Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Panguva yaitonga Christian IV pakati pa1588 na1648, Copenhagen yakava guta rakakura zvikuru. Pachirongwa chake pakutanga kwezana ramakore rechi17, zvivako zviviri zvinokosha zvakapedzwa paSlotsholmen: Tøjhus Arsenal neBørsen, stock exchange. Kuitira kusimudzira kutengeserana kwenyika dzakawanda, East India Company yakavambwa muna 1616. Kumabvazuva kweguta racho, achifuridzirwa nokuronga kwechiDutch, mambo akagadzira dunhu reChristianshavn rine migero nemasvingo. Pakutanga raida kuva muzinda wokutengeserana wakasimbiswa asi pakupedzisira rakava rutivi rweCopenhagen. Christian IV akatsigirawo zvirongwa zvekuvaka zvakawanda zvinosanganisira Rosenborg Slot uye Rundetårn. Muna 1658/59, guta racho rakakwanisa kukunda kurwiswa nevaSweden vaitungamirirwa naCharles X uye rakabudirira kudzinga
kurwiswa kukuru.