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Fredericia

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Fredericia (frĭthərē`tsyä), city (1992 pop. 28,529), Vejle co., central Denmark, on the Lille Bælt. It is a port, an industrial center, and an important rail junction. Manufactures include refined petroleum, chemicals, textiles, frozen fish, machinery, and tobacco. Fredericia was built in 1650 by Frederick III as the principal fortress on Jylland and was not permitted to expand beyond its ramparts. In 1849 the Danes defeated the Prussians there. The fortress was closed in 1909, and the city's modern development began.
Fredericia
a port in Denmark, in E Jutland at the N end of the Little Belt. Pop.: 37 054 (2004 est.)


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Fredericia Furniture for The Unrockable: a concave seat, by Hans Sandgren Jakobsen, made of 35 wooden staves driven into a curved wooden base and surmounted by a turned knob.
The Nord Pool group comprises Nord Pool ASA and Nord Pool Spot AS with offices in Lysaker (Oslo), Fredericia, Stockholm, Helsinki, Berlin and Amsterdam.
Old and much-loved friends included B[oslash]rge Mogensen's 2214 upholstered sofa, designed in 1946 and reissued by Fredericia Furniture.
 
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