Nødebo is a village located on the southwestern shores of Lake Esrum in Hillerød Municipality,

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, some 40 km north of

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Nødebo Church Nødebo Church (Danish: ''Nødebo Kirke'') is located in Nødebo in the northern part of the Danish island of Zealand. It is situated on the south-western shore of Lake Esrum, 5 km north of Hillerød and 40 km north of Copenhagen. The c ...

, the oldest in the area, is notable for its church frescos and its early 16th century

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. Nødebo Kro a historic inn, now serves as a community centre and local cultural venue. Nødebo is surrounded by Forest of Grib on three sides. Its par force hunting road well-preserved network was declared a

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in 2015. The Forest and Landscape College, now part of

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's Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management, is located in the northern part of Nødebo.

History

The village of Nødebo was located in the vast forests north of Frederiksborg Castle. Traditional occupations included charcoal burner, farming and fishing in Lake Esrum.

Description

Today Nødebo mainly consists of

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s. Facilities include a primary school and a Netto store. Nødebo Kro was turned into a community centre and cultural venue in 1977. The current building is from 1915 when the inn was rebuilt after a fire. students from the Forest and Landscape College have built a number of public facilities such as shelters and a nature playground near the school. They also arranges public events such as an annual Christmas market.

is the oldest church in the area. It is known for its murals. The altarpiece was painted by

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Egelund House Egelund House (Danish: Egelund Slot) is a former royal residence built by Queen Dowager Louise Josephine from 1915 to 1917 on the road between Hillerød and Fredensborg, near the village of Nødebo and the southern tip of Lake Esrom, 35 km no ...

was built for built by Queen Dowager Louise Josephine in 1917. Today it is owned by

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and used as a congress and training centre.

Surroundings

Nødebo is surrounded by forest on three sides. Two gravel paths, one from the southern part of Nødebo and one from the Forest and Landscape College, leads up to Ottevejskrydset, the 8-way junction in the centre of

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's par force hunting road network in the forest.

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often visited the site and refers to it in ''

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'' as the place with eight roads that no one travels by". A memorial stone was installed at the site in 1913 in connection with the 100 year anniversary of his birth. The small woodland which separates the southernmost part of Nødebo from Lake Esrum is called Nødeboholt (or Holtet). Møllekrogen, the marshy area at the south side of Lake Esrum, is a bird sanctuary with several watchtowers for bird watching.

Cultural references

Egon (

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) and Kjeld ( Morten Grunwald) is quarrelling on the shore of Lake Esrom in Nødebo Holt at 1:02:54 in the 1978 '' Olsen-banden'' film ''

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Notable people

* Johannes Østrup (1867–1938), philologist and rector of

, lived in Nødebo and buried in

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(1943-2017) a Danish musician, lived in Nødebo *

Jørgen Marcussen Jørgen Marcussen (born 15 May 1950) is a former Danish racing cyclist. He competed, as an amateur, in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. As an amateur he also became national champion in team time ...

(born 1950 in Nødebo), a former racing cyclist, competed the

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Michala Petri Michala Petri (born July 7, 1958) is a Danish recorder player. Her debut as a soloist was in 1969. She is the step-granddaughter of Danish actress Ingeborg Brams. Biography Petri, who began playing the recorder at the age of three, is noted for ...

(born 1958) a Danish recorder player, grew up in Nødebo * Michelle Hviid, (Danish Wiki) (born 1972), lecturer and entrepreneur, grew up in Nødebo * Kidd (born 1989) real name ''Nicholas Westwood Kidd'' is a Danish rapper and hip hop artist, he grew up in Nødebo

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