The University of Copenhagen is a public research university in Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in Scandinavia after Uppsala University.
The People's Movement against the EU is a far-left political association in Denmark against the European Union. It was founded in 1972 as a cross-party campaign platform for a 'no' vote in Denmark's referendum on EEC membership. The People's Movement was represented in the European Parliament from 1979 until 2019, when it lost its single seat in the European Parliament election.
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, also known as just Louisiana, is an art museum located on the shore of the Øresund Sound in Humlebæk, 35 km (22 mi) north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the most visited art museum in Denmark, and has an extensive permanent collection of modern and contemporary art, dating from World War II to the present day; in addition, it has a comprehensive programme of special exhibitions. The museum is also acknowledged as a milestone in modern Danish architecture, and is noted for its synthesis of art, architecture, and landscape, such as was showcased in an installation entitled "Riverbed" shown in 2014–2015. It has been called a "Danish beacon in the international art world." The museum occasionally also stages exhibitions of work by the great impressionists and expressionists, such as Claude Monet, who was the focus of a major exhibition in 1994. It has between 600,000–700,000 visitors per year, 17–33% of whom reside in nearby Sweden.
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark.
Amin Jensen is a Danish actor and comedian best known as television host for the popular Danish musical game show Hit med sangen.
A musical road is a road, or section of a road, which when driven over causes a tactile vibration and audible rumbling that can be felt through the wheels and body of the vehicle. This rumbling is heard within the car as well as the surrounding area, in the form of a musical tune. Musical roads are known to exist in Hungary, Japan, South Korea, the United States, China, Iran, Taiwan, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, and Argentina. In the past, they could be found in France, Denmark, and the Netherlands as well.
Aage is a Danish masculine given name and a less common spelling of the Norwegian given name Åge. Variants include the Swedish name Åke. People with the name Aage include:
Richard Ludvig Philip Weibull Winther was a Danish artist. He focused on painting, graphics, photography and sculpture. Richard's work was influenced by Asger Jorn and Richard Mortensen, both Danish artists part of the Linien group.
Søren Krarup was a Danish pastor, writer and politician who served as a member of the Danish Parliament from 2001 to 2011 for the Danish People's Party.
Simon K. Jensen is a Danish jazz flutist, composer and poet. He is active in several genres and leads his own band, Simon Jensen Band. He lives in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Søren Georg Jensen was a Danish silversmith and sculptor. Son of the noted silversmith Georg Jensen, he was the artistic director of the Georg Jensen Silversmithy from 1962 to 1974.
Steen is an alternative spelling of the Swedish and Danish word sten meaning 'stone'; it is also a shortened form of Ollisteen. It is the given name of the following people
Amaliegade 14 is a Rococo-style building in the Frederiksstaden neighbourhood of central Copenhagen, Denmark. It was listed on the Danish registry of protected buildings and places in 1918.
Christine Stampe, née Dalgas, was a Danish noblewoman known as one of the chief benefactors of the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen.
Mother Denmark is the female personification of Denmark and a patriotic emblem of the Danish nation.
Events in the year 2023 in Denmark.
Per Johan Svendsen is a Danish painter. He was educated at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1974 to 1981.
