Editing Odense (section)

===Modern history===
Odense's most famous landmark was [[Odinstårnet]] (''The Odin Tower'') constructed in 1935, as the second-tallest tower in Europe, only surpassed by the [[Eiffel Tower]] with its 177 meters.  ''Odinstårnet'' was blown up by a Danish Nazi group in 1944 and has never been rebuilt.{{sfn|Lauridsen|2007|p=151}} However, a miniature model now stands in [[Odinsparken]] in the area where the original was located. During the German occupation in the [[Second World War]], Odense's general strike in August 1943 contributed to terminating collaboration with the Germans.<ref name=hoo/>

Until the beginning of the Danish industrial revolution, Odense was also the second-largest city in modern Denmark, but has in recent times been overtaken by Aarhus. From the 1960s Odense increasingly became a cultural hub, with the establishment of a university in 1966 and the launching of trade shows, including the large Odense Congress Centre.<ref name="dnet"/> In 1988 a major national television network, [[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV2]], was established in Odense.<ref name=hoo/>

In celebration of the thousandth anniversary in 1988, a forest, [[Tusindårsskoven]] (meaning "The Thousand Year Forest") was planted.<ref name="dnet"/> In 2005 the city celebrated the 200th anniversary of the birth of [[Hans Christian Andersen]].<ref name="dnet"/>

The [[Odense Steel Shipyard]] (''Staalskibsvæeft''), which since 1996 had been Denmark's largest shipbuilding facility, closed in 2012 as a result of international competition. Opened in 1919 by [[Mærsk|A.P. Møller]], it latterly produced container ships for Mærsk, the parent company. The Lindø site was sold to the Port of Odense (''Odense Havn'') who are developing the Lindø Industrial Park.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Bil,_b%C3%A5d,_fly_m.m./S%C3%B8fart/Rederier/Odense_Staalskibsv%C3%A6rft|title=Odense Staalskibsværft|encyclopedia=Den Store Danske|access-date=30 June 2014 |language=da}}</ref>