Jonstrup is a suburban neighbourhood situated in Furesø Municipality on the west side of Hareskoven forest in the northwestern outskirts of

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. The original village has merged with the neighbouring villages of

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in Ballerup Municipality and Smørumnedre in

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to form an

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with a population of 20,657 (2022). The neighbourhood is separated from

by Mølledalen, Møllemosen, and Værebro å.

History

A textile factory was built in the village in the middle of the 18th century. It was destroyed in a fire in 1778 but reopened after being rebuilt in 1781. In 1809, it was converted into a teachers' academy, Jonstrup Seminarium, which moved to new premises in

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in 1955. Conviently located close to the Værløse Air Base, the buildings in Jonstrup were then acquired by the Danish military and converted into the new Royal Danish Air Force Officers School. It moved to the nearby Jonstrup Camp (''Jonstruplejren'') in 1995. In 1998,

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acquired the building and converted it into a primary school.

Notable people

* Jens Ernst Wegener (1781-1846) an educator and pedagogical writer, principal of Jonstrup Seminarium, 1819 to 1838 * Hans Christian Cornelius Mortensen (1856 in Jonstrup – 1921) a Danish teacher and ornithologist, the first to employ bird ringing for scientific purposes

References

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