Tølløse is a

railway town A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated, or was expanded, as a result of a railway line being constructed there. North America During the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, temporary, ...

located in the northwestern part of the island of

Zealand Zealand ( ) is the largest and most populous islands of Denmark, island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size) at 7,031 km2 (2715 sq. mi.). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 Januar ...

in Denmark. It has a population of 4,007 (1 January 2025).BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density
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Statistics Denmark Statistics Denmark () is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing, reporting to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating statistics on the Danish society ...

The town is located in

Holbæk Municipality Holbæk Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in northwestern Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Orø, and covers an area of 583 km², and has a total population of 74,490 (2025). Its may ...

Region Zealand Region Zealand () is an Regions of Denmark, administrative region of Denmark. It is one of the five classified Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS-2 statistical NUTS statistical regions of Denmark, regions of Denmark. It was es ...

and was the municipal seat of the former

Tølløse Municipality Until 1 January 2007, Tølløse municipality was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in the northeastern part of the former West Zealand County on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 126 km² ...

until 1 January 2007. Tølløse is served by

Tølløse railway station Tølløse railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Tølløse between the cities of Roskilde, Holbæk and Ringsted on the island of Zealand, Denmark. Tølløse railway station is situated on the Northwest Line (Denmark), No ...

located on the railway line between Roskilde and Holbæk, and is the

terminus Terminus may refer to: Ancient Rome *Terminus (god), a Roman deity who protected boundary markers Transport *Terminal train station or terminus, a railway station serving as an end destination *Bus terminus, a bus station serving as an end des ...

of the railway line from Tølløse to Slagelse, operated by Lokaltog A/S.

Notable people

Birgitte Gøye Birgitte Gøye (1511 - 26 July 1574) was a Danish county administrator, lady in waiting, landholder and noble, co-founder and principal of Herlufsholm School. Biography She was the daughter of Mogens Gøye and Mette Bydelsbak and the sister of ...

(1511–1574) a lady in waiting, landholder, noble and County administrator of Tølløse until 1566 * Christian Detlev, Count von Reventlow (1671–1738 in Tølløse Castle) a Danish military leader and diplomat * Peter Johansen Neergaard (1769 in Tølløsegård – 1835) a Danish landowner * Michael Rasmussen (born 1974 in Tølløse) controversial retired Danish professional cyclist who competed in road racing and mountain biking. * Thomas Bruun Eriksen (born 1979 in Tølløse) a Danish professional road bicycle racer and sometime resident of Tølløse *

John Axelsen John Paul Pultz Pinnerup Axelsen (born 23 January 1998) is a Danish professional golfer who plays on the European Tour. He was a member of the Danish team that won the Eisenhower Trophy in 2018. He has won four times on the Nordic Golf League ...

(born 1998 in Holbæk) a Danish amateur golfer, lives in Tølløse * Mads Pedersen (born in 1995 in Tølløse) Danish professional cyclist, first ever Danish UCI road world champion in 2019

References

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