Kundby is a small town, with a population of 706 (1 January 2025),BY3: Population 1. January, by urban areas
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located in

Holbæk Municipality Holbæk Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in northwestern Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Orø, and covers an area of 583 km², and has a total population of 74,490 (2025). Its may ...

on the northwestern part of

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. It is located within Kundby Church District (''sogn'') four km south of

Gislinge Gislinge is a small railway town in Holbæk Municipality on the island of Zealand, Denmark. It is located west of the town of Holbæk. As of 1 January 2025, Gislinge has a population of 1,582.

and 15 km west of

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Kundby bomb plot

In January 2016, a 15-year-old girl from Kundby was arrested for having tried to build a bomb in order to blow up two schools. The girl had converted to

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and become an enthusiastic supporter of

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(

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) and of the militant Islamist group

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. The

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found chemicals to create a bomb in her home in Kundby. She became known as the Kundby girl ( Danish: ''Kundby-pigen'') with her true naming being Natascha Colding-Olsen. In November 2017, after legal proceedings, she received her final sentence of eight years in prison on account of planning of terrorism and physical violence (''legemsangreb'') for

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a pedagogue.

Notable people

* Christian Christensen (1926 in Kundby – 2005) a Danish professional middleweight boxer, took part in the

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* Natascha Colding-Olsen (b. 2001) a Danish convicted

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{{ZealandDK-stub Villages in Holbæk Municipality

Kundby bomb plot

Notable people

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