The building is internationally recognised as a principal example of Danish modernist architecture.

The new Copenhagen Airport began operations on a grass field a little further to the south in 1925.

In the late 1930s, Vilhelm Lauritzen was charged with designing the airport's first terminal.

[1] In the 1990s, it was decided to move the terminal building to make way for a planned expansion of the airport.

In September 1999, it was moved on coupled flatbed trucks across the apron and the runways to its new location.