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. This area is primarily made up of one and two family houses and two and three story apartment buildings.

History

The first known references to the village is from 1346 when it is referred to as ''Wangwethæ''.

Landmarks

Munkegaard School was completed in 1953 to a design by

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. Vangede Church is from 1974 and was designed by Johan Otto von Spreckelsen, who would later also design the

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in Paris. Vangede Battery has been converted into a park.

Transport

Vangede has three

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-stations, Vangede, Kildebakke and dyssegård, all three of them are located on the Farum radial. Vangede is served by both the A and H trains while Dyssegård is only served by A trains. Some would consider Dyssegård being located in Dyssegård and not in Vangede.

Cultural references

The author

Dan Turèll Dan Turèll (March 19, 1946 – October 15, 1993), affectionately nicknamed "Onkel Danny" (''Uncle Danny''), was a popular Danish writer with notable influence on Danish literature. Influenced by the Beat Generation his work crossed a number of ...

grew up in the neighbourhood and has portrayed it in his book ''Vangede billeder''.

Notable people

* Peer Hultberg (1935 in Vangede – 2007) a Danish author and psychoanalyst *

(1946 in Vangede – 1993), affectionately nicknamed "''Onkel Danny''" (Uncle Danny), was a popular Danish writer * Povl Erik Carstensen (born 1960 in Vangede) a Danish comedian, actor and jazz double bassist IMDb Database
retrieved 20 April 2020

References

External links

Neighbourhoods in Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Gentofte Municipality {{CapitalDK-stub