Rødovre is a town in eastern Denmark, seat of the Rødovre Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden. The town's population 1 January 2019 was 39,907, and in addition 145 persons had no fixed address, which made up a total of 40,052 in the municipality as a whole. Rødovre is part of the

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History

Until 1901, the town was part of the parish of Brønshøj-Rødovre.

Vanløse Vanløse is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen, Denmark. It lies on the western border of the municipality. Vanløse covers an area of 6.69 km², and has a population of 36,115, making Vanløse the smallest district of Copenhagen ...

was also part of that parish. In that year, Rødovre was created as independent municipality and

Brønshøj Brønshøj, part of the municipality of Copenhagen, forms, together with Husum, the administrative city district (''bydel'') of Brønshøj-Husum, in Denmark. History The first mention of the village Brønshøj (Brunshoga), is in a letter dated Oc ...

was simultaneously annexed by the city of Copenhagen.

Geography

Rødovre, co-extensive with the territory of its municipality, is in the central-western suburbs of

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, bordering

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to the east,

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 ...

to the west, Herlev to the north, and Brøndby and Hvidovre to the south. The town mostly comprises

suburban A suburb (more broadly suburban area) is an area within a metropolitan area, which may include commercial and mixed-use, that is primarily a residential area. A suburb can exist either as part of a larger city/urban area or as a separate ...

homes in the south and light industrial areas in the north. It has several smaller green areas, including Schweizerdalsparken, and larger areas such as

Vestvolden Vestvolden () is a rampart complex west of Copenhagen, Denmark. Stretching approximately from Avedøre in the south to Utterslev Mose in the north, it is part of the last generation of land fortifications of the city. Built in the period 1888–1 ...

and Damhussøen lie inside Copenhagen Municipality adjacent to and forming the border with Rødovre. There are six public schools in the town, one technical school and a private school.

Rødovre Centrum Rødovre Centrum is a shopping center and mixed-use development situated in Rødovre in the western suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It has a total area of 150,000 square metres of which 44,000 square metres are retail space. The shopping center con ...

is a shopping mall. Viften - meaning "The Fan" - which besides being a

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, is a cinema and a combined

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. There are also many smaller business districts such as

Damhustorvet Damhustorvet is a larger traffic hub and small business district in south-eastern Rødovre, immediately before the border to Copenhagen. It is served by 8 bus lines, and has two supermarkets, pizzeria, a bicycle store, an outdoor shop, butcher, ba ...

and

Islev Torv Islev is a suburb, located approximately 10 km west of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The suburb consists of single-family detached houses and a commercial area. The suburb is connected to Copenhagen by the S-train. Islev Station is located ju ...

Sports and culture

Every Tuesday, the local newspaper "Rødovre Lokal Nyt" (Rødovre Local News) is delivered by mail to all residents. Radio Rødovre broadcasts on 105.9 FM, and sometimes local TV is broadcast via Kanal København. There is an

Ice Hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

arena, home of

Rødovre Mighty Bulls The Rødovre Mighty Bulls is a Danish professional ice hockey team based in Rødovre, Denmark, playing in the Metal Ligaen, the top tier of Danish ice hockey. The club was founded in 1961 and play their home games in the Rødovre Skøjte Arena w ...

, two smaller football stadiums (home of

BK Avarta Boldklubben Avarta is a Danish Association football, football club currently playing in the Danish 2nd Division Group 1, which ranks as the third highest league in Denmark. Avarta's home ground is Espelundens Idrætsanlæg in Rødovre, Copenhagen ...

and

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, respectively) and one

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, served by line B of the commuter

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. The

are a professional ice hockey team which plays in the top Danish League, Metal Ligaen. *

, the local shopping mall, was the first of its kind in Denmark. * The

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was designed by

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. *

Henry Heerup Henry Heerup (4 November 1907 – 30 May 1993) was a Danish painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Heerup was an extremely versatile artist. His works of art included paintings, lithographs, stone sculptures, linoleum cuts and drawings as well as ob ...

had his studio in Rødovre, and made most of his well-known works here. * Benjamin Christensen had his cinema Rio Bio in Rødovre.

Notable people

(1907–1993) a painter and sculptor, worked in Rødovre and willed a collection of his work to the municipality * Kim Bendix Petersen (born 1956) stage name ''King Diamond'', singer songwriter for Mercyful Fate and King Diamond * Dennis Jürgensen (born 1961) a Danish writers for kids and young adults, lives in Rødovre * Brigitte Nielsen (born 1963) actress, musician and television personality *

Tine Susanne Miksch Roed Tine Susanne Miksch Roed (born 19 November 1964), is a Danish administrator and business executive who as of September 2015 is deputy director-general at the Confederation of Danish Industry. Roed was born in 1964 in Rødovre. She graduated in law ...

(born 1964) Deputy director-general at the

Confederation of Danish Industry The Confederation of Danish Industry (DI) is Denmark's largest business organization (chambers of commerce) and employers' organization. DI's members are 18,000 private enterprises in manufacturing and the service industry, from virtually all sub-s ...

since 2015 *

Helle Thorning-Schmidt Helle Thorning-Schmidt (; born 14 December 1966) is a Danish retired politician who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, and Leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to have held each p ...

(born 1966) former Prime minister of Denmark *

Jakob Ejersbo Jakob Ejersbo (6 April 1968, in Rødovre – 10 July 2008, in Aalborg) was a Danish journalist and writer. His work is considered modern and neorealistic. Authoring the immensely popular novel, '' Nordkraft'', which sold more than 100,000 copies, ...

(1968–2008) a Danish journalist and writer, wrote ''Nordkraft'', ''Trilogi om Afrika'' * Anders W. Berthelsen (born 1969) a Danish actor *

Nikolaj Lie Kaas Nikolaj Lie Kaas (; born 22 May 1973) is a Danish actor whose career rose in the 1990s. Kaas graduated from the National Theater School in Denmark in 1998. He first appeared on screen in Søren Kragh-Jacobsen's film ''The Boys from St. Petri'' i ...

(born 1973) a Danish actor * Kian Rosenberg Larsson (born 1992), stage name '' Gilli'' a Danish rapper and actor * Riffi Haddaoui festival owner and former soccer player

Sport

Hans Fogh Hans Marius Fogh (8 March 1938 – 14 March 2014) was one of the most successful competitive sailors in history, with dozens of national and international championships and in many different classes, including two Olympic medals. Olympic caree ...

(1938–2014) Olympic sailor in six Olympic games (1960 , 1964, 1968, 1972 , 1976 and 1984 ), and sailmaker. *

Michael Schäfer Michael Schäfer (born 25 January 1959) is a Danish former football player and now manager. In his active career as a midfielder, he played 482 games for Danish club Lyngby BK, as well as three games for the Denmark national football team. At ...

(born 1959) a Danish former footballer and now manager, played 482 games for

Lyngby BK Lyngby Boldklub () is a Danish professional football club founded in 1921. It is based at Lyngby Stadion in Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, a northern suburb of Copenhagen. From 1994 to 2001 the club was known as Lyngby FC. The club ...

* Søren Henriksen (born 1963) a former Danish cricketer and

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captain * Ken Frost (born 1967) a Danish cyclist, team bronze medallist at the

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Ole Bjur Ole Bjur (born 13 September 1968) is a Danish former professional footballer who played 384 matches for Brøndby IF, with whom he won three Danish Superliga championships. He played as an attacking midfielder or right midfielder, with a good tech ...

(born 1968) a Danish former footballer, played 384 matches for

Brøndby IF Brøndbyernes Idrætsforening (, usually abbreviated to Brøndby IF (), is a professional association football club based in Brøndbyvester, Capital Region of Denmark. The club was founded in 1964 as a merger between two local clubs and was p ...

Marc Rieper Marc Jensen Rieper (born 5 June 1968) is a Danish former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back for Aarhus Gymnastikforening, AGF and Brøndby IF, Brøndby in Denmark, West Ham United F.C., West Ham United in E ...

(born 1968) former footballer and

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with 305 club caps and 61 for

. He also played in the

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and the

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. *

Martin Retov Martin Retov (; born 5 May 1980) is a Danish football coach and former player. He works as the assistant coach of Brøndby IF. He has played more than 200 games for Brøndby IF. Retov began his career at Køge Boldklub, joining their youth te ...

(born 1980) a Danish football coach and former player with 484 club caps *

Jannik Hansen Jannik Hansen (born 15 March 1986) is a Danish former professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), right winger. Hansen began playing professionally at the age of 16 with both the Rødovre Mighty Bulls of the AL-Bank Ligaen, Danish league and t ...

(born 1986) a former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player, *

Lars Eller Lars Fosgaard Eller (born 8 May 1989) is a Danish professional ice hockey player for the Washington Capitals of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "the Tiger", he was drafted by the St. Louis Blues in the first round, 13th overall in th ...

(born 1989) professional

player and Stanley Cup Champion * Nikolaj Krag Christensen (born 1998) a Danish professional ice hockey forward

Picture gallery

File:RødovreStation-11.JPG, Rødovre Train Station File:Vandtårn Tårnvej Rødovre.jpg, Vandtårn Tårnvej Rødovre File:Rødovre Centrum.JPG, Rødovre Centrum shopping mall File:Rødovre by night.jpg, Rødovre by night

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodovre Municipal seats in the Capital Region of Denmark Municipal seats of Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark Rødovre Municipality