Bagsværd () is a middle-class suburb located approximately 12 km northwest of central

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, in the Gladsaxe Municipality. The town center is recognizable by the Bagsværd Towers, two high-rise apartment blocks. The suburb is connected to the Danish S-Train network through the H and B lines, who service three stations in Bagsværd: Skovbrynet, Bagsværd, and Stengården. Bagsværd Church, designed by

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, is a contemporary church, known for its rounded interior vaulting and the lighting effects of its skylights. Established in 1908,the Bagsværd Boarding School, located in Bagsværd, is one of Denmark's best-known private schools."Bagsværd Kostskole & Gymnasium"
. Retrieved 15 September 2011. Bagsværd houses the headquarters of Danish

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Novo Nordisk Novo Nordisk A/S is a Danish multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Bagsværd, Denmark, with production facilities in nine countries, and affiliates or offices in five countries. Novo Nordisk is controlled by majority shareholder ...

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Novozymes Novozymes A/S is a global biotechnology company headquartered in Bagsværd outside of Copenhagen, Denmark. The company's focus is the research, development and production of industrial enzymes, microorganisms, and biopharmaceutical ingredients. ...

Notable people

* Eleonora Zrza (1797 in Bagsværd – 1862) a Danish opera soprano * Karen Aabye (1904 – 1982 in Bagsværd) a Danish writer, lived in a villa called ''Kisum Bakke'' in Bagsværd from 1944 *

Hugo Rasmussen Hugo Rasmussen (22 March 1941 – 30 August 2015) was a Danish bassist. Rasmussen is best known for his album ''Sweets to the Sweet'' (1978). ''Sweets To the Sweet'' was re-released in 2001 on Danish label Music Mecca. Biography He worked with, ...

(1941 in Bagsværd – 2015) a Danish bassist * Lotte Koefoed (born 1957 in Bagsværd) a Danish rower and team bronze medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics * Hanne Boel (born 1958 in Bagsværd) a Danish singer. * Thomas Guldborg Christensen (born 1984 in Bagsværd) a retired Danish footballer with 200 club caps * Nikolas Nartey (born 2000 in Bagsværd) a Danish professional footballer of Ghanaian descent Bagsværd Kirke 2009

References

External links

Gladsaxe Kommune - Bagsværds historie
Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark Gladsaxe Municipality {{CapitalDK-stub