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An attendee at Denmark's Mullet Championship looks on in Copenhagen, Saturday, June 6, 2026. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

A raucous Copenhagen crowd cheers Denmark’s 2026 Mullet Championship

By James Brooks - Associated Press

Two trains have collided between Hilleroed and Kagerup, north of Copenhagen, Thursday, April 23, 2026. (Steven Knap/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Two trains collide in Denmark, leaving five people critically injured

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A dish named "Butterfly" featuring nettle butterflies sitting atop cheese and artichoke leaves served at restaurant Alchemist in Copenhagen, Denmark, Feb. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

Denmark is set to explore if gastronomy can be recognized as an art form

By James Brooks - Associated Press

Danish police and Danish Security and Intelligence Service (PET) are present at DSB on Kystvejen by Copenhagen Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, after drones flew over Copenhagen Airport on Monday evening and the airspace was closed for four hours. (Steven Knap/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Danish officials believe drone flyovers at 4 airports are meant to sow fear and division

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66-year-old retiree Kirstine Berthelsen prepares wool for sewing at her home in northern Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

Decades after they endured forced contraception, Greenlandic women still suffer from the trauma

By James Brooks - Associated Press

FILE - A police vehicle is seen near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, as police investigate two explosions near the site, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

2 Swedish teens face preliminary terror charges for explosions near the Israeli Embassy in Denmark

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A police vehicle is seen near the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, as police investigate two explosions near the site, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Two predawn explosions rock the area around the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, but no one is injured

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Denmark's King Frederik X lays the foundation stone for the reconstruction of the Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark’s king launches reconstruction of famed landmark badly damaged by fire

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Denmark's Queen Margrethe attends the Rungstedlund Prize 2024 at the Karen Blixen Museum in Rungsted, Denmark, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe who abdicated earlier this year has been hospitalized

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FILE - A police officer guards in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 4, 2022. A 21-year-old man in Denmark has been arrested for arson after allegedly setting a fire at a Jewish woman’s home in Copenhagen, and he faced preliminary charges in court under the country’s terrorism laws that can lead to a life sentence. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Man in Denmark faces preliminary terrorism charges over arson at a Jewish woman’s home

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, Minister for Community Safety and Preparedness Torsten Schack Pedersen, right, Minister for Green Tripartite Jeppe Bruus, 2nd right, European Minister Marie Bjerre, left, Minister for Digitalisation Caroline Stage Olsen, 2nd left, Tax Minister Rasmus Stoklund, 4th right, and Social and Housing Minister Sophie Haestorp Andersen, 3rd right, are presented as new minister in front of Frederik VIII's Palace, Amalienborg Palace, in Copenhagen, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark has a record 25 government ministers after a major reshuffle

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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the building housing the Danish Taxation Ministry, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday June 27, 2024. A fire on Thursday broken out on top of a building housing Denmark’s Taxation Ministry in downtown Copenhagen, leading to the evacuation of the people inside the harbor-front glass-and-steel constrution and from adjacent houses. There was no word on casulaties.(Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Fire tears through the Danish taxation ministry, the latest major fire in Copenhagen

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Rasmus Munk, co-owner and chef of Alchemist restaurant, poses inside Alchemist’s kitchen, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday May 6, 2024. The Danish Michelin-starred chef has teamed up with the Florida-based startup Space Perspective to take fine-dining to our upper atmosphere in late 2025. Six guests are set to ascend to the stratosphere, where they will enjoy an immersive dining experience served up by chef Rasmus Munk. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

Michelin-starred chef will take his cuisine to our upper atmosphere

By James Brookes - Associated Press

Ornaments from the Stock Exchange, which have been successfully salvaged from the burned building, lie on the ground in Copenhagen, Sunday, April 21, 2024. (Emil Nicolai Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Traffic resumes near Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange after a fire ruined the 400-year-old landmark

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The outer wall of the Stock Exchange has collapsed towards Boersgade, Copenhagen, Thursday, April 18, 2024. A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. (Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Firefighters to tackle scaffolding dangling outside ruins of fire-ravaged Danish landmark

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Fire and smoke rise out of the Old Stock Exchange, Boersen, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. One of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed. The copper roof of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, that was once Denmark’s financial center, was engulfed in flames Tuesday. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Copenhagen and Paris mayors exchange lessons learned after huge fires destroy landmarks

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Emergency management work in the former Stock Exchange of Copenhagen, Boersen, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Copenhagen fights the last pockets of a fire that destroyed a 400-year-old landmark

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Smoke rise out of the Old Stock Exchange, Boersen, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. One of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed. The roof of the 17th-century old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, that was once Denmark’s financial center, was engulfed in flames Tuesday. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Fire destroys Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Citizens of the free village Christiania jointly dig up the cobblestones at Pusher Street, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Saturday April 6, 2024. After the cobblestones are removed, new water pipes and a new pavement will be laid on Pusher Street and nearby buildings will be renovated. That is the first step in an overall plan to turn the hippie oasis into an integrated part of the Danish capital area, although “the free state" spirit of creativity and community life is to be maintained. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Christiania, Copenhagen’s hippie oasis, wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market

By Jan O. Olsen - Associated Press

Denmark's King Frederik X waves from the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Queen Margrethe II has become Denmark's first monarch to abdicate in nearly 900 years when she handed over the throne to her son, who has become King Frederik X. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Frederik X is proclaimed the new king of Denmark after his mother Queen Margrethe II abdicates

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press