Editing Amager (section)

==History==
[[Image:Map Denmark Demis SE islands.gif|right |thumb|280px|Amager island (right center) is east of [[Zealand]] island, south of central [[Copenhagen]], west of [[Sweden]].]]
[[File:Districts of Copenhagen urban area.png|thumb|A part of [[Copenhagen Municipality]] covers northern Amager.]]

Amager has long been populated, and well used, thanks to its rich soil and proximity to Copenhagen. In 1521, [[Christian II]] invited some [[Dutch people|Dutch]] farmers to move to Amager and grow vegetables to supply the Danish Court and Copenhagen. These farmers enjoyed certain privileges such as their own government and institutions, as well as their own schools and priests. Due to this and a ban on mixed marriages, they maintained their own language, Amager Dutch, which remained spoken until 1858. This dialect's spelling and vocabulary was influenced by Danish, and it had heavier phonological and grammatical influence from [[Low German]], due to the importance of Low German in trade in the [[Baltic Sea]] and the influence of Low German-speaking [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] clergy.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Nash |first1=Joshua |last2=Bakker |first2=Peter |last3=Bøegh |first3=Kristoffer Friis |last4=Daval-Markussen |first4=Aymeric |last5=Haberland |first5=Hartmut |last6=Kedwards |first6=Dale |last7=Ladhams |first7=John |last8=Levisen |first8=Carsten |last9=Markússon |first9=Jón Símon |last10=Robbe |first10=Joost |last11=Willemsen |first11=Jeroen |author5-link = Hartmut Haberland |date=2020-01-02 |title=On languages on islands |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334520652 |journal=Acta Linguistica Hafniensia |language=en |volume=52 |issue=1 |pages=81–116 |doi=10.1080/03740463.2020.1736747 |issn=0374-0463}}</ref>

It was only in the late 19th century that Copenhagen began to expand onto the island (Sundbyerne), and in 1902 these built-up areas were incorporated into Copenhagen.

During the Second World War, high unemployment in Copenhagen led authorities to drain a large part of the sea, west of the island, and build a dam to hold out the water, effectively adding one half of Amager's previous area to the island.

The claimed area is currently known as [[Kalvebod Fælled]], and was originally a military area, but today it is part of a major construction area called the [[Ørestad]], being thought of as an extension to [[Indre By|central Copenhagen]]. The area houses major facilities such as:
* [[Bella Center]], a [[convention center|convention and exposition center]]
* [[Field's]], the second-largest [[shopping center]] in [[Scandinavia]]
* [[Royal Arena]], a multi-use indoor [[arena]]
This project was initiated by the Danish government.

The beach area to the east of the island, known as [[Amager Strandpark]] (Amager Beach Park), which had fallen into disrepair since its inception in the 1930s, was extensively redeveloped between May 2004 and August 2005. A 2-km-long artificial island was constructed just off the mainland, from which it is separated by a small lagoon.

Until the 1970s, Amager was used as a place to dump latrine waste; this led to a slang term for the island 'Lorteøen' (Shit Island). See [[Renholdningsselskabet af 1898]].