks towards Vanløse are run overground, but the Metro runs underground in the city centre. The tunnels have been built using three different digging methods: Boring using tunnel boring machines (TBM), Cut & Cover, and the New Austrian Tunnelling method (NATM). There is GSM coverage in the tunnels. The tracks are elevated from ground level on western Amager, and the stretc ...

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Copenhagen criteria - Democracy. Functional democratic governance requires that all citizens of the country should be able to participate, on an equal basis, in the political decision making at every single governing level, from local municipalities up to the highest, national, level. This also requires free elections with a secret ballot, the right to establish political parties without any hindrance from the state; fair and equal access to a free press; free trade union organisations; executive powers restricted by laws and allowing free access to judges independent of the executive. < ...

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The Metro was built largely as a result of a report from 1992 on the future of transport in Copenhagen. It was one of several proposals for a future transport grid to newly developing areas of Amager which were and are not served by the S-Train network. Large areas of the island slightly to the south of central Copenhagen were still unused or in agricultural use, but were so valuable that the city decided to develop them as part of the Ørestad Project in conjunction with the construction of the Øresund Bridge. It was decided that an effici ...

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George Weyman, inventor of Copenhagen snuff, opened his tobacco shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania sometime during 1822. In April 1845, Weyman's tobacco shop was one of the few businesses to survive the Great Pittsburgh Fire. Tobacco manufacturing at Weyman's shop reached $30,000 annually by 1850. Nearly two decades later, George Weyman relinquished control of the shop to his sons William and Benjamin Weyman. Following their father's death in 1870, William and Benjamin officially adopted the name Weyman & Bro. Copenhage ...

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