Hvissinge (or Hvessinge on some maps, though not in local signage) is a suburb approximately 13 km west 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 ...

. Originally a small village, but in the 1970s the town grew quickly along with

Glostrup Glostrup is a Danish town in Region Hovedstaden, forming one of the western suburbs of Copenhagen. It is the administrative seat of Glostrup Municipality, with an estimated population of 22,357 . During the 20th century Glostrup developed from ...

. It is part of

Glostrup Municipality Glostrup Kommune is a suburban municipality (Danish '' kommune'') and town in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') approx. 10 km west of Copenhagen in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 13.31 km², ...

and situated 2 km north east of the city centre.

Notable people

Jens Østerholm Jens Østerholm (25 April 1928 – 13 November 2006) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1959 and 1994. He was born in Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National a ...

(1928 in Hvissinge – 2006) a Danish film actor IMDb Database
retrieved 31 July 2020

References

Geography of Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Glostrup Municipality {{CapitalDK-stub