![Buddinge, 2012-05-06](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/41/Buddinge%2C_2012-05-06.jpg)
Buddinge is a suburb 10 km northwest of central
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 ...
, Denmark. The suburb used to be a small village, but by the 1960s merged with nearby suburban areas, subsequently becoming a suburb. The suburb is part of
Gladsaxe
Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Denmark), Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and ...
municipal and is connected by the
S-Train
The S-Bahn is the name of hybrid urban- suburban rail systems serving a metropolitan region in German-speaking countries. Some of the larger S-Bahn systems provide service similar to rapid transit systems, while smaller ones often resemble co ...
with two stations: Buddinge and
Kildebakke
Notable people
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Andreas Petersen
Carl Andreas Dusinius Hjort Petersen (19 September 1901 – 15 February 1976) was a Danish boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Buddinge and died in Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the ca ...
(1901 in Buddinge – 1976) a Danish boxer who competed in the
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...
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Kaj Ejstrup
Kaj Ejstrup (20 February 1902 – 23 November 1956) was a Danish artist, illustrator and sculptor. Above all, he is remembered for the landscapes he painted in the north west of Zealand as a member of the artists' colony known as the Odsherred Pai ...
(1902–1956) a Danish artist, illustrator and sculptor and an
Odsherred painter, brought up in Buddinge
References
Municipal seats in the Capital Region of Denmark
Municipal seats of Denmark
Copenhagen metropolitan area
Neighbourhoods in Denmark
Gladsaxe Municipality
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