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Place in Capital Region, Denmark
Elsinore Helsingør
Kronborg CastleKronborg Castle
CountryDenmark
RegionCapital Region
MunicipalityHelsingør Municipality
Established1420s
City charter17th century
Current municipality2007-01-01
Government
 • MayorHenrik Møller
Population
 • Total46,189
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (CEST)
Websitewww.helsingorkommune.dk
Part of waterfront area.

Helsingør (Danish pronunciation: [hɛlseˈŋøɐ̯ˀ]; also known as Elsinore in English) is a city and the municipal seat of Helsingør municipality on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand (Danish: Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. Helsingør has a population of 46,189 (1 January 2010) including the southern suburbs of Snekkersten and Espergærde. It is known internationally as the setting of William Shakespeare's Hamlet, whence the spelling 'Elsinore' originated.

History

The name is derived from the word "hals" meaning "neck" or "narrow strait", referring to the narrow strait (Øresund) between what is now Helsingør and Helsingborg, Sweden. The Rerum Danicarum Historica (1631) claims that the history of Helsingør can be traced back to 70 BC, but this information is highly dubious. The people were mentioned as Helsinger (which may mean "the people of the strait"), for the first time in King Valdemar the Victorious's Liber Census Daniæ from 1231, but they should not be confused with the Helsings of Hälsingland in Sweden. Placenames show that the Helsinger may have had their main fort at Helsingborg and a fortified landing place at Helsingør, to control the ferry route across the strait.

Before the Middle Ages Helsingør was just a marketplace where people sold goods. About 1200 AD the first church, Sct Olai Church, was built. A number of convents once surrounded the church, but now all that remains is the church building, today the cathedral of the Diocese of Helsingør. The oldest parts of the cathedral of Helsingør date back to the 13th century and tell us that the fishermen's village, as Helsingør was then, was a town of a certain importance. At least, there have always been some form of ferryboats crossing between Helsingør and Helsingborg.

Helsingør as we know it today was founded in the 1420s by the Danish king Eric of Pomerania. He established the Sound Dues in 1429 and built the castle 'Krogen', which was expanded in the 1580s and named Kronborg.

Kronborg Castle is the main tourist attraction. The play Hamlet has been performed a number of times in its courtyard.

The Swedish city of Helsingborg lies a short distance across the Øresund from Elsinore. European route E55 traverses the two cities; ferries connect the two sides. Still of some importance is the historical fact that the most southern "county" of Sweden, Skåne, were a part of Denmark until 1658 - followed by three wars. It may seem a long time ago today, but the short distance across Øresund aswell as the long way to Stockholm remains.

Districts

Centrum

International relations

See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark

Twin towns — sister cities

Helsingør is twinned with:

In fiction

  • William Shakespeare's play Hamlet takes place at Kronborg Castle in Helsingør, which Shakespeare spelled "Elsinore".
  • In the 1983 comedy Strange Brew, which is loosely based on Hamlet, the protagonists are given jobs at Elsinore Brewery.
  • In Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey–Maturin series, Helsingør fires mortar shells at the heroes in book seven, The Surgeon's Mate, as they sail past on their way to a rendezvous in the Baltic.
  • In Philip Roth's second Chapter of his novel Our Gang ('71), Trick E. Dixon in a fictive speech tries to claim Helsingør as US-territory and tries to convince the audience to occupy the area
  • In Bret Easton Ellis's novel Lunar Park the street on which the character Bret Easton Ellis lives with his own father-son haunting issues is named Elsinore Lane.
  • Several stories written by the Danish author Karen Blixen (or Isak Dinesen) take place in "Elsinore," including "The Supper at Elsinore" in her first published volume of stories, Seven Gothic Tales.
  • A well-known poem by the Portuguese surrealist poet Mário Cesariny is named "You are welcome to Elsinore".

See also

References

Notes
  1. BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas database from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ "HELSINGØR TURISTBUREAU - VICTORIA DESIGN". www.visithelsingor.dk. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
  3. "Gdańsk Official Website: 'Miasta partnerskie'" (in Polish & English). © 2009 Urząd Miejski w Gdańsku. Retrieved 11 July 2009. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

External links

Municipal seats of Denmark
Capital Region
Central Denmark Region
North Denmark Region
Region Zealand
South Denmark Region
30 most populous urban areas of Denmark
as of 1 January 2022, according to Statistics Denmark, see table BEF44 at statbank.dk.
1.Copenhagen1,345,562
2.Aarhus285,273
3.Odense180,863
4.Aalborg119,862
5.Esbjerg71,698
6.Randers62,802
7.Kolding61,638
8.Horsens61,074
9.Vejle60,231
10.Roskilde51,916
11.Herning50,565
12.Silkeborg49,747
13.Hørsholm47,680
14.Helsingør47,257
15.Næstved44,331
16.Viborg41,239
17.Fredericia40,886
18.Køge38,304
19.Holstebro36,489
20.Hillerød35,357
21.Taastrup35,238
22.Slagelse34,636
23.Holbæk29,608
24.Sønderborg27,766
25.Svendborg27,300
26.Hjørring25,644
27.Nørresundby23,736
28.Ringsted23,086
29.Frederikshavn22,672
30.Ølstykke-Stenløse22,658
Note: The population figure for metropolitan Copenhagen includes Frederiksberg, Albertslund, Brøndby, Gentofte, Gladsaxe, Glostrup, Herlev, Hvidovre, Lyngby-Taarbæk, Rødovre, Tårnby and Vallensbæk municipalities; parts of Ballerup, Rudersdal and Furesø; Ishøj and Greve Strand.
50 most populous urban areas in the Nordic countries
1. Sweden Stockholm 1,605,030
2. Denmark Copenhagen 1,330,993
3. Finland Helsinki 1,268,296
4. Norway Oslo 1,019,513
5. Sweden Gothenburg 599,011
6. Sweden Malmö 339,313
7. Finland Tampere 334,112
8. Denmark Aarhus 280,534
9. Norway Bergen 259,958
10. Finland Turku 252,468
11. Norway Stavanger/Sandnes 237,369
12. Iceland Reykjavík 228,231
13. Finland Oulu 208,939
14. Norway Trondheim 186,364
15. Denmark Odense 180,302
16. Sweden Uppsala 177,074
17. Sweden Upplands Väsby och Sollentuna 149,461
18. Denmark Aalborg 140,897
19. Sweden Västerås 128,534
20. Sweden Örebro 126,009
21. Finland Lahti 119,068
22. Finland Jyväskylä 117,974
23. Norway Fredrikstad/Sarpsborg 116,373
24. Sweden Linköping 115,672
25. Sweden Helsingborg 113,816
26. Norway Kristiansand 111,633
27. Norway Drammen 109,416
28. Sweden Jönköping 100,259
29. Sweden Norrköping 97,854
30. Sweden Lund 94,393
31. Norway Porsgrunn/Skien 93,778
32. Sweden Umeå 90,412
33. Finland Kuopio 88,520
34. Finland Pori 84,026
35. Sweden Gävle 77,586
36. Sweden Södertälje 75,773
37. Sweden Borås 73,980
38. Denmark Esbjerg 72,398
39. Sweden Halmstad 71,316
40. Sweden Växjö 71,009
41. Sweden Eskilstuna 70,342
42. Finland Joensuu 67,811
43. Sweden Karlstad 65,856
44. Finland Vaasa 65,414
45. Denmark Randers 62,482
46. Denmark Kolding 61,121
47. Denmark Horsens 59,449
48. Sweden Sundsvall 58,807
49. Denmark Vejle 57,655
50. Finland Lappeenranta 55,743

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