Hvissinge (or Hvessinge on some maps, though not in local signage) is a suburb approximately 13 km west of central

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the ...

. Originally a small village, the town grew quickly in the 1970s along with

Glostrup Glostrup is a Denmark, Danish town in Capital Region of Denmark, Region Hovedstaden, forming one of the Western suburbs (Copenhagen), western suburbs of Copenhagen. It is the administrative seat of Glostrup Municipality, with an estimated populati ...

. It is part of

Glostrup Municipality Glostrup Municipality () is a suburban municipality ( Danish '' kommune'') and town in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') approx. 10 km west of Copenhagen in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 13.31&n ...

and situated 2 km north east of the city centre.

Notable people

Jens Østerholm Jens Østerholm (25 April 1928 – 13 November 2006) was a Danish film actor. He appeared in 27 films between 1959 and 1994. He was born in Denmark and was married to actress Birgitte Federspiel, but the couple divorced. Selected filmograp ...

(1928 in Hvissinge – 2006) a Danish film actor IMDb Database
retrieved 31 July 2020

References

Geography of Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Glostrup Municipality {{CapitalDK-stub