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FILE - A police vehicle is seen near the Israeli embassy in Copenhagen, as police investigate two explosions near the site, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP, File)

2 Swedish teens face preliminary terror charges for explosions near the Israeli Embassy in Denmark

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A police vehicle is seen near the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, as police investigate two explosions near the site, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Two predawn explosions rock the area around the Israeli Embassy in Copenhagen, but no one is injured

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Denmark's King Frederik X lays the foundation stone for the reconstruction of the Stock Exchange in Copenhagen, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark’s king launches reconstruction of famed landmark badly damaged by fire

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Denmark's Queen Margrethe attends the Rungstedlund Prize 2024 at the Karen Blixen Museum in Rungsted, Denmark, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark’s Queen Margrethe who abdicated earlier this year has been hospitalized

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FILE - A police officer guards in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 4, 2022. A 21-year-old man in Denmark has been arrested for arson after allegedly setting a fire at a Jewish woman’s home in Copenhagen, and he faced preliminary charges in court under the country’s terrorism laws that can lead to a life sentence. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Man in Denmark faces preliminary terrorism charges over arson at a Jewish woman’s home

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, center, Minister for Community Safety and Preparedness Torsten Schack Pedersen, right, Minister for Green Tripartite Jeppe Bruus, 2nd right, European Minister Marie Bjerre, left, Minister for Digitalisation Caroline Stage Olsen, 2nd left, Tax Minister Rasmus Stoklund, 4th right, and Social and Housing Minister Sophie Haestorp Andersen, 3rd right, are presented as new minister in front of Frederik VIII's Palace, Amalienborg Palace, in Copenhagen, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024. (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark has a record 25 government ministers after a major reshuffle

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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the building housing the Danish Taxation Ministry, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Thursday June 27, 2024. A fire on Thursday broken out on top of a building housing Denmark’s Taxation Ministry in downtown Copenhagen, leading to the evacuation of the people inside the harbor-front glass-and-steel constrution and from adjacent houses. There was no word on casulaties.(Martin Sylvest/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Fire tears through the Danish taxation ministry, the latest major fire in Copenhagen

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Rasmus Munk, co-owner and chef of Alchemist restaurant, poses inside Alchemist’s kitchen, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Monday May 6, 2024. The Danish Michelin-starred chef has teamed up with the Florida-based startup Space Perspective to take fine-dining to our upper atmosphere in late 2025. Six guests are set to ascend to the stratosphere, where they will enjoy an immersive dining experience served up by chef Rasmus Munk. (AP Photo/James Brooks)

Michelin-starred chef will take his cuisine to our upper atmosphere

By James Brookes - Associated Press

Ornaments from the Stock Exchange, which have been successfully salvaged from the burned building, lie on the ground in Copenhagen, Sunday, April 21, 2024. (Emil Nicolai Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Traffic resumes near Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange after a fire ruined the 400-year-old landmark

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The outer wall of the Stock Exchange has collapsed towards Boersgade, Copenhagen, Thursday, April 18, 2024. A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. (Thomas Traasdahl/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Firefighters to tackle scaffolding dangling outside ruins of fire-ravaged Danish landmark

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Fire and smoke rise out of the Old Stock Exchange, Boersen, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. One of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed. The copper roof of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, that was once Denmark’s financial center, was engulfed in flames Tuesday. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Copenhagen and Paris mayors exchange lessons learned after huge fires destroy landmarks

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Emergency management work in the former Stock Exchange of Copenhagen, Boersen, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. A fire raged through one of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings on Tuesday, causing the collapse of the iconic spire of the 17th-century Old Stock Exchange as passersby rushed to help emergency services save priceless paintings and other valuables. (Liselotte Sabroe/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Copenhagen fights the last pockets of a fire that destroyed a 400-year-old landmark

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Smoke rise out of the Old Stock Exchange, Boersen, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. One of Copenhagen’s oldest buildings is on fire and its iconic spire has collapsed. The roof of the 17th-century old Stock Exchange, or Boersen, that was once Denmark’s financial center, was engulfed in flames Tuesday. (Emil Helms/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Fire destroys Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange dating to 1600s, collapsing its dragon-tail spire

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

Citizens of the free village Christiania jointly dig up the cobblestones at Pusher Street, in Copenhagen, Denmark, Saturday April 6, 2024. After the cobblestones are removed, new water pipes and a new pavement will be laid on Pusher Street and nearby buildings will be renovated. That is the first step in an overall plan to turn the hippie oasis into an integrated part of the Danish capital area, although “the free state" spirit of creativity and community life is to be maintained. (Ida Marie Odgaard/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Christiania, Copenhagen’s hippie oasis, wants to rebuild without its illegal hashish market

By Jan O. Olsen - Associated Press

Denmark's King Frederik X waves from the balcony of Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen, Denmark, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. Queen Margrethe II has become Denmark's first monarch to abdicate in nearly 900 years when she handed over the throne to her son, who has become King Frederik X. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Frederik X is proclaimed the new king of Denmark after his mother Queen Margrethe II abdicates

By Jan M. Olsen - Associated Press

FILE - Air traffic is seen on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday, Dec. 25, 2022. A Russian man who flew on a plane from Denmark to Los Angeles on Nov. 4, 2023, without a passport or ticket told U.S. authorities he didn't remember how he got through security in Europe, according to a federal complaint filed in November by the FBI. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Russian man who flew on Los Angeles flight without passport or ticket charged with federal crime

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A changing of the guard at The Amalienborg Palace, home of the Danish Royal family in Copenhagen, Denmark Monday, Feb. 21, 2022. The Danish defense said Wednesday that they will remove the mandatory heights for men and women serving with the Danish Royal Life Guards, chiefly known for serving as a ceremonial unit outside Denmark’s royal palaces. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Denmark ends height requirements for soldiers best known for ceremonial unit outside royal palaces

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A virtually empty Red Square closed for security reasons prior to Russian President Vladimir Putin's annual state of the nation address, is seen between the Historical Museum, left, and the Kremlin Wall, right, in Moscow, Feb. 21, 2023. U.S. officials say Russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world. But as the war nears its one-year mark, it's clear the sanctions didn't pack the instantaneous punch that many had hoped. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

Russia expelling 10 Norwegian diplomats in tit for tat move

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Queen Margrethe attends the Danish Parliament's celebration of her 50th Regent's Anniversary at Christiansborg Castle, Copenhagen, on Jan. 14, 2022. Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II, whose half-century reign makes her Europe’s longest-serving monarch, will undergo a back operation. The palace said Wednesday that the 82-year-monarch will be hospitalized afterward and undergo “a longer rehabilitation process.” (Mads Claus Rasmussen/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Danish queen to undergo ‘major back surgery’

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Denmark's Queen Margrethe pays her respect to the coffin of Britain's Queen Elizabeth, following her death, during her lying-in-state at Westminster Hall, in London, Sunday Sept. 18, 2022. Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II has tested positive for the coronavirus after attending the funeral of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II. The Danish royal palace said Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022 that the 82-year-old Margrethe canceled her official duties after the Tuesday night test. she previously tested positive for the virus in February. (John Sibley/Pool via AP, File)

Danish queen tests positive after UK monarch’s funeral

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