Kastrup () is a

suburb A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area. They are oftentimes where most of a metropolitan areas jobs are located with some being predominantly residential. They can either be denser or less densely populated ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

, on the east coast of

Amager Amager ( ), located in the Øresund, is Denmark's most densely populated island, with more than 216,000 inhabitants (January 2022). The protected natural area of ''Naturpark Amager'' (including Kalvebod Fælled) makes up more than one-third of the ...

Tårnby Municipality Tårnby Municipality (, ) is a '' kommune'' bordering Copenhagen Municipality on the island of Amager just east of Zealand in eastern Denmark. The municipality includes the islands of Saltholm (16 km2;2 inhabitants 1 January 2020) and Peb ...

. It is the site of

Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup (, ) is an international airport serving Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark, as well as the wider Øresund Region, including Zealand and the southern Sweden, Swedish province of Scania. In 2023 it was the largest ai ...

. In Danish, the airport is often called ''Kastrup Lufthavn'' (Kastrup Airport) or ''Københavns Lufthavn, Kastrup'' (Copenhagen Airport, Kastrup).

History

In 1749

Jacob Fortling Jacob Fortling (23 December 1711 – 16 July 1761) was a German- Danish sculptor, architect and industrialist, described as one of the most industrious people in the Denmark of his day. He came to Denmark at age 18 and embarked on a successful ...

obtained a royal license to establish a lime plant in Kastrup. It harbor in Kastrup for the landing of chalk from Saltholm. He soon diversified with a brickyard (1752) and a pottery specializing in

faience Faience or faïence (; ) is the general English language term for fine tin-glazed pottery. The invention of a white Ceramic glaze, pottery glaze suitable for painted decoration, by the addition of an stannous oxide, oxide of tin to the Slip (c ...

(1755) at the same site. This marked the beginning of an industrial development that accelerated after the opening of Kastrup Glassworks in 1847.

opened in 1925.

Landmarks

Local landmarks include the - * National Aquarium, public aquarium *

Kastrup Værk Kastrup Værk (English language, English: Kastrup Works) was a pottery and brickyard, tile works in Tårnby Municipality, Kastrup, now a suburb of Copenhagen, on the Denmark, Danish island of Amager. History Kastrup Værk was founded around 1750 ...

, pottery and tile works *

Kastrupgård Kastrupgård is a former manor house in Kastrup, a suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. Dating from the mid 18th century, it is now a museum housing the Kastrupgård Collection (''Kastrupgårdsamlingen'') of modern art, which is owned and operated by T ...

, a former manor house *Kastrup Church *Travbaneparken, a public park (formerly the Amager speedway stadium)

Notable people

* Christiane Koren (1764–1815) a Danish-Norwegian writer, wrote poems, plays and diaries,

Sport

* Malene Franzen (born 1970) a Danish rhythmic gymnast, competed at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

* Dorthe Holm (born 1972) a Danish curler, skipped the Danish women's team at the

2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics (), officially the XX Olympic Winter Games () and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February in Turin, Italy. This marked the second time Italy had hosted the Winter O ...

* Jacob Carstensen (born 1978) a former freestyle swimmer, competed in three consequentive Summer Olympics * Michael Falkesgaard (born 1991) a Danish-Filipino Professional Footballer * Amalie Dideriksen (born 1996) a Danish road and track cyclist * Lukas Engel (born 1998) a Danish Professional Footballer * Karolina Jensen (born 2003) a Danish curler

Speedway

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stadium existed in the modern day site of the Travbaneparken. It opened on 4 September 1952 and closed on 27 June 1963. Although it only existed for eleven years, it hosted significant events including a qualifying round of the Speedway World Championship in 1955 and the Danish Speedway Championship in 1953, 1955 and 1958.

Companies

Scandinavian Airlines The Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), commonly known as Scandinavian Airlines, is the national airline of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. It is part of SAS Group and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden. Including its subsidiaries SAS Link and ...

has its Denmark offices and the SAS Cargo head office in Kastrup.

Transavia Denmark Transavia Denmark ApS, also known as Transavia.com Denmark or Transavia Denmark and trading as transavia.com, was a Denmark, Danish based low-cost airline operating as a subsidiary of Transavia group. Its main base was at Copenhagen Airport. Tran ...

has its head office in Kastrup. When SAS Commuter operated, its head office was in Kastrup. When Danair existed, its head office was in Kastrup.

Transport

Kastrup Station serves the M2 line of the Copenhagen Metro. Lufthavnen Station is the terminus of the line. Trains approach the station by a bridge over the Øresund Motorway (E20). The platform area is constructed above the Øresund Railway adjoining a

multi-storey car park A multistorey car park (Commonwealth English) or parking garage (American English), also called a multistorey, parking building, parking structure, parkade (Canadian), parking ramp, parking deck, or indoor parking, is a building designed fo ...

. The station connects to the airport at the north end of Terminal 3 on level 2. Intercity trains operate out of the mainline Copenhagen Airport railway station which is located beneath the airport terminal building. There are several buses that roam through the city of Kastrup, following bus-lines: 2A, 5A and 36.

Cultural references

The former Superfos A/S-Glasuldsfabrik mineral wool factory (now Vægterparken) between Nordmarksvej and Bøllevej, which closed in 1982, is used as a location at 1:26:08 in the 1977 ''

Olsen-banden The ''Olsen Gang'' (, ) is a Denmark, Danish comedy film series created by Danish director Erik Balling and special effects expert Henning Bahs about the eponymous fictional criminal gang. The gang's leader is the criminal genius and habitual o ...

'' film '' The Olsen Gang Outta Sight''.

References

{{Authority control Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Tårnby Municipality