Sorgenfri (lit. "free of sorrow", like Sans Souci) is a neighbourhood in

Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality (occasionally spelled Lyngby-Tårbæk, ) is a municipality () in the Capital Region of Denmark near Copenhagen on the eastern coast of the island of Zealand (). It is part of the Greater Copenhagen area. The municipali ...

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lying just north of

Kongens Lyngby Kongens Lyngby (, Danish for "the King's Heather Town"; short form Lyngby) is the seat and commercial centre of Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. Lyngby Hovedgade is a busy shopping street and the site ...

. The neighbourhood is enclosed between the landmarks of a forest with Lyngby Åmose, Mølleådalen and Spurveskjulskoven (lit. "sparrow shelter" forest) in the south, the Furesø Lake in the west and the parklands of

Sorgenfri Palace Sorgenfri Palace (; , a calque of Sans Souci (disambiguation), Sans Souci) is a royal residence of the Denmark, Danish List of Danish monarchs, monarch, located in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, on the east side of Lyngby Kongevej, in the northern s ...

and the

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in the east. In the north of Sorgenfri lies the town

Virum Virum is a mostly residential, suburban neighbourhood in Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality, located on both sides of Lyngby Kongevej, approximately 15 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark. The neighbourhood is bordered by Furesø (lake), Lake F ...

– which was till the end of the First World War a village. Lottenborg is an inn located in Sorgenfri. The building originates from the 1700s, where the town's gatekeeper (Danish: ''vangemanden'') lived, which gave the house the nickname 'the Gatekeeper's House' (Danish: ''Vangehuset''). The gatekeeper worked on the royal Sorgenfri Castle, and when

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was born in 1789 and the house was renamed to Lottenborg in her honour. Lottenberg eventually became a popular inn, and worked as inn and restaurant for many years. After the death of the owner in 1993, the house was willed to Lyngby-Taarbæk Municipality. It was put on sale in 2010 and sold in 2011.

Notable people

Frederik IX of Denmark Frederik IX (Christian Frederik Franz Michael Carl Valdemar Georg; 11 March 1899 – 14 January 1972) was King of Denmark from 1947 to 1972. Frederik was born into the House of Glücksburg during the reign of his great-grandfather King Chr ...

(1899–1972), king of Denmark from 1947 to 1972 *

Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark (Knud Christian Frederik Michael; 27 July 1900 – 14 June 1976) was a member of the Danish royal family, the younger son and child of Christian X of Denmark, King Christian X and Alexandrine of Mecklenburg-Sch ...

(1900–1976), hereditary prince and former

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* Ingolf of Rosenborg (born 1940), count * Lars Haagensen (born 1953), musicians and painter *

Søren Dahlgaard Søren Dahlgaard (born 1973 in Sorgenfri, Denmark) is a Danish visual artist based in Copenhagen, Denmark. Dahlgaard's work is known for exploring the absurdity and playfulness of everyday life, transforming mundane objects and activities into ac ...

(born 1973), visual artist

References

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