Buddinge is a suburb 10 km northwest of central

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, Denmark. The suburb used to be a small village, but by the 1960s merged with nearby suburban areas, subsequently becoming a suburb. The suburb is part of Gladsaxe municipal and is connected by the

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with two stations: and .

Notable people

Andreas Petersen Carl Andreas Dusinius Hjort Petersen (19 September 1901 – 15 February 1976) was a Denmark, Danish Boxing, boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. He was born in Buddinge and died in Copenhagen. In 1924 he was eliminated in the second ...

(1901 in Buddinge – 1976) a Danish boxer who competed in the

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* Kaj Ejstrup (1902–1956) a Danish artist, illustrator and sculptor and an Odsherred painter, brought up in Buddinge

References

Municipal seats in the Capital Region of Denmark Municipal seats of Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Neighbourhoods in Denmark Gladsaxe Municipality {{CapitalDK-stub