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The Port of Copenhagen

Nordre Toldbod 100 years ago.

PORT OF COPENHAGEN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT A bout the year 1150 the Port of Copenhagen was founded. It was then one of the centres of the abund­ ant herring fishery in the Sound and a connecting link for the ferries sailing to and from Scandia. During the 14th and 15th centuries the Port’s activities were closely connected with those of the North-German Hanseatic league, whose members were the city’s principal traders. During the 17th century the national trade experienced a tremendous boom. In the reign of King Christian IV the Naval Port and the Commercial Port were subject to large

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