Editing Helsingør (section)

==In fiction and popular culture==
* [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Hamlet]]'' (whence the English spelling "Elsinore" derives) takes place mostly at [[Kronborg Castle]] in Helsingør.
* In the 1983 comedy ''[[Strange Brew]]'', which is loosely based on ''Hamlet'', the protagonists are given jobs at Elsinore Brewery.
* In [[Patrick O'Brian]]'s [[Aubrey–Maturin series]], Helsingør fires [[Mortar (weapon)|mortar shells]] at the heroes in book seven, The Surgeon's Mate, as they sail past on their way to a rendezvous in the Baltic.
*In the second chapter of [[Philip Roth]]'s novel ''[[Our Gang (novel)|Our Gang]]'' (1971), Trick E. Dixon in a fictive speech tries to claim Helsingør as US-territory and tries to convince the audience to occupy the area
* In [[Bret Easton Ellis]]'s novel ''[[Lunar Park]]'', the street on which the character Bret Easton Ellis lives, with his own haunting father-son issues, is called Helsingør Lane.
* Several stories written by the Danish author [[Karen Blixen]] (or Isak Dinesen) take place in Helsingør, including "The Supper at Elsinore" in her first published volume of stories, ''Seven Gothic Tales''.
* A well-known poem by the Portuguese [[Surrealism|surrealist poet]] [[Mário Cesariny]] is named "You are welcome to Helsingør".
* Children's author [[Richard Scarry]] depicted Helsingør as "A Castle in Denmark" in the book ''Busy, Busy World''.
* Indie-rock band [[The Essex Green]] recorded a song titled "Elsinore" for their 2006 album ''[[Cannibal Sea]]''.
* In [[David Brin]]'s novel ''[[The Postman]]'', the first chapter features an apparition that appears to protagonist Gordon Krantz. It is described as an "Elsinorian figure" and greets Gordon with "Alas, poor Gordon!", both allusions to ''Hamlet''.
* Surrealist artist [[René Magritte]] has a painting named after the city, depicting a castle, which might be modelled on Elsinore Castle.
* The [[Detective fiction|detective show]] ''The Sommerdahl Murders'' is set in Helsingør<ref name="sommerdahl">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11081102/reference |title=''The Sommerdahl Murders'' on IMDb |website=[[IMDb]] |access-date=23 May 2020 |archive-date=30 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200830140018/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11081102/reference |url-status=live }}</ref>