Greve Strand (commonly also known simply as Greve) is a
Danish
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town, seat of the
Greve Municipality
Greve Municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') about 21 km south-west of Copenhagen in Region Sjælland on the east coast of the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 60 k ...
, 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 ...
. Its population is 41,879 (1 January 2015).
"BEF44: Population 1st January, by urban areas"
database from Statistics Denmark
History
Until the 1960s, the area was primarily agricultural: most businesses in town were concentrated along the coastal road "Strandvejen".
Geography
Greve Strand is located on 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, not too far (approx. 25km) 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 ...
and is a part of its urban area
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.
Notable people
* Max Jørgensen (1923 in Kildebrønde – 1992) a Danish cyclist, competed in the team pursuit at the 1948 Summer Olympics
The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...
* Rune Ohm
Rune Ohm (born 10 June 1980) is a Danish handballplayer (right back) who plays for the Danish team TMS Ringsted.
He started playing handball in Greve after which he went to Ajax Heroes. His next club was AaB Håndbold after which he played some ...
(born 1980 in Greve) a Danish handball player
* Mie Lacota
Mie Bekker Lacota (born 10 November 1988 in Greve) is a Danish professional road and track cyclist.
Palmarès
; 2003
: National Track Championships
:: 2nd, Points race
:: 2nd, Sprint
; 2004
: 1st, Overall, Vittoria Cup
: National Track Ch ...
(born 1988 in Greve) a professional road and track cyclist
* Nadia Offendal (born 1994 in Greve) a Danish handball player
* Andreas Bruus (born 1999 in Greve) a Danish footballer
* Amalie Magelund
Amalie Magelund Krogh (born 13 May 2000) is a Danish badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "sin ...
(born 2000) a Danish badminton player, lives in Greve
See also
* Greve station
References
External links
Municipal seats of Region Zealand
Municipal seats of Denmark
Copenhagen metropolitan area
Cities and towns in Region Zealand
Greve Municipality
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