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Zealand

Index Zealand

Zealand (Sjælland), at 7,031 km2, is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger). [1]

89 relations: Allerød Municipality, Amager, Øresund Bridge, Baltic Sea, Birkerød, Capital Region of Denmark, Copenhagen, Copenhagen Metro, Den Store Danske Encyklopædi, Denmark, Disko Island, DR (broadcaster), Egedal Municipality, Falster, Farø Bridges, Farum, Faxe Municipality, Frederikssund, Frederikssund Municipality, Frederiksværk, Funen, Furesø Municipality, Gefjon, Great Belt Fixed Link, Greenland, Greve Municipality, Greve Strand, Gylfaginning, Gylfi, Halsnæs Municipality, Haslev, Høje-Taastrup Municipality, Hørsholm, Hedehusene, Helsingør, Helsingør Municipality, Hillerød, Hillerød Municipality, Holbæk, Holbæk Municipality, Ise Fjord, Jutland, Kalundborg, Kalundborg Municipality, Køge, Køge Municipality, Korsør, Lillerød, List of European islands by area, List of European islands by population, ..., List of islands of Denmark, Lolland, Mälaren, Møn, Næstved, Næstved Municipality, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norse mythology, North Zealand, Paleocene, Peberholm, Rønnede, Region Zealand, Regions of Denmark, Ringsted, Ringsted Municipality, Roskilde, Roskilde Fjord, Roskilde Municipality, Rudersdal Municipality, Scania, Selandian, Slagelse, Slagelse Municipality, Smørumnedre, Solrød Municipality, Solrød Strand, Stevns Klint, Storstrøm Bridge, Sweden, Taastrup, Urban area, Vänern, Værløse, Vordingborg, Vordingborg Municipality, Zeeland, 17th century. Expand index (39 more) »

Allerød Municipality

Allerød Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark.

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Amager

Amager (or, especially among older speakers) in the Øresund is Denmark's most densely populated island, with almost 200,000 inhabitants on the small appendix to Zealand.

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Øresund Bridge

The Øresund or Öresund Bridge (Øresundsbroen,; Öresundsbron,; hybrid name: Øresundsbron) is a combined railway and motorway bridge across the Øresund strait between Sweden and Denmark.

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Baltic Sea

The Baltic Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, enclosed by Scandinavia, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Poland, Germany and the North and Central European Plain.

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Birkerød

Birkerød is a town in Rudersdal Municipality in the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Capital Region of Denmark

The Capital Region of Denmark (Region Hovedstaden) is the easternmost administrative region of Denmark, established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties (Danish plural: amter, singular: amt) and set up five regions.

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Copenhagen

Copenhagen (København; Hafnia) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark.

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Copenhagen Metro

The Copenhagen Metro (Københavns Metro) is a 24/7 rapid transit system in Copenhagen, Denmark, serving the municipalities of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, and Tårnby.

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Den Store Danske Encyklopædi

Den Store Danske Encyklopædi (The Great Danish Encyclopedia) is the most comprehensive contemporary Danish language encyclopedia.

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Denmark

Denmark (Danmark), officially the Kingdom of Denmark,Kongeriget Danmark,.

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Disko Island

Disko Island (Qeqertarsuaq, Diskoøen) is a large island in Baffin Bay, off the west coast of Greenland.

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DR (broadcaster)

DR (Danmarks Radio), officially Danish Broadcasting Corporation in English, is a Danish public-service radio and television broadcasting company.

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Egedal Municipality

Egedal Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark.

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Falster

Falster is an island in south-eastern Denmark with an area of and 43,398 inhabitants as of 1 January 2010.

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Farø Bridges

The Farø Bridges (Farøbroerne) are two road bridges that connect the islands of Falster and Zealand in Denmark by way of the small island of Farø which is approximately mid-way across the Storstrømmen sound.

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Farum

Farum is a town in the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark, 20 km northwest of Copenhagen.

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Faxe Municipality

Faxe municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Denmark in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand.

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Frederikssund

Frederikssund is a Danish town, seat of the Frederikssund Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden with a population of 15,865 (1 January 2015).

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Frederikssund Municipality

Frederikssund Kommune is a municipality (kommune) on the shores of Roskilde Fjord in the northern part of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark.

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Frederiksværk

Frederiksværk is a town with a population of 12,076 (1 January 2015) in Halsnæs Municipality on Zealand in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark.

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Funen

Funen (Fyn), with an area of, is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy.

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Furesø Municipality

Furesø Kommune is a municipality (Danish: kommune) in Denmark.

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Gefjon

In Norse mythology, Gefjon (alternatively spelled Gefion or Gefjun) is a goddess associated with ploughing, the Danish island of Zealand, the legendary Swedish king Gylfi, the legendary Danish king Skjöldr, foreknowledge, and virginity.

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Great Belt Fixed Link

The Great Belt Fixed link (Storebæltsforbindelsen) is a multi-element fixed link crossing the Great Belt strait between the Danish islands of Zealand and Funen.

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Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is an autonomous constituent country within the Kingdom of Denmark between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago.

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Greve Municipality

Greve Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) about 21 km south-west of Copenhagen in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark.

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Greve Strand

Greve Strand (commonly also known simply as Greve) is a Danish town, seat of the Greve Municipality, in the Region Sjælland.

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Gylfaginning

Gylfaginning (Old Norse pronunciation;; either Tricking of Gylfi; c. 20,000 words), is the first part of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda after Prologue.

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Gylfi

In Norse mythology, Gylfi, Gylfe, Gylvi, or Gylve was the earliest recorded king in Scandinavia.

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Halsnæs Municipality

Halsnæs Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region").

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Haslev

Haslev, a town in Faxe municipality, lies in the southern part of Zealand, Denmark.

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Høje-Taastrup Municipality

Høje-Taastrup Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark.

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Hørsholm

Hørsholm is an affluent city on the Øresund coast approximately north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Hedehusene

Hedehusene is a suburban town located on the rail line between Copenhagen and Roskilde in the Capital Region of Denmark.

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Helsingør

Helsingør, classically known in English as Elsinore, is a city in eastern Denmark.

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Helsingør Municipality

Helsingør Municipality (a variant English name: Elsinore Municipality; Danish: Helsingør Kommune), is a municipality in the Capital Region on the northeast coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark.

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Hillerød

Hillerød is a Danish town with a population of 32,689 (2018) located in the centre of North Zealand some 30 km to the north of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Hillerød Municipality

Hillerød Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Hovedstaden ("Capital Region").

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Holbæk

Holbæk is a town in Denmark and the seat of Holbæk municipality with a population of 26,961 (1 January 2015).

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Holbæk Municipality

Holbæk municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in northeastern Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark.

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Ise Fjord

Ise Fjord (Isefjorden) is a deeply branched arm of the sea into the Danish island Zealand.

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Jutland

Jutland (Jylland; Jütland), also known as the Cimbric or Cimbrian Peninsula (Cimbricus Chersonesus; Den Kimbriske Halvø; Kimbrische Halbinsel), is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany.

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Kalundborg

Kalundborg is a Danish city with a population of 16,343 (1 January 2015), the main town of the municipality of the same name and the site of its municipal council.

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Kalundborg Municipality

Kalundborg Municipality (Kalundborg Kommune) is a municipality in Region Sjælland on the west coast of the island of Zealand in Denmark.

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Køge

Køge (or, older spelling Kjøge) is a seaport on the coast of Køge Bugt (Bay of Køge) 39 km southwest of Copenhagen.

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Køge Municipality

Køge Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) approx.

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Korsør

Korsør is a Danish town and port.

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Lillerød

Lillerød (sometimes named Allerød) is a Danish town, seat of the Allerød Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden.

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List of European islands by area

This is a list of islands in Europe ordered by area.

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List of European islands by population

This is a list of islands in Europe ordered by population.

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List of islands of Denmark

This is a list of islands of Denmark.

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Lolland

Lolland (formerly spelled Laaland, literally "low land") is the fourth largest island of Denmark, with an area of.

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Mälaren

Mälaren, historically referred to as Lake Malar in English, is the third-largest freshwater lake in Sweden (after Vänern and Vättern).

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Møn

Møn is an island in south-eastern Denmark.

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Næstved

Næstved is a town in the municipality of the same name, located on the island of Zealand in Denmark.

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Næstved Municipality

Næstved is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in the south of Denmark.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands (Nederland), often referred to as Holland, is a country located mostly in Western Europe with a population of seventeen million.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Norse mythology

Norse mythology is the body of myths of the North Germanic people stemming from Norse paganism and continuing after the Christianization of Scandinavia and into the Scandinavian folklore of the modern period.

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North Zealand

North Zealand, also North Sealand, (Nordsjælland) refers to the northern part of the Danish island of Zealand which is not clearly defined but generally covers the area north of Copenhagen.

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Paleocene

The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geological epoch that lasted from about.

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Peberholm

Peberholm (Pepper Islet, Pepparholm), is a small artificial island in the Danish part of the Øresund strait, created as part of the Øresund Bridge connecting Denmark with Sweden.

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Rønnede

Rønnede was a municipality (Danish, kommune) in the former Storstrøm County in south Denmark.

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Region Zealand

Region Zealand (Region Sjælland) is the southernmost administrative region of Denmark, established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regions.

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Regions of Denmark

The Regions of Denmark were created as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform.

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Ringsted

Ringsted is a city located centrally in the Danish island of Zealand.

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Ringsted Municipality

Ringsted Municipality is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark.

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Roskilde

Roskilde, located west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand, is the main city in Roskilde Municipality.

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Roskilde Fjord

Roskilde Fjord is the fjord north of Roskilde, Denmark.

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Roskilde Municipality

Roskilde municipality (Roskilde kommune) is a municipality in Region Sjælland, 30 km west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark.

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Rudersdal Municipality

Rudersdal Municipality (Danish: Rudersdal Kommune) is a part suburban, part rural municipality (Danish, kommune) located on the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Scania

Scania, also known as Skåne, is the southernmost province (landskap) of Sweden.

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Selandian

The Selandian is in the geologic timescale an age or stage in the Paleocene.

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Slagelse

Slagelse is a small town in Denmark located in west Zealand.

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Slagelse Municipality

Slagelse municipality is a municipality (Danish, Municipalities of Denmark) in Region Sjælland on the west coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark.

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Smørumnedre

Smørumnedre is a suburban area situated in Egedal Municipality 20 km northwest of central Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Solrød Municipality

Solrød is a municipality in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in east Denmark.

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Solrød Strand

Solrød Strand is a Danish town, seat of the Solrød Municipality, in the Region Sjælland.

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Stevns Klint

Stevns Klint is a white chalk cliff located some southeast of Store Heddinge on the Danish island of Zealand.

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Storstrøm Bridge

The Storstrøm Bridge (Storstrømsbroen) is a road and railway arch bridge that crosses Storstrømmen between the islands of Falster and Masnedø in Denmark.

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Sweden

Sweden (Sverige), officially the Kingdom of Sweden (Swedish), is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe.

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Taastrup

Taastrup is a Danish railway town or/and suburb of Copenhagen - 15 km west of the capital's city centre, and formerly the administrative seat of Høje-Taastrup Municipality, Region Hovedstaden.

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Urban area

An urban area is a human settlement with high population density and infrastructure of built environment.

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Vänern

Vänern is the largest lake in Sweden, the largest lake in the European Union and the third-largest lake entirely in Europe after Ladoga and Onega in Russia.

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Værløse

Værløse is a town in Furesø Municipality in the northwestern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Vordingborg

Vordingborg is an old ferry town in Vordingborg Municipality in Denmark.

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Vordingborg Municipality

Vordingborg is a municipality (kommune) in the Sjælland Region, which is on the southeast coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in south Denmark.

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Zeeland

Zeeland (Zeelandic: Zeêland, historical English exonym Zealand) is the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands.

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17th century

The 17th century was the century that lasted from January 1, 1601, to December 31, 1700, in the Gregorian calendar.

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Sealand, Denmark, Selund, Sjaeland, Sjaelland, Sjalland, Sjelland, Själland, Sjælland, Zealand (Denmark), Zealand Point.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand

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