Greve Strand (commonly also known simply as Greve) is a
Danish town, seat of the
Greve Municipality
Greve Municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') about 21 km south-west of Copenhagen in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 60 k ...
, in the
Region Sjælland. Its population is 41,879 (1 January 2015).
"BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas"
database from Statistics Denmark
Statistics Denmark ( da, Danmarks Statistik) is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing and which reports to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating st ...
History
Until the 1960s, the area was primarily agricultural: most businesses in town were concentrated along the coastal road "Strandvejen".
Geography
Greve Strand is located on the eastern side of the Zealand
Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020.
It is the 1 ...
island, not too far (approx. 25km) from 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 a ...
and is a part of its 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 ...
.
Notable people
* Max Jørgensen (1923 in Kildebrønde – 1992) a Danish cyclist, competed in the team pursuit at the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ...
* Rune Ohm
Rune Ohm (born 10 June 1980) is a Danish handballplayer (right back) who plays for the Danish team TMS Ringsted.
He started playing handball in Greve after which he went to Ajax Heroes. His next club was AaB Håndbold after which he played so ...
(born 1980 in Greve) a Danish handball player
* Mie Lacota (born 1988 in Greve) a professional road and track cyclist
* Nadia Offendal
Nadia Offendal (born 22 October 1994) is a Danish handball player for french league club Chambray Touraine Handball and the Danish national team.
She participated at the 2018 European Women's Handball Championship.
Achievements
* Damehåndbo ...
(born 1994 in Greve) a Danish handball player
* Andreas Bruus
Andreas Bruus (; born 16 January 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for club Troyes. He has also represented Denmark at youth international level.
Career Brøndby Youth
Born in Greve Strand, Bruus joined the B ...
(born 1999 in Greve) a Danish footballer
* Amalie Magelund
Amalie Magelund Krogh (born 13 May 2000) is a Danish badminton player, specializing in doubles play. As a junior player, she was a silver medalist at the 2018 European Junior Championships in both the team and girls' doubles events.
Achievemen ...
(born 2000) a Danish badminton player, lives in Greve
See also
*Greve station
Greve station is on the Køge radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is the middle of three stations in the urbanized coastal end of Greve municipality, and serves the mainly residential areas ''Greve'' and ''Mosede''.
In t ...
References
External links
Municipal seats of Region Zealand
Municipal seats of Denmark
Copenhagen metropolitan area
Cities and towns in Region Zealand
Greve Municipality
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