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 ...
. The town has a relatively high rate of crime, most of which are committed in the large
housing project
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called
Askerød Askerød is a concrete housing project in Hundige a suburb south 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; ...
in the northern part of the subur The housing project called Gersagerparken has also been known for criminal activity such as
Drive-by shooting
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, by being the previous home to the gang
Black Cobra (gang)
Black Cobra is one of the largest immigrant street gangs in Denmark and is represented in most major Danish cities, with approximately 100 members. The gang is also active in Sweden, having established itself in the Malmö district Rosengård an ...
, before the gang moved to the town
Ishøj
Ishøj is a Danish town with a population of 20,017 (1 January 2015).Karlslunde Gersagerparken has seen a decrease in criminal activity since then, the biggest being a raid on potential terrorist producing bomb The suburb was originally a small town, but was made to a suburb in the 1960s.
The Hundige StorCenter a large shopping mall was built in 1974 and the suburb was connected with the
S-train
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network in 1976. Today Hundige StorCenter is called ''
Waves
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* Wind waves, surface waves that occur on the free surface of bodies of water.
Waves may also refer to:
Music
* Waves (ban ...
'' after a re-opening in 2009.
Notable people
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Bodil Joensen
Bodil Bjarta Joensen (; 25 September 1944 – 3 January 1985) was a Danish pornographic actress born in the village of Hundige, near Copenhagen. She ran a small entrepreneurial farm and animal husbandry business, and enjoyed celebrity status fro ...
(1944 in Hundige – 1985) a Danish pornographic actress.
* Lars
Ankerstjerne
Lars Ankerstjerne Christensen, better known as Ankerstjerne (born on 15 August 1984), is a Danish rapper and songwriter from Hundige. From 2007 to 2010, the rapper was known as Jinks, but returned to using his birth name Lars Ankerstjerne with th ...
Christensen (born 1984 in Hundige) a Danish rapper and songwriter.
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DB King
Kaliber is a Danish rap-band from Copenhagen made up of rappers DB King and Livid rapper and vocalists Face It and Mr. Mo.
They had a charting hit with "Det Dødt Nu" in 2013. They are well known for their song " Hardhitter" featuring Danish ...
a Danish rapper and songwriter.
* Ghali a Danish rapper and songwriter.
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Sleiman (rapper)
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He was born in Ain al-Hilweh Palestinian refugee camp near Sidon, Lebanon. He immigrated to Denmark as a child and grew up i ...
nejim (born 1982 in
Lebanon
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but who's grown up in Hundige) a Danish rapper and songwriter known for his criminal past and affiliation to the local gang Bloodz.
* Theresa ( Tessa (rapper)) Ann Fallesen a Danish rapper and songwriter.
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Ricki Olsen
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Career
Olsen started his career with Brøndby IF, but did not play any senior games for the team. Rande ...
(born 1988 in Hundige) a Danish football player with 250 club caps.
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Mai Surrow
Mai Surrow (born 18 September 1992) is a Danish badminton player. In 2016, she won the mixed doubles titles at the Portugal International tournament partnered with Mikkel Mikkelsen. In May 2016, she and Mikkelsen lifted their second title as a pa ...
(born 1992) a Danish badminton player, lives in Hundige.