Rødovre is a town in eastern Denmark, seat of the Rødovre Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden. The town's population 1 January 2019 was 39,907, and in addition 145 persons had no fixed address, which made up a total of 40,052 in the municipality as a whole. Rødovre is part of the urban area of Copenhagen.

History

Until 1901, the town was part of the parish of Brønshøj-Rødovre. Vanløse was also part of that parish. In that year, Rødovre was created as independent municipality and Brønshøj was simultaneously annexed by the city of Copenhagen.

Geography

Rødovre, co-extensive with the territory of its municipality, is in the central-western suburbs of

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, bordering Copenhagen Municipality to the east, Glostrup to the west, Herlev to the north, and Brøndby and Hvidovre to the south. The town mostly comprises

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homes in the south and light industrial areas in the north. It has several smaller green areas, including Schweizerdalsparken, and larger areas such as Vestvolden and Damhussøen lie inside Copenhagen Municipality adjacent to and forming the border with Rødovre. There are six public schools in the town, one technical school and a private school. Rødovre Centrum is a shopping mall. Viften - meaning "The Fan" - which besides being a café, is a cinema and a combined

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. There are also many smaller business districts such as

Damhustorvet Damhustorvet is a larger traffic hub and small business district in south-eastern Rødovre, immediately before the border to Copenhagen. It is served by 8 bus lines, and has two supermarkets, pizzeria, a bicycle store, an outdoor shop, butcher, ba ...

and

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Sports and culture

Every Tuesday, the local newspaper "Rødovre Lokal Nyt" (Rødovre Local News) is delivered by mail to all residents. Radio Rødovre broadcasts on 105.9 FM, and sometimes local TV is broadcast via Kanal København. There is an

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arena, home of Rødovre Mighty Bulls, two smaller football stadiums (home of BK Avarta and

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, respectively) and one

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, served by line B of the commuter

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. The Rødovre Mighty Bulls are a professional ice hockey team which plays in the top Danish League, Metal Ligaen. * Rødovre Centrum, the local shopping mall, was the first of its kind in Denmark. * The

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was designed by Arne Jacobsen. *

Henry Heerup Henry Heerup (4 November 1907 – 30 May 1993) was a Danish painter, graphic artist and sculptor. Heerup was an extremely versatile artist. His works of art included paintings, lithographs, stone sculptures, linoleum cuts and drawings as well as ob ...

had his studio in Rødovre, and made most of his well-known works here. *

Benjamin Christensen Benjamin Christensen (28 September 1879 – 2 April 1959) was a Danish film director, screenwriter and an actor, both in film and on the stage. As a director, he is best known for the 1922 film ''Häxan'' (aka ''Witchcraft Through the Ages'' ...

had his cinema Rio Bio in Rødovre.

Notable people

(1907–1993) a painter and sculptor, worked in Rødovre and willed a collection of his work to the municipality *

Kim Bendix Petersen Kim Bendix Petersen (born 14 June 1956), better known by his stage name King Diamond, is a Danish rock musician. As a vocalist, he is known for his powerful and wide-ranging countertenor singing voice, in particular his far-reaching falsetto s ...

(born 1956) stage name ''King Diamond'', singer songwriter for Mercyful Fate and King Diamond * Dennis Jürgensen (born 1961) a Danish writers for kids and young adults, lives in Rødovre * Brigitte Nielsen (born 1963) actress, musician and television personality * Tine Susanne Miksch Roed (born 1964) Deputy director-general at the Confederation of Danish Industry since 2015 *

Helle Thorning-Schmidt Helle Thorning-Schmidt (; born 14 December 1966) is a Danish retired politician who served as the 26th Prime Minister of Denmark from 2011 to 2015, and Leader of the Social Democrats from 2005 to 2015. She is the first woman to have held each ...

(born 1966) former Prime minister of Denmark * Jakob Ejersbo (1968–2008) a Danish journalist and writer, wrote ''Nordkraft'', ''Trilogi om Afrika'' * Anders W. Berthelsen (born 1969) a Danish actor * Nikolaj Lie Kaas (born 1973) a Danish actor * Kian Rosenberg Larsson (born 1992), stage name '' Gilli'' a Danish rapper and actor *

Riffi Haddaoui Riffi Haddaoui (born 24 March 1971) is a Danish former football player. He played for a number of Danish clubs, most notably Boldklubben 1893 (B 93) in the Danish Superliga, as well as a number of foreign clubs (Sweden: Kiruna FF, England: To ...

festival owner and former soccer player

Sport

Hans Fogh Hans Marius Fogh (8 March 1938 – 14 March 2014) was one of the most successful competitive sailors in history, with dozens of national and international championships and in many different classes, including two Olympic medals. Olympic care ...

(1938–2014) Olympic sailor in six Olympic games (1960 , 1964, 1968, 1972 , 1976 and 1984 ), and sailmaker. *

Michael Schäfer Michael Schäfer (born 25 January 1959) is a Danish former football player and now manager. In his active career as a midfielder, he played 482 games for Danish club Lyngby BK, as well as three games for the Denmark national football team. At ...

(born 1959) a Danish former footballer and now manager, played 482 games for Lyngby BK *

Søren Henriksen Søren Henriksen (born 1 December 1963 in Rødovre) is a former Danish people, Danish cricketer, who has played for the Denmark national cricket team, national team. Henriksen was a right-handed batsman (cricket), batsman who bowled right-arm F ...

(born 1963) a former Danish cricketer and

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captain *

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(born 1967) a Danish cyclist, team bronze medallist at the

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Ole Bjur Ole Bjur (born 13 September 1968) is a Danish former professional footballer who played 384 matches for Brøndby IF, with whom he won three Danish Superliga championships. He played as an attacking midfielder or right midfielder, with a good tech ...

(born 1968) a Danish former footballer, played 384 matches for Brøndby IF *

Marc Rieper Marc Jensen Rieper (born 5 June 1968) is a Danish former professional association football, footballer who played as a centre-back for Aarhus Gymnastikforening, AGF and Brøndby IF, Brøndby in Denmark, West Ham United F.C., West Ham United in E ...

(born 1968) former footballer and

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with 305 club caps and 61 for

. He also played in the UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup. * Martin Retov (born 1980) a Danish football coach and former player with 484 club caps * Jannik Hansen (born 1986) a former professional

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player, * Lars Eller (born 1989) professional

player and Stanley Cup Champion *

Nikolaj Krag Christensen Nikolaj Krag Christensen (born 12 August 1998) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the Frederikshavn White Hawks of the Danish Metal Ligaen. Christensen was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the seventh round ...

(born 1998) a Danish professional ice hockey forward

Picture gallery

File:RødovreStation-11.JPG, Rødovre Train Station File:Vandtårn Tårnvej Rødovre.jpg, Vandtårn Tårnvej Rødovre File:Rødovre Centrum.JPG, Rødovre Centrum shopping mall File:Rødovre by night.jpg, Rødovre by night

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rodovre Municipal seats in the Capital Region of Denmark Municipal seats of Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark Rødovre Municipality