Denmark Proposes Building New Island Near Copenhagen

Denmark's Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen arrives for the informal meeting of European Union leaders ahead of the EU summit, in Salzburg, Austria, on Sept. 19, 2018. Leonhard Foeger/Reuters

COPENHAGEN—Denmark plans to build a new island near Copenhagen’s harbor to create more space for the city’s growing population, the prime minister said on Oct. 5.

The island proposal could be fully established by 2070, host housing for 35,000 people and also protect the city from rising sea levels, Lars Lokke Rasmussen said at a press briefing.