Nødebo is a village located on the southwestern shores of

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, North Zealand, some 40 km north of

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. Nødebo Church, the oldest in the area, is notable for its church frescos and its early 16th century altarpiece. Nødebo Kro a historic inn, now serves as a community centre and local cultural venue. Nødebo is surrounded by Forest of Grib on three sides. Its par force hunting road well-preserved network was declared a

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in 2015. The Forest and Landscape College, now part of

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's Department of Geosciences and Natural Resources Management, is located in the northern part of Nødebo.

History

The village of Nødebo was located in the vast forests north of

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. Traditional occupations included

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, farming and fishing in Lake Esrum.

Description

Today Nødebo mainly consists of

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s. Facilities include a primary school and a Netto store. Nødebo Kro was turned into a community centre and cultural venue in 1977. The current building is from 1915 when the inn was rebuilt after a fire. students from the Forest and Landscape College have built a number of public facilities such as shelters and a nature playground near the school. They also arranges public events such as an annual Christmas market. Nødebo Church is the oldest church in the area. It is known for its murals. The altarpiece was painted by Jacob van Utrecht. Egelund House was built for built by Queen Dowager Louise Josephine in 1917. Today it is owned by

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and used as a congress and training centre.

Surroundings

Nødebo is surrounded by forest on three sides. Two gravel paths, one from the southern part of Nødebo and one from the Forest and Landscape College, leads up to Ottevejskrydset, the 8-way junction in the centre of Christian V's par force hunting road network in the forest. Søren Kierkegaard often visited the site and refers to it in '' Stages on Life's Way'' as the place with eight roads that no one travels by". A memorial stone was installed at the site in 1913 in connection with the 100 year anniversary of his birth. The small woodland which separates the southernmost part of Nødebo from Lake Esrum is called Nødeboholt (or Holtet). Møllekrogen, the marshy area at the south side of Lake Esrum, is a bird sanctuary with several watchtowers for bird watching.

Cultural references

Egon (

Ove Sprogøe Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen (21 December 1919 – 14 September 2004) was a Danish actor. Life Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe Petersen. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. O ...

) and Kjeld (

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) is quarrelling on the shore of Lake Esrom in Nødebo Holt at 1:02:54 in the 1978 ''

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'' film ''

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''..

Notable people

Johannes Østrup Johannes Elith Østrup (27 July 1867 – 5 May 1938) was a Danish philologist and professor at the University of Copenhagen where he served as rector from 1934 to 1935. In 1893, after a study tour in the Middle East, he rode on horseback back to Co ...

(1867–1938), philologist and rector of

, lived in Nødebo and buried in Nødebo Church * Peter Bastian (1943-2017) a Danish musician, lived in Nødebo *

Jørgen Marcussen Jørgen Marcussen (born 15 May 1950) is a former Danish racing cyclist. He competed, as an amateur, in the individual road race and team time trial events at the 1972 Summer Olympics. As an amateur he also became national champion in team time ...

(born 1950 in Nødebo), a former racing cyclist, competed the

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Michala Petri Michala Petri (born July 7, 1958) is a Danish recorder player. Her debut as a soloist was in 1969. She is the step-granddaughter of Danish actress Ingeborg Brams. Biography Petri, who began playing the recorder at the age of three, is noted for ...

(born 1958) a Danish recorder player, grew up in Nødebo * Michelle Hviid, (Danish Wiki) (born 1972), lecturer and entrepreneur, grew up in Nødebo *

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(born 1989) real name ''Nicholas Westwood Kidd'' is a Danish rapper and hip hop artist, he grew up in Nødebo

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