By & Havn (English: ''City & Port'') or ''Udviklingsselskabet By & Havn I/S'' (en.: ''The corporation for development of City and Port I/S'') is an organisation, tasked with the development of

Ørestad Ørestad () is a developing city area in Copenhagen, Denmark, on the island of Amager. The area was developed using the new town concept, closely linked with the M1 line of the Copenhagen Metro. Economically, income for the plan would be generate ...

and the port of Copenhagen and the daily operations of the latter, which is done through a

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Copenhagen Malmö Port Copenhagen Malmö Port AB (CMP) operates the ports in Denmark's capital Copenhagen and in Sweden's third largest city, Malmö. The ports are located either side of Øresund, a strait between the two countries. The combined Øresund Region is the ...

. By & Havn is owned by

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(55%) and the Danish government, through its ministry of transport (45%). Key areas of the organisation are Ørestad,

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, Amerika Plads,

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and Teglholmen. Currently the

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is Anne Skovbro, while

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serves as director of the board.

History

The general partnership organisation, was established in October 2007, with the abolition of three organisations: '' Ørestadsselskabet I/S'', '' Frederiksbergbaneselskabet I/S'' and ''Københavns Havn A/S''. The headquarters was established in the old custom house at

Nordre Toldbod Nordre Toldbod is a waterfront area in Copenhagen, Denmark, located at the north end of Larsens Plads and just south of Kastellet. It takes its name after the custom house or ''toldbod'' which used to be located in the area. Most of the historic ...

. At the time of formation, the organisation was named '' Arealudviklingsselskabet I/S'', but on May 14, 2008, it was changed to ''By & Havn''.

References

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