Join the annual user day for Copenhagen City Archives, celebrating all its users, volunteers, and partners. Discover insights into the archive's work through engaging presentations.
Hear from curator Trine Halle about photographer Julie Rønnow and her 150,000 negatives and 6,000 positives documenting Copenhagen from 1962–2004, showing the capital through five decades of transformation. Learn about Copenhagen's preparedness for wars, disasters, and crises through the centuries from archivist Kasper Thorup Scheel Krüger. A guided tour of the archive's digitization projects and current news follows, along with a session on Gothic handwriting and burial records from Assistens Cemetery by Kim Grundtvig.
Programme:
- 14:00–14:10: Welcome by City Archivist Mads Neuhard
- 14:10–15:00: Julie Rønnow and Copenhagen Through 5 Decades
- 15:00–15:40: Coffee and cake (standing service)
- 15:40–16:10: War, Disasters and Prepping
- 16:10–16:30: Tour of Digitisation Projects and Current News
- 16:30–16:45: Gothic Handwriting and Workshops – Burial Records from Assistens Cemetery
- 16:45: Closing
Registration is required via Billetto due to limited places.
