Solrød Strand is a
Danish
Danish may refer to:
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People
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town, seat of the
Solrød Municipality, in the
Region Sjælland
Region Zealand ( da, Region Sjælland) is the southernmost administrative region of Denmark, established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regi ...
. It is commonly known simply as Solrød. Its population as of 1 January 2022 was 17,337
[BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density]
The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark including
Jersie Strand, the southern part of the Solrød Strand
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 ...
.
History
Geography
Solrød Strand is located in 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 about 30 kilometer southwest of Copenhagen.
Notable people
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Peter Lundin
Peter Kenneth Bostrøm Lundin (born February 15, 1972), who later renamed himself to Bjarne Skounborg and most recently Thomas Kristian Olesen, is a Danish serial killer who, on March 15, 2001, was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Østre La ...
(born 1972 in Solrød Strand) a Dane convicted of four counts of murder, in the US and Denmark
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Simon Sears
Simon Sears (born 25 January 1984) is a Danish actor.
Early life and education
Sears was born in Roskilde to an Italian father and Danish mother. He was raised in the town of Solrød Strand, and has two older siblings.
When he was younger, Sear ...
(born 1984), actor, raised in Solrød Strand
[ IMDb Database]
retrieved 19 June 2020
Sport
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Rikke Olsen
Rikke Olsen Siegemund (born 19 April 1975) is a retired badminton player from Denmark. She won the mixed doubles title at the World Junior Championships in 1992 and the girls' doubles title at the European Junior Championships in 1993.
Born in ...
(born 1975) is a retired badminton player, lives in Solrød Strand
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Ken Ilsø (born 1986 in Solrød Strand) a former Danish professional footballer with 250 club caps
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Joachim Andersen (born 1996 in Solrød Strand) a Danish professional footballer with over 130 club caps
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Mia Blichfeldt (born 1997 in Solrød Strand) a Danish badminton player, still lives in Solrød Strand
See also
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Solrød Strand station
Solrød Strand station is a station on the Køge radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It serves Solrød Strand, in the northeastern part of the municipality of Solrød, and serves as the extended terminus of service A, with ever ...
References
External links
Municipal seats of Region Zealand
Municipal seats of Denmark
Copenhagen metropolitan area
Cities and towns in Region Zealand
Solrød Municipality
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