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Information for students about Kópavogur

 

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Kópavogur (Icelandic pronunciation: ​[ˈkʰɔuːpaˌvɔːɣʏr̥]) is a town in Iceland that is the country's second largest municipality by population.

It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Capital Region. The name literally means seal pup inlet. The town seal contains the profile of the church Kópavogskirkja with a seal pup underneath.

Kópavogur is largely made up of residential areas, but has commercial areas and much industrial activity as well. The tallest building in Iceland, the Smáratorg Tower, is located in central Kópavogur.

 

Kópavogur is historically significant as the site of the 1662 Kópavogur meeting.[3] This event marked the total incorporation of Iceland into Denmark-Norway when, on behalf of the Icelandic people, Bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson and Árni Oddsson, a lawyer, signed a document confirming that the introduction of absolute monarchy by Frederick III of Denmark-Norway also applied to Iceland.

Kópavogur is also one of Iceland's most prominent sites for Icelandic urban legends about the huldufólk;[4] it also features in this capacity in the 2010 film Sumarlandið, where the stone Grásteinn is portrayed as an elf-house in the Kópavogur municipality.

An independent township, Kópavogur is adjacent to Reykjavík.

Kópavogur is twinned with:

·         Greenland Ammassalik, Greenland

·         Faroe Islands Klaksvík, Faroe Islands

·         Åland Islands Mariehamn, Åland Islands, Finland

·         Sweden Norrköping, Sweden

·         Denmark Odense, Denmark

·         Finland Tampere, Finland

·         Norway Trondheim, Norway

·         China Wuhan, China

 

 

Kópavogur

Municipality

Skyline of Kópavogur

Skyline of Kópavogur

Coat of arms of Kópavogur

Coat of arms

Location of Kópavogur

Location of Kópavogur

Country

Iceland

Region

Capital Region

Constituency

Southwest Constituency

Established

1948

Market right

11 May 1955

Government

 • Mayor

Ármann Kristinn Ólafsson (IP)

Area

 • Total

80 km2 (30 sq mi)

Population

 (2020)[1]

 • Total

37,959

 • Density

462.19/km2 (1,197.1/sq mi)

Postal code(s)

200–203

Municipal number

1000

Website

kopavogur.is (in Iceland

 

 

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