Rødovre
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 Copenhagen, 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 suburban 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 concert hall/theatre. There are also many smaller business districts such as Damhustorvet and Islev Torv. Damhustorvet is a traffic hub and small business district in south-eastern Rødovre, immediately before the border to Copenhagen.
Sports and culture
Every Tuesday, the local newspaper "Rødovre Lokal Nyt" 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 Ice Hockey arena, home of Rødovre Mighty Bulls, two smaller football stadiums and one train station, served by line B of the commuter S-trains. 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 town hall was designed by Arne Jacobsen.
- Henry Heerup had his studio in Rødovre, and made most of his well-known works here.
- Benjamin Christensen had his cinema Rio Bio in Rødovre.
Notable people
- Henry Heerup a painter and sculptor, worked in Rødovre and willed a collection of his work to the municipality
- Kim Bendix Petersen stage name King Diamond, singer songwriter for Mercyful Fate and King Diamond
- Dennis Jürgensen a Danish writers for kids and young adults, lives in Rødovre
- Brigitte Nielsen actress, musician and television personality
- Tine Susanne Miksch Roed Deputy director-general at the Confederation of Danish Industry since 2015
- Helle Thorning-Schmidt former Prime minister of Denmark
- Jakob Ejersbo a Danish journalist and writer, wrote Nordkraft, Trilogi om Afrika
- Anders W. Berthelsen a Danish actor
- Nikolaj Lie Kaas a Danish actor
- Kian Rosenberg Larsson, stage name Gilli a Danish rapper and actor
- Riffi Haddaoui festival owner and former soccer player
Sport
- Hans Fogh an Olympic sailor in six Olympic games, and sailmaker.
- Michael Schäfer a Danish former footballer and now manager, played 482 games for Lyngby BK.
- Søren Henriksen a former Danish cricketer and Denmark captain.
- Ken Frost a Danish cyclist, team bronze medallist at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
- Ole Bjur a Danish former footballer, played 384 matches for Brøndby IF.
- Marc Rieper a former footballer and manager with 305 club caps and 61 for Denmark. He also played in the UEFA Euro 1996 and the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
- Martin Retov a Danish football coach and former player with 484 club caps.
- Jannik Hansen a former professional ice hockey player.
- Lars Eller a Danish professional ice hockey forward and the first Danish Stanley Cup winner in NHL history.
- Nikolaj Krag Christensen a Danish professional ice hockey forward.