Buddinge is a suburb 10 km northwest of central

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 a ...

, Denmark. The suburb used to be a small village, but by the 1960s merged with nearby suburban areas, subsequently becoming a suburb. The suburb is part of

Gladsaxe Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 69,681 (2019). Its ma ...

municipal and is connected by the

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with two stations: Buddinge and Kildebakke

Notable people

Andreas Petersen Carl Andreas Dusinius Hjort Petersen (19 September 1901 – 15 February 1976) was a Danish boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Buddinge Buddinge is a suburb 10 km northwest of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The ...

(1901 in Buddinge – 1976) a Danish boxer who competed in the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The o ...

Kaj Ejstrup Kaj Ejstrup (20 February 1902 – 23 November 1956) was a Danish artist, illustrator and sculptor. Above all, he is remembered for the landscapes he painted in the north west of Zealand as a member of the artists' colony known as the Odsherred Pai ...

(1902–1956) a Danish artist, illustrator and sculptor and an Odsherred painter, brought up in Buddinge

References

Municipal seats in the Capital Region of Denmark Municipal seats of Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Neighbourhoods in Denmark Gladsaxe Municipality {{CapitalDK-stub