Nivå is a town with a population of 7,997 (1 January 2022)BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
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'' Kystbanen'' rail line. The town is the site for Nivaagaard museum, a marina and a desolated shopping center by the

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, which includes only a

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and a Netto supermarket. The town possesses two schools; Nivå Skole Syd (formerly known as Nivå Centralskole) and Nivå Skole Nord (formerly known as Niverødgaardskolen), whilst a

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lies to the West. Its landscape is varied and ranges from

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to suburban habitations. 20% or more of the inhabitants have a foreign background mostly muslims with middle eastern origin.

History

For several hundreds of years (until 1980), the town and the surrounding areas and villages, lay ground to three brickyards. Today, the landscape are marked with former clay pits, which now serves as lakes and a marina bassin. The oldest known ring oven in the world (1870) has been preserved. It used to be a part of the oldest brickyard, Nivaagaard Brickyard (in Danishg: Nivaagaard Teglværk). The brickyard is regularly open for visits each summer.

Music

Nivå Musiklaug holds an annual festival at the Kalvehaven: many talented young musicians play. One of the performers playing at the 2006 event was Danish singer-songwriter Tobias Trier.

Nivaagaards Malerisamling

Nivaagaards Malerisamling was opened by Johannes Hage in 1908. The house is situated in an extensive park featuring many different varieties of rhododendron. The museum houses art from the Italian and North European

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, Dutch and Danish Baroque, Danish Golden Age, as well as special exhibitions.

Notable people

* Alfred Hage (1803–1872) a Danish merchant, politician, landowner and philanthropist; in 1859 he purchased Nivaagaard and several other farms at Nivå * Hans-Georg Tersling (1857 in Karlebo near Nivå – 1920) a Danish architect who lived and worked on the French Riviera * Marie Hammer (1907–2002) a Danish zoologist and entomologist, brought up on a farm in Nivå *

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(born 1941) a Danish actor in the TV-series

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* Lotte Bundsgaard (born 1973 in Nivå) a Danish schoolteacher, journalist and politician * Anders Heinrichsen (born 1980 in Nivå) a Danish actor IMDb Database
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Cecilie Wellemberg Cecilie Feo Feline (born in Hørsholm, July 21, 1994 with the name Cecilie Wellemberg) is a Danish model and beauty pageant titleholder who won Miss Universe Denmark 2015 and represented Denmark at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant. Personal life ...

(born 1994) a Danish model and Miss Universe Denmark 2015, lives in Nivå.

External links

Nivaagaards MuseumGalleri Fensmark - Quality art on the internetFredensborg KommuneNivå GolfNivå Centralskole

References

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