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Vedbæk is a wealthy suburban neighbourhood on the coast north of
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,
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. It belongs to Rudersdal Municipality and has merged with the town of
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to the north. The area has been inhabited for at least 7,000 years, as evidenced by the discovery of a
Mesolithic The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymous ...
cemetery of the
Ertebølle culture The Ertebølle culture (ca 5300 BCE – 3950 BCE) () is the name of a hunter-gatherer and fisher, pottery-making culture dating to the end of the Mesolithic period. The culture was concentrated in Southern Scandinavia. It is named after the ...
. By the 16th century, there were a few small farms and fishermen's houses on the site and in the 18th century, well-to-do townsfolk from
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 ...
started to build country houses in the area. After a
paddle steamer A paddle steamer is a steamship or steamboat powered by a steam engine that drives paddle wheels to propel the craft through the water. In antiquity, paddle wheelers followed the development of poles, oars and sails, where the first uses wer ...
began to call at Vedbæk on its journey from Copenhagen to
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, there was an influx of visitors. There are a number of large country houses and a historic church. There has been a railway station for some time and there are popular sandy beaches to the north and south.
Enrum Enrum is a listed mansion on Strandvejen in Vedbæk, Rudersdal Municipality, some 20 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The history of the property dates back to 1731 but the current main building was built in the 1860s to a design by Joha ...
Forest is open to the public and provides recreational facilities.


History


Prehistoric times

The Vedbæk area has been inhabited for at least 7,000 years as evidenced by the so-called Vedbæk Finds from the ''Bøgebakken'' archaeological site, a
Mesolithic The Mesolithic (Greek: μέσος, ''mesos'' 'middle' + λίθος, ''lithos'' 'stone') or Middle Stone Age is the Old World archaeological period between the Upper Paleolithic and the Neolithic. The term Epipaleolithic is often used synonymous ...
cemetery of the
Ertebølle culture The Ertebølle culture (ca 5300 BCE – 3950 BCE) () is the name of a hunter-gatherer and fisher, pottery-making culture dating to the end of the Mesolithic period. The culture was concentrated in Southern Scandinavia. It is named after the ...
. The cemetery is located in the northern part of the ''Maglemosen''
peat bog A bog or bogland is a wetland that accumulates peat as a deposit of dead plant materials often mosses, typically sphagnum moss. It is one of the four main types of wetlands. Other names for bogs include mire, mosses, quagmire, and muskeg; a ...
, and was discovered in 1975 during excavation for the new Vedbæk School. (It should not be confused with the earlier Maglemosian culture, named for a different Maglemose near
Slagelse Slagelse () is a town on Zealand, Denmark. The town is the seat of Slagelse Municipality, and is the biggest town of the municipality. It is located 15 km east of Korsør, 16 km north-east of Skælskør, 33 km south-east of Kalundborg and 14 km ...
.) An example of the findings of this culture cemetery include the bodies of a young woman with a necklace made of teeth, and her newborn baby. The child is cradled in the wing of a swan with a flint knife at its hip. The child's gravegoods suggest that the culture involved ascribed status – the passing of power between generations. The brief statistical findings of the cemetery are as follows; 22 individual bodies (4 newborns), 17 of the adults buried could be aged – 8 died before reaching the age of 20. There were 9 men, 5 of them over the age of 50, and 8 women: 2 died before the age of 20, 3 living to over 40. Two women died in childbirth (including the young woman mention above) and were buried with their newborns beside them. Infant mortality rate is around 35%. Mortality rate is 50%. Reasons for these high death rates could be physiological or cultural.


16th to 19th century

The name Vedbæk is known from 1535 and is derived from ''with'', Old Danish for 'forest', and ''bæk'', meaning 'stream'. The original village consisted of small farms and fishermen's houses. Five families were occupied with fishing in 1787. In the 18th century, several country houses were built in the area by well-to-do citizens from Copenhagen. Denmark's first steam ship, the paddle steamer ''Caledonia'', operated between Copenhagen and
Helsingør Helsingør ( , ; sv, Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northern ...
, calling in Vedbæk on the way. It saved the summer visitors the dusty trip along the Coast Road (Strandvejen), leading to a significant increase in the influx of tourists.


20th century urbanisation

Vedbæk Station opened in 1897, leading to increased urbanization. The
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trained at Vedbæk Stadion (staying at the nearby Hotel Marina) for 25 years, before relocating to Helsingør in 2008. Between 1973 and 2006, the Danish Defence Command was located in Vedbæk. The town's harbour was constructed during 1917–19.


Landmarks


Historic houses

Enrum Enrum is a listed mansion on Strandvejen in Vedbæk, Rudersdal Municipality, some 20 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The history of the property dates back to 1731 but the current main building was built in the 1860s to a design by Joha ...
is the oldest and largest of the old country houses in Vedbæk. The first house was built in 1731 by royal servant Georg Chr. Jakobi on land that belonged to the king. A later owner was the merchant Conrad Alexander de Tengnagel who built a new house surrounded by a grandiose Romantic park. In 1845, he sold Enrum to count Christian Danneskiold-Samsøe, the owner of
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. He commissioned
Johan Daniel Herholdt Johan Daniel Herholdt (13 August 1818 – 11 April 1902) was a Danish architect, professor and royal building inspector. He worked in the Historicist style and had a significant influence on Danish architecture during the second half of the 19th an ...
to design a new house which was completed in English style in The house has now been converted into offices. Sølyst was built for G.B.G. Sehested in 1847 to designs by
Niels Sigfred Nebelong Niels Sigfred Nebelong (14 October 1806 – 9 October 1871) was a Danish architect who worked in the Historicist style. He was city architect in Copenhagen from 1863 and also designed many lighthouses around Denmark in his capacity as residen ...
. The house was altered in 1915. Miramara (Vedbæk Stradvej 350) is located on a hill just south of Vedbæk Marina. The house was built by textile manufacturer William Salomonsen in 1887 on the site of the former customs house. It was designed by
Hack Kampmann Hack Kampmann (6 September 1856 – 27 June 1920) was a Danish architect, Royal Inspector of Listed State Buildings in Jutland and professor at the architecture department of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Marselisborg Palace in Aarhus, ...
. It was used in the
rescue of the Danish Jews The Danish resistance movement, with the assistance of many Danish citizens, managed to evacuate 7,220 of Denmark's 7,800 Jews, plus 686 non-Jewish spouses, by sea to nearby neutral Sweden during the Second World War.Skodsborg Skodsborg is a small town/suburb approx. 20 km. north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The town has a population of 1,269 (1 January 2022)
. The historic building was designed by Vilhelm Tvede and completed in 1871. It has served as a parish church since 1923. In the 2020 Danish film '' Another Round'' ( da, Druk), one scene is filmed at the church.


Parks and open spaces

Vedbæk North and South Beach is located at Vedbæk Marina and are the most popular beaches in Rudersdal Municipality. The North Beach comprises a sandy beach as well as a grassy area with scattered solitaire trees. The South Beach offers a purely natural setting with dunes and beach vegetation. Enrum Forest has an area of 31 hectares. It adjoins Trørød Forest and is open to the public since it has been leased by the Danish Nature Agency on a 50 years contract. It southern part is covered by a small lake, Enrum Pond (''Enrum Dam''), a boggy area and meadows. The rest is mainly beech forest. In the western part of the forest, in the central axis of the main building, stands the Friendship Column. In the northern part of the forest stands King Charles' Spring (''Kong Carls Kilde''), which supposedly catered to King
Charles XII of Sweden Charles XII, sometimes Carl XII ( sv, Karl XII) or Carolus Rex (17 June 1682 – 30 November 1718 O.S.), was King of Sweden (including current Finland) from 1697 to 1718. He belonged to the House of Palatinate-Zweibrücken, a branch line of t ...
during the departure of his troops from Vedbæk Harbour in 1700.


Transport

Vedbæk Station is a Coast Line regional railway station, serving the Oresundtrain between
Helsingør Helsingør ( , ; sv, Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northern ...
and
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. The station is like the other stations on the Coast Line designed by
Heinrich Wenck Heinrich (Henry) Emil Charles Wenck (10 March 1851 – 3 February 1936) was a Danish architect, known for the numerous railway stations he designed in his capacity of chief architect for the Danish State Railways from 1894 to 1921. During the yea ...
in the
National Romantic Romantic nationalism (also national romanticism, organic nationalism, identity nationalism) is the form of nationalism in which the state claims its political legitimacy as an organic consequence of the unity of those it governs. This includes ...
style. Vedbæk was formerly also connected to
Lyngby Kongens Lyngby (, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site of ...
by rail. The Lyngby–Vedbæk Line was built mainly to serve the industrial enterprises along
Mølleåen Mølleåen, also Mølleå, sometimes translated as the Millstream, is a small river in North Zealand, Denmark, which runs from the west of Bastrup Sø near Lynge to the Øresund between Taarbæk and Skodsborg. The valley contains several country ...
. It opened in 1900 but remained economically unsuccessful and the section from
Nærum Nærum () is a suburban district in Rudersdal Municipality in the north outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. Quartered by the Helsingør Motorway running north–south and Skodsborgvej running east–west, Nærum is bounded by Jægersborg Hegn on ...
to Vedbæk closed on 1 January 1923. The railway was subsequently renamed the
Nærum Line Nærumbanen is a short railway line in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen which serves mainly local neighborhoods in Kongens Lyngby in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality and Nærum in Rudersdal municipality. It is currently operated by the railway comp ...
. Movia bus lines linje 193, 195 and 388 serve Vedbæk.


Notable people


Public Service & Public thinking

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Caroline Matilda of Great Britain Caroline Matilda of Great Britain ( da, Caroline Mathilde; 1751 – 10 May 1775) was Queen of Denmark and Norway from 1766 to 1772 by marriage to King Christian VII. The youngest and posthumous daughter of Frederick, Prince of Wales, by Prin ...
(1751–1775) Queen consort of Denmark and Norway by marriage to
King Christian VII Christian VII (29 January 1749 – 13 March 1808) was a monarch of the House of Oldenburg who was King of Denmark–Norway and Duke of Duchy of Schleswig, Schleswig and Duchy of Holstein, Holstein from 1766 until his death in 1808. For his motto ...
. In 1771 the Court took summer residence at
Hirschholm Palace Hirschholm Palace, also known as Hørsholm Palace, was a royal palace located in present-day Hørsholm municipality just north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was rebuilt in the Baroque style in the 1740s and, one of the finest buildings of its time, it ...
where she planned a new summer villa,
Frydenlund Frydenlund is a historic house near Vedbæk north of Copenhagen, Denmark. History The royal pavilion The first structure at the site was a hunting lodge built just north of the royal deer park Jægersborg Dyrehave which was established in 1670. I ...
in Vedbæk * Bodil Hellfach (1856–1941) pioneering Danish nurse, vice-chair of the
Danish Nurses' Organization The Danish Nurses' Organization ( abbrev. DNO; in Danish ''Dansk Sygeplejeråd'', abbrev. ''DSR'') is a trade union in Denmark. It represents 95% of all nurses with a membership of 75,000. The DNO is affiliated with the FTF – Confederation of ...
1899–1907. Board member of DSR's recreational home in Vedbæk *
Ingeborg Hansen Ingeborg Cathrine Hansen (17 February 1886 – 5 August 1954) was a Danish lawyer and politician of the Social Democratic Party. Elected speaker of the Landsting in 1950, she was the first female speaker in Denmark when its Parliament was bicame ...
(1886 – 1954 in Vedbæk) Danish lawyer, elected Speaker of the Landsting in 1950, she was the world's first female Parliament speaker.


The Arts

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Andreas Munch Andreas Munch (19 October 1811 – 27 June 1884) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright and newspaper editor. He was the first person to be granted a poet's pension by the Parliament of Norway. Personal life Munch was born in Christiania, as s ...
(1811 – 1884 in Vedbæk) Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright and newspaper editor, the first person to be granted a poet's pension by the Parliament of Norway * Carl Baagøe (1829–1902) Danish marine painter, including ''Vedbæk, Seen from the Pier' *
Georg Høeberg Georg Valdemar Høeberg ( 27 December 1872 in Copenhagen – 3 August 1950 in Vedbaek ) was a Danish violinist, conductor and composer. He was the brother of the opera singer Albert Høeberg and cellist Ernst Høeberg and grandson of Hans Christian ...
(1872 – 1950 in Vedbaek) Danish violinist, conductor and composer *
Aksel Andersen Hans Aksel Andersen (19 March 1912 – 18 November 1977) was a Danish classical organist, composer and professor of music. Aksel Andersen was born in Ruskin, Nebraska. As a boy he was trained in organ, violin and piano. In Denmark, he was a ...
(1912 – 1977 in Vedbæk) American-born, Danish classical organist, composer and academic *
Bodil Kjer Bodil Kjer (; 2 September 1917 – 1 February 2003) was a Danish actress whose talent and charisma earned her status as a Primadonna and the title of first lady of Danish theater.Piil, Morten, ''Bodil Kjer'' Danske Filmskuespillere, Gyldendal, ...
(1917 – 2003 in Vedbæk) Danish actress whose talent and charisma earned her status as a Primadonna and the title of first lady of Danish theater IMDb Database
retrieved 20 April 2020
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Kristor Brødsgaard Kristor Lybecker Brødsgaard (born 1979) is a Danish double bassist known from collaborations with jazz guitarist Tao Højgaard and within JazzKamikaze. Career Brødsgaard picked up the double bass in 1992, and was awarded the «Berlingske Tid ...
(born 1979 in Vedbæk) Danish double bassist


Architects & Business

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Ernst Brandenburger Ernst Brandenburger (active from 1689 – died c. 1713) was a Danish master builder and entrepreneur who, through his collaboration with Christof Marselis (ca. 1670–1731) and Wilhelm Friedrich von Platen (1667-1732), left his mark on Danis ...
(1689 – 1713) Danish master builder and entrepreneur, from 1700 he owned a brickyard in Vedbæk *
Niels Sigfred Nebelong Niels Sigfred Nebelong (14 October 1806 – 9 October 1871) was a Danish architect who worked in the Historicist style. He was city architect in Copenhagen from 1863 and also designed many lighthouses around Denmark in his capacity as residen ...
(1806–1871) Danish architect using the Historicist style, Copenhagen city architect from 1863, designed Sølyst Countryhouse, Vedbæk in 1847, redesigned in 1915. *
Johan Daniel Herholdt Johan Daniel Herholdt (13 August 1818 – 11 April 1902) was a Danish architect, professor and royal building inspector. He worked in the Historicist style and had a significant influence on Danish architecture during the second half of the 19th an ...
(1818–1902) an architect, royal building inspector, designed
Enrum Enrum is a listed mansion on Strandvejen in Vedbæk, Rudersdal Municipality, some 20 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The history of the property dates back to 1731 but the current main building was built in the 1860s to a design by Joha ...
*
Gustav Bartholin Hagen Gustav Bartholin Hagen (12 February 1873 – 10 May 1941) was a Danish architect. He was the father of the architect Ole Hagen (1913-1984). Early life and education Gustav Bartholin Hagen was born in Copenhagen, the son of Sophus Hagen, a ...
(1873–1941) Danish architect, specializing in private villas and country houses, including ''Villa BH'' in Vedbæk (1904–08) *
Gudmund Nyeland Brandt Gudmund Nyeland Brandt (17 March 1878 in Frederiksberg – 30 April 1945 in Kessel-lo) was a Danish landscape architect who was internationally renowned. Career Brandt was born at Frederiksberg, Denmark. His father, Peter Christoffer Brandt, was ...
(1878–1945) Danish landscape architect, works included Makiri, Villa Garden to Villa Nympha for Helge Jacobsen in Vedbæk (1930–31) * Søren Skou (born 1964) CEO of
Maersk Line Maersk Line or Maersk SeaLand is a Danish international container shipping company and the largest operating subsidiary of the Maersk Group, a Danish business conglomerate. Founded in 1928, it is the world's largest container shipping company by ...
since January 2012, lives in Vedbæk


Sport

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Hans Andresen Hans Edmund Andresen (3 October 1927 – 7 February 2014) was a Danish cyclist. He competed at the 1948 and 1952 Summer Olympics. He also rode in the 1958 Tour de France The 1958 Tour de France was the 45th edition of the Tour de France, ...
(1927 in Vedbæk – 2014) Danish cyclist, competed at the
1948 Events January * January 1 ** The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is inaugurated. ** The Constitution of New Jersey (later subject to amendment) goes into effect. ** The railways of Britain are nationalized, to form British ...
and
1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...
. He also rode in the
1958 Tour de France The 1958 Tour de France was the 45th edition of the Tour de France, taking place from 26 June to 19 July. The total race distance was 24 stages over . The yellow jersey for the leader in the general classification changed owner a record 11 times ...
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Steen Tinning Steen Tinning (born 7 October 1962) is a Danish professional golfer who formerly played on the European Tour and plays on the European Senior Tour. Career Tinning was born in Copenhagen. After a successful amateur career he turned professional in ...
(born 1962) professional golfer on the European Senior Tour, lives in Vedbæk. *
Martin Laursen Martin Laursen (born 26 July 1977) is a Danish former professional footballer who played in the centre-back position. He played three seasons for Italian club A.C. Milan, with whom he won the 2003 UEFA Champions League and the 2004 Serie A champ ...
(born 1977) Danish former footballer, settled in Vedbæk and worked as a football pundit for Sky Sports and as a co-commentator for Danish broadcaster TV2


See also

* Strandridergaarden


Literature

* Petersen, Erik Brinch; (also contrib. Jønsson, J. H., Juel, C. and Kjær, A. (2015), Diversity of Mesolithic VEDBÆK. Acta Archaeologica, 86, #1. * Stilling, Niels Peter: ''Miramare. Et stykke Danmarkshistorie ved Vedbækkysten'' (1992/ 2. udg. 1997) * Stilling, Niels Peter: ''Vedbæk kirke'' (1996)


References


External links


Vedbæk Skole & Kulturcenter

Vedbæk Havn

Vedbæk Kirke
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vedbaek Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Rudersdal Municipality