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Skodsborg is a small town/suburb approx. 20 km. north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The town has a population of 1,269 (1 January 2022)BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
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Skodsborg was a late developed community on the Oresund coast being hemmed in by the king's hunting forest of Dyrehaven. For many years it was just a stretch of coastal road with a few summer residences of rich Copenhagen dignitaries and the Mølleå industry.
The river to the north of Skodsborg, Mølleåen was the site of the earliest Danish industrial production. The first Danish paper mill was located here in 1599, as one of seven water mills driven factories on the river. In 1785 two enterprising English industrialists Nelthropp and Harris who established the country's largest leather goods manufacturing plant. They were bankrupted in 1803 during the Napoleonic wars, where England was the enemy, and they were condemned as spies.
Skodsborg continued its unique dual evolution as summer residence for the very rich with two hotels and a spa catering to the same clientele - along with its role as an active industrial town producing paper, cloth and hats.
The most prominent dweller in Skodsborg was undoubtedly King Frederick VII. In 1852, he bought the Skodsborg summer residence built by Volrad von der Lühe a century earlier and spent the summers there until his death in 1863. He wanted a place away from the court gossip at Amalienborg aimed at his down to earth commoner wife, Louise Rasmussen, enabled with the title of countess Danner. The king who three years earlier has signed the Danish constitution cementing parliamentary rule, wanted peace and quiet to ride, hunt and fish. He was an amateur archaeologist and outdoors man who enjoyed excavating the Bronze Age burial mounds in the surrounding woodland and sleeping in his tent. However, his presence also required the grand railway station still in use today, in order to meet and greet foreign dignitaries.
In 1910 the Danish social democrat leader and later Prime Minister, Thorvald Stauning invited the Second Socialt International meeting in Copenhagen to visit Skodsborg. The visitors included Vladimir Lenin, Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxembourg and Alexandra Kollontay. In Skodsborg they met a thriving working community with their own school and cooperative.
In 1913 Skodsborg saw the creation of Dansk Hattefabrik A/S (the Danish Hat Manufacturer Ltd), established by the visionary industrialist Hans Cohen came from Berlin . At its zenith in 1950 the plant was producing 500.000 hats a year.
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retrieved 20 April 2020 * Flemming Østergaard (born 1943 in Ordrup), businessman, owns F.C. Copenhagen, lives in Skodsborg
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Statistics Denmark
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and lies in Rudersdal Kommune.
The town is a coastal town but doesn't have a marina.
The town has good beach access from the Strandvej and from the houses along the shore. A wide beach allows easy access along the coast. The western side of Skodsborg borders the Jægersborg Dyrehave
Dyrehaven ( Danish 'The Deer Park'), officially Jægersborg Dyrehave, is a forest park north of Copenhagen. It covers around . Dyrehaven is noted for its mixture of huge, ancient oak trees and large populations of red and fallow deer. In J ...
with miles of trails for hiking and cycling. The town is connected with the Oresundtrain and with buses to neighboring communities.
History
Skodsborg was a late developed community on the Oresund coast being hemmed in by the king's hunting forest of Dyrehaven. For many years it was just a stretch of coastal road with a few summer residences of rich Copenhagen dignitaries and the Mølleå industry.
The river to the north of Skodsborg, Mølleåen was the site of the earliest Danish industrial production. The first Danish paper mill was located here in 1599, as one of seven water mills driven factories on the river. In 1785 two enterprising English industrialists Nelthropp and Harris who established the country's largest leather goods manufacturing plant. They were bankrupted in 1803 during the Napoleonic wars, where England was the enemy, and they were condemned as spies.
Skodsborg continued its unique dual evolution as summer residence for the very rich with two hotels and a spa catering to the same clientele - along with its role as an active industrial town producing paper, cloth and hats.
The most prominent dweller in Skodsborg was undoubtedly King Frederick VII. In 1852, he bought the Skodsborg summer residence built by Volrad von der Lühe a century earlier and spent the summers there until his death in 1863. He wanted a place away from the court gossip at Amalienborg aimed at his down to earth commoner wife, Louise Rasmussen, enabled with the title of countess Danner. The king who three years earlier has signed the Danish constitution cementing parliamentary rule, wanted peace and quiet to ride, hunt and fish. He was an amateur archaeologist and outdoors man who enjoyed excavating the Bronze Age burial mounds in the surrounding woodland and sleeping in his tent. However, his presence also required the grand railway station still in use today, in order to meet and greet foreign dignitaries.
In 1910 the Danish social democrat leader and later Prime Minister, Thorvald Stauning invited the Second Socialt International meeting in Copenhagen to visit Skodsborg. The visitors included Vladimir Lenin, Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxembourg and Alexandra Kollontay. In Skodsborg they met a thriving working community with their own school and cooperative.
In 1913 Skodsborg saw the creation of Dansk Hattefabrik A/S (the Danish Hat Manufacturer Ltd), established by the visionary industrialist Hans Cohen came from Berlin . At its zenith in 1950 the plant was producing 500.000 hats a year.
Landmarks
Rolighed, meaning "tranquility", was originally a large wooden house built in 1794 for the Norwegian civil servant Carsten Anker. In 1855, the house was acquired by Ludvig Grøn, owner of Det Grønske Handelshus, Copenhagen's first department store. The house remained in the hands of his family until 1958. The current ahouse is from 1827. It is now owned byA.P. Møller-Mærsk
(), also known simply as Maersk (), is a Danish Freight transport, shipping company, active in ocean and inland freight transportation and associated services, such as supply chain management and Port operator, port operation. Maersk was the l ...
and used as a conference centre.
Notable people
* Johan Christian Drewsen
Johan Christian Drewsen (23 December 1777 – 25 August 1851) was a Danish paper manufacturer, agronomist and politician. He owned Strandmøllen north of Copenhagen.
Early life and education
Srewsen was born at Strandmøllen, the son of paper man ...
(1777 at Strandmøllen - 1851) a Danish paper manufacturer, agronomist and politician, he owned Strandmøllen near Skodsborg
* Oda Nielsen
Oda Laurenze Helmine Nielsen née Larsen (1851–1936) was a highly acclaimed Danish actress who performed both in private theatres in Copenhagen and at the Royal Danish Theatre. Inspired by French actresses, she played the roles of attractive you ...
(1851 in Liepāja – 1936 in Skodsborg) an acclaimed Danish actress
* Christopher Tostrup Paus, Count of Paus (1862 in Christiania – 1943 in Skodsborg) a Norwegian landowner, papal chamberlain, count, philanthropist, art collector and socialite
* Esther Carstensen
Ester Henriette Carstensen née Hansen (10 August 1873–12 December 1955) was a Danish women's rights activist and journal editor. She was one of the most active members of the Danish Women's Society (''Dansk kvindesamfund''), editing its journal ...
(1873 in Skodsborg – 1955) a Danish women's rights activist and journal editor
* Johannes Meyer (1884 in Skodsborg – 1972) a Danish film actor
* Ragnhild Fabricius Gjellerup
Ragnhild Louise Kathrine Dorothea Lindegaard Smidt Fabricius Gjellerup (1896–1958) was a Danish lawyer who graduated in 1922 from the University of Copenhagen. In 1934, she became the first woman in Denmark to serve as a judge.
Biography
Born on ...
(1896 – 1958 in Skodsborg) a lawyer, the first woman judge in Denmark
* Raquel Rastenni (1915 – 1998 in Skodsborg) a popular Danish singer retrieved 20 April 2020 * Flemming Østergaard (born 1943 in Ordrup), businessman, owns F.C. Copenhagen, lives in Skodsborg
See also
* Skodsborg Spa HotelReferences
{{Authority control Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Rudersdal Municipality