Ålsgårde is a former fishing village on the north coast of
Zealand,
Denmark, located six kilometer northwest of
Helsingør.
Formerly Ålsgårde was a separate town, but today it has merged with the neighbouring town of
Hellebæk
Hellebæk is a town located on the coast five kilometres northwest of Helsingør, North Zealand, some 40 kilometres north of Copenhagen, Denmark. It has merged with the neighbouring community of Ålsgårde to form an urban area with a population of ...
into an
urban area with a population of 5,790 (1 January 2022).
Notable buildings
Rytterhuset (Nordre Strandvej 230) iwas built in 1889 as summer residence for the painter
Frants Henningsen to a
National Romantic design by
Martin Nyrop
Martin Nyrop (11 November 1849 18 May 1921) was a Danish architect.
Early life and education
Nyrop was born on 11 November 1849 at Holmsland, Ringkøbing, the son of parish priest Christopher Nyrop (1805–1879) and Helene Ahlmann (1807–1874) ...
. The property, including a jetty with a
bathhouse and a couple of
outbuildings, is now listed in the
Danish registry of protected buildings and places. Nordre Strandvej 140, a half-timbered house from 1819, is also listed.
Hellebæk Church is, in spite of its name, also located in Ålsgårde.
Notable people
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Laura Kieler (1849 – 1932 in Ålsgårde) a Norwegian-Danish novelist
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August Hassel (1864 - 1942 in Ålsgårde) a Danish sculptor.
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Harald Leth
Harald Leth (5 January 1899 in Copenhagen – 14 March 1986 in Ålsgårde) was a Danish painter whose Naturalistic work was inspired by Johannes Larsen of the Funen Painters and Oluf Høst of the Bornholm School.Hans-Edvard Nørregård-Nielsen, " ...
(1899 – 1986 in Ålsgårde) a Danish
naturalistic painter
References
Helsingør Municipality
Neighbourhoods in Denmark
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