Gentofte Municipality

Gentofte Kommune [ gɛntɔfdə ] is a Danish municipality in the Capital Region.

The city is located about nine kilometers north of the capital, Copenhagen, and is the eighteenth largest municipality in the country. Covering an area of 25.60 km ² live 73 360 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2013). Gentofte is part of the Capital Region Hovedstadsområdet.

The municipality consists of seven suburban dominated settlements that have developed around former villages and manors outside Copenhagen Charlottenlund, Dyssegård, Gentofte, Hellerup, Jægersborg, Klampenborg Ordrup, Skovshoved and Vangede. Council is based in Charlotte Lund.

The municipality comprises mainly exclusive residential areas for commuters to Copenhagen and further trade and service companies. The pharmaceutical manufacturer Novo Nordisk is established after the closure of Tuborg Brewery as the last remaining industrial enterprises here.

Parishes in the municipality

In the municipality following parish communities lie (Danish: Sogn ):

Population

Development of the population ( as of 1971 as of January 1 ):

  • 2004-68704
  • 2005-68991
  • 2006-68623
  • 2007-68672
  • 2008-68913
  • 2010-71052

Districts are Charlottenlund, Dyssegård, Gentofte, Hellerup, Ordrup and Vangede.

Architecture

Major attractions include the Castle Charlottenlund, Bernstorff Castle and the Ordrupgaard Museum. Two racetracks are located in the municipality: Charlottenlund Travbane ( harness racing ) and racecourse Klampenborg ( horse racing ) ( partly in the Lyngby - Taarbæk municipality ).

In Klampenborg you will find the beach Bellevue and Bellevue Teater, both designed in the style of functionalism by Arne Jacobsen. Another work of the famous Danish architect is the gas station Skovshoved.

Twinning

Gentofte is twinned with Hanko in Finland, Sermersooq in Greenland, Stord in Norway and Halmstad in Sweden.

Sons and daughters of the town

  • Allan Jacob Erslev (1919-2003), discoverer of the hormone erythropoietin
  • Per Nørgård ( born 1932 ), composer
  • Ole Crumlin - Pedersen (1935-2011), marine archaeologist
  • Peer Hultberg (1935-2007), writer
  • Maria Stenz ( born 1940 ), actress, singer, theater director and Head of
  • Marianne Jelved (* 1943), politician and teacher
  • Thor Pedersen ( born 1945 ), politician
  • Benedikte Hansen (born 1958 ), actress
  • Henrik Prip (* 1960), actor
  • Torben Piechnik ( b. 1963 ), football player
  • Lars Ulrich ( born 1963 ), drummer for the heavy metal band Metallica
  • Pernille Dupont (born 1967 ), former Danish badminton player
  • Sune Berg Hansen ( b. 1971 ), chess player
  • Sergej Jensen ( b. 1973 ), painter
  • Casper from Folsach (* 1993), cyclist
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