Ballerup is a

Danish Danish may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Denmark People * A national or citizen of Denmark, also called a "Dane," see Demographics of Denmark * Culture of Denmark * Danish people or Danes, people with a Danish ance ...

town, seat of the

Ballerup Municipality Ballerup Kommune () is a municipality ( da, kommune) in ''Region Hovedstaden'' on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. It is located approximately 15 kilometers from central Copenhagen. The municipality covers an area of 34.0 ...

, in the

Region Hovedstaden The Capital Region of Denmark ( da, Region Hovedstaden, ) is the easternmost administrative region of Denmark. The Capital Region has 29 municipalities and a regional council consisting of 41 elected members. As of 1 August 2021 the chairperson ...

. There are approximately 25 schools in Ballerup Municipality. Ballerup has its own educational institution specialized in the study, training and research of music. It is twinned with

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Geography

The town is in the north-western suburbs of

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

and is part of Copenhagen's

urban area An urban area, built-up area or urban agglomeration is a human settlement with a high population density and infrastructure of built environment. Urban areas are created through urbanization and are categorized by urban morphology as cities, t ...

Sport

Track Cycling

Ballerup Super Arena Ballerup Super Arena (formerly Siemens Arena) is a multi-purpose indoor arena, in Ballerup, Denmark. The velodrome has a seated capacity of 6,500. During concerts, the arena can accommodate an audience of up to 9,200. It is owned by Ballerup Muni ...

is the

velodrome A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights. The straights transition to the circular turn through a moderate Track tran ...

of Ballerup. It hosted the

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and

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and many rounds of the

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Notable people

Paul Høm Paul Briegel Høm (2 May 1905, Ballerup – 25 September 1994, Gudhjem) was a Danish artist who is remembered for his religious paintings and brightly coloured stained glass windows which decorate a number of Danish churches. Biography Høm studi ...

(1905 in Ballerup – 1994) a Danish artist of religious paintings and brightly coloured stained glass windows

Sport

* Karin Deleurand (born 1959 in Ballerup) a Danish former swimmer, competed at the

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Dennis Otzen Jensen Dennis Otzen Jensen (born December 2, 1974) is a Danish former swimmer, who specialized in sprint freestyle and butterfly events. He is a 2000 Olympian, and a member of Triton Swimming Club in Skovlunde ( da, Svømmeklubben Triton) under his per ...

(born 1974 in Ballerup) a Danish former freestyle and butterfly swimmer, competed at the

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Matti Breschel Matti Breschel (born 31 August 1984) is a Danish retired professional road racing cyclist, who competed between 2005 and 2019 for the , , and teams. Career Junior career Born in Ballerup, Breschel got his breakthrough with small Danish Tea ...

(born 1984 in Ballerup) a Danish retired professional road racing cyclist * Nikola Aistrup (born 1987 in Ballerup) a Danish former professional racing cyclist *

Nicolai Jørgensen Nicolai Mick Jørgensen (; born 15 January 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward. He is currently a free agent. Club career Akademisk Boldklub Nicolai Jørgensen began his career at Grantoften IF, he later joined Skov ...

(born 1991 in Ballerup) a Danish professional footballer with 240 club caps and 41 for

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark ...

Nicolai Boilesen Nicolai Møller Boilesen (born 16 February 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a left back for FC Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga and the Denmark national team. Club career Ajax Boilesen started playing football in local ...

(born 1992 in Ballerup) a Danish footballer with 140 club caps *

Julie Finne-Ipsen Julie Finne-Ipsen (born 22 January 1995) is a Danish badminton player from the Værløse club. Finne-Ipsen also plays golf for the Danish national team. She started her badminton career at the Ballerup club at aged six. In 2013, she won silver me ...

(born 1995 in Ballerup) a Danish badminton player

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Municipal seats in the Capital Region of Denmark Municipal seats of Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark Ballerup Municipality {{CapitalDK-stub

Geography

Sport

Track Cycling

Notable people

Sport

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