Kópavogur

Kópavogur (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈkʰouːpaˌvɔːɣʏr̥] ^ⓘ) is a town in Iceland that is the country's second-largest municipality by population.

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Kópavogur
Municipality
Skyline of Kópavogur
Location of Kópavogur
Kópavogur
Coordinates: 64°06′39″N 21°54′34″W
Country	Iceland
Region	Capital Region
Constituency	Southwest Constituency
Established	1948
Market right	11 May 1955
Government
• Mayor	Ásdís Kristjánsdóttir (IP)
Area ^[1]
• Total	110 km² (40 sq mi)
Population (2025)^[2]
• Total	40,040
• Density	360/km² (940/sq mi)
Demonym(s)	Kópavogsbúi, Kópavogsbúar (Icelandic)
Postal code(s)	200–203
Municipal number	1000
Website	kopavogur.is (in Icelandic)

It lies immediately south of Reykjavík and is part of the Capital Region. The name literally means seal pup inlet. The town seal contains the profile of the church Kópavogskirkja with a seal pup underneath.

Kópavogur is largely made up of residential areas, but has commercial areas and much industrial activity as well. The tallest building in Iceland, the Smáratorg Tower, is located in central Kópavogur.^[3]

Kópavogur

History

Kópavogur is historically significant as the site of the 1662 Kópavogur meeting.^[4] This event marked the total incorporation of Iceland into Denmark–Norway when, on behalf of the Icelandic people, Bishop Brynjólfur Sveinsson and Árni Oddsson, a lawyer, signed a document confirming that the introduction of absolute monarchy by Frederick III of Denmark–Norway also applied to Iceland.

Kópavogur is also one of Iceland's most prominent sites for Icelandic urban legends about the huldufólk;^[5] it also features in this capacity in the 2010 film Sumarlandið, where the stone Grásteinn is portrayed as an elf-house in the Kópavogur municipality.

An independent township, Kópavogur is adjacent to Reykjavík.

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Sports

Kópavogur's main sports clubs are Gerpla,^[6] Breiðablik and HK. In 2010, Breiðablik clinched their first Icelandic league title in football into; furthermore, in 2012, HK won their first Icelandic league title in team handball.

The town is also home to the hardcore strongman and powerlifting training facility 'Thor's Power Gym' owned by the strongest man of all-time Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, which was also the venue for the iconic 501 kg (1,105 lb) World Record Deadlift on 2 May 2020.^[7]^[8]

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Twin towns – sister cities

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Twin towns – sister cities

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