Værløse () is a town in Furesø Municipality in the northwestern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. As of 1 January 2022, it has a population of 13,069. Situated on the west side of the Hillerød Motorway, between Farum Lake to the north and Søndersø Lake to the south, it is surrounded by forest on three sides. Modern Værløse emerged around

Værløse station Værløse Station is a station on the Farum radial of the S-train network in Copenhagen, Denmark. It serves the town of Værløse Værløse () is a town in Furesø Municipality in the northwestern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. As of 1 Januar ...

in the 1950s. The original centre of the parish was the village of

Kirke Værløse Kirke may refer to: *Alexis Kirke, British composer and filmmaker * Álvur Kirke (born 1939), Faroese politician * Basil Wharton Kirke (1893–1958), Australian radio executive *David Kirke, English adventurer, colonizer and governor *George Kirke ...

, located three kilometres to the west. The two communities have now almost merged.

History

Kirke Værløse is mentioned in 1321–23 as ''Vetherløsa maklæ''. The meaning of the name is unclear but it may be an old name for the lake Søndersø. The suffix ''-løse'' means "area used for grazing in a clearing" ("græsgang i lysning"). The word ''maklæ'' (''magle'') means Freat (''store''). With the opening of the Slangerup Rail Line in 1906, Lille Værløse ("Little Værløse"), a smaller village three kilometres to the east, obtained a more favorable location. Its surroundings was redeveloped with summer houses in the 1940s.

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took over the Slangerup Rail Line in 1945, shortening it with Farum as the new terminus in 1943. The rapid growth of Copenhagen's suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s also affected Lille Værløse, whose population quintupled between 1950 and 1970. The civil parish of Værløse formed the basis of

Værløse Municipality Værløse was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') consisting of only ''one'' parish also named Værløse in the former Copenhagen County on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 34 km2, ...

which existed until 2006. It was merged January 1, 2007 with the former

Farum Municipality Farum municipality was a municipality (Danish '' kommune'') in the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. On January 1, 2007 it merged with Værløse municipality to form the new Furesø municipality as a consequence of Denmark's ...

to form Furesø Municipality.

Description

Værløse has a small town centre with apartment buildings and a retail center surrounding Værløse station. Furesø Town Hall is located just north of the station. The rest of the town mainly consists of

single-family detached home A stand-alone house (also called a single-detached dwelling, detached residence or detached house) is a free-standing residential building. It is sometimes referred to as a single-family home, as opposed to a multi-family residential dwelling ...

s and terraced housing. Kirke Værløse and Værløse have now almost merged with the establishment of a business district in the western outskirts of Værløse.

Image gallery

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Notable people

Frederik Rodenberg 2019 UEC Track Elite European Championships

Karl-Gottfried Prasse Karl-Gottfried Prasse (14 August 1929 in Hamburg – 12 April 2018 in Værløse) was a Danish linguist with a focus in the Berber language. He was mainly concerned with the Tuareg-Berber language spoken in Niger, Mali and southern Algeria. For th ...

(1929 – 2018 in Værløse) a Danish linguist with a focus on the

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, academic at University of Copenhagen from 1969 to 1996 *

Annette Mangaard Annette Mangaard is a Danish/Canadian filmmaker, artist, writer, director, and producer, whose films and installations have been shown internationally at art galleries, cinematheques and film festivals. With a practice rooted in theatrical drama a ...

(born 1956 in Lille Vaerlose) a Danish/Canadian filmmaker, artist, writer, director, and producer *

Thomas Bickham Thomas Bickham, also known as Tomboy (born 29 March 1975 in Værløse), is a Danish drag queen, stylist, hairdresser, designer and TV personality. Bickham was originally trained as a clothing operator, but already as a 19 year old he started perf ...

(born 1975 in Værløse) a drag queen artist, hairdresser, designer and TV personality IMDb Database
retrieved 6 July 2020 *

Kira Marie Peter-Hansen Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (born 23 February 1998) is a Danish politician. She is a Socialist People's Party (part of the Greens–European Free Alliance group) Member of the European Parliament (MEP) elected in the 2019 European parliamentary el ...

(born 1998) a Danish politician &

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, grew up in Værløse * Nik & Jay (formed 2002 in Værløse) Hip-Hop, R&B & Pop music duo

Sport

Kurt Stendal Kurt Stendal (19 February 1951 – 21 August 2019) was a Danish footballer who played as a midfielder.Bent Christensen (born 1963 in Værløse) former footballer, now head coach of

Odder IGF Odder Idræts- og Gymnastikforening is a Danish association football, football club currently playing in the Denmark Series, the fifth tier of Danish football. They play at Spektrum Park in Odder, Jutland, which has a capacity of 1,000. History I ...

* Mikkel Jensen (born 1977 in Værløse) a retired Danish football player with over 225 club caps *

Martin Albrechtsen Martin Albrechtsen (born 31 March 1980) is a Danish football player. He can play in any position across the back four and has played four games for the Danish national team. He is the older brother of Jacob Albrechtsen. Career Akademisk Bol ...

(born 1980 in Værløse) a Danish football player with over 450 club caps * Frederik Rodenberg (born 1998 in Værløse) a Danish professional racing cyclist *

Anne Skelbæk Anne Skelbæk (born 31 August 1990) is a Danish badminton player from the Værløse badminton club. In 2008, she has won some women's doubles title at the International Series tournament in Greece, Cyprus, and Czech Republic partnered with Maria ...

(born 1990) a Danish badminton player from the Værløse badminton club

References

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