Copenhagen metropolitan area Copenhagen metropolitan area The Copenhagen metropolitan area or Metropolitan Copenhagen (, literally "The Capital Area") is a large commuter belt (the area in which it is practical to commute to work) surrounding Copenhagen, the capital of Denmark. It includes Copenhagen Municipality, Frederiksberg and surrounding municipalities stretching westward across Zealand. It has densely-populated core surrounded by suburban settlements. According to OECD, the Copenhagen Metropolitan Region had close to 2.4 million inhabitants in 2005, which is the largest metropolitan area of any Scandinavian city. The metropolitan area has several current definitions and also some historical, now defunct, definitions. The most widely accepted
Freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Denmark made about rape and honour killings in Muslim families in a newspaper article in connection with Hedegaard's case. In February and March 2004 three Berlingske Tidende journalists, Michael Bjerre, Jesper Larsen, and Niels Lunde, were prosecuted for "harming state security" after publishing the details of classified intelligence reports about the lack of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. In December 2006 the three were acquitted by a Copenhagen court. Freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Denmark Freedom of speech and freedom of the press in Denmark are ensured by § 77 of the constitution: There's widespread agreement