Slangerup is a town in

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, about 30 km north-west of central

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, in the

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of Denmark.

The town of Slangerup

The town was established by the

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Slangir at the time of

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. King

Eric I of Denmark Eric I ( – 10 July 1103), also known as Eric the Good ( da, Erik Ejegod), was King of Denmark following his brother Olaf I Hunger in 1095. He was a son of Sweyn II. His mother's identity is unknown. He married Boedil Thurgotsdatter. Biogr ...

(ca. 1070-July 1103), was born in Slangerup. In the 13th century the town was the scene of activities involving both

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and Valdemar the Great.

Thomas Kingo Thomas Hansen Kingo (15 December 1634 – 14 October 1703 Odense) was a Danish bishop, poet and hymn-writer born at Slangerup, near Copenhagen. His work marked the high point of Danish baroque poetry. His father was a weaver of modest mea ...

grew up and was priest in the town during the 17th century.

The municipality of Slangerup

Until 1 January 2007, Slangerup was also a municipality covering an area of 46 km² with a total population of 9,237 (2005). Slangerup Municipality ceased as a result of the 2007 Municipal Reform (''Kommunalreformen''), being merged into Frederikssund municipality along with

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municipalities. This created a municipality with an area of 260 km² and a total population of ca. 44,140.

Sport

Slangerup Speedway Klub is situated on the west side of the town at Hørup Skovvej 5A.

Notable people

(ca.1060 in Slangerup – 1103) also known as Eric the Good *

(1634 at Slangerup – 1703 in Odense) a Danish bishop, poet and hymn-writer born * Jesper Hoffmeyer (born 1942 in Slangerup) emeritus professor at the University of Copenhagen Institute of Biology, leading figure in

biosemiotics Biosemiotics (from the Greek βίος ''bios'', "life" and σημειωτικός ''sēmeiōtikos'', "observant of signs") is a field of semiotics and biology that studies the prelinguistic meaning-making, biological interpretation processes, pr ...

Peter Beier Peter Beier Chokolade, usually referred to as Peter Beier, is a Danish premium chocolate manufacturing and retailing company founded by Linda and Peter Beier in 1996. It is based at the Ørsholt estate outside Helsingør. History Peter Beier wa ...

(born 1965 in Slangerup) founded the eponymous Danish premium chocolate manufacturing and retailing company in 1996 * Jesper Hansen (born 1985 in Slangerup) a Danish football goalkeeper for Lyngby BK, 340 club caps

References

* Municipal statistics
NetBorger Kommunefakta
delivered fro
KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
* Municipal mergers and neighbors
Eniro new municipalities map

External links

Website for the new municipality
{{Authority control Former municipalities of Denmark Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark Frederikssund Municipality