Bagsværd
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 Center of Bagsværd, with the Bagsværd Towers in the center | |
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 Map of Copenhagen and its surrounding suburbs, Bagsværd in the top-left | |
| Region | Hovedstaden |
| Municipality | Gladsaxe Municipality |
Bagsværd (Danish pronunciation: [ˈpɑwˌsveˀɐ̯]) is a middle-class suburb located approximately 12 km northwest of central Copenhagen, in the Gladsaxe Municipality. The town center is recognizable by the Bagsværd Towers, two high-rise apartment blocks. The suburb is connected to the Danish S-Train network through the H and B lines, who service three stations in Bagsværd: Skovbrynet, Bagsværd, and Stengården. Bagsværd houses the headquarters of Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk and biotechnology company Novozymes.
Established in 1908, the Bagsværd Boarding School, located in Bagsværd, is one of Denmark's best-known private schools.[1]
Bagsværd Church, designed by Jørn Utzon, is a contemporary church, known for its rounded interior vaulting and the lighting effects of its skylights.[2]
Notable people
[edit]- Eleonora Zrza (1797 in Bagsværd – 1862) a Danish opera soprano
- Karen Aabye (1904 – 1982 in Bagsværd) a Danish writer, lived in a villa called Kisum Bakke in Bagsværd from 1944
- Hugo Rasmussen (1941 in Bagsværd – 2015) a Danish bassist
- Lotte Koefoed (born 1957 in Bagsværd) a Danish rower and team bronze medallist at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Hanne Boel (born 1958 in Bagsværd) a Danish singer.
- Thomas Guldborg Christensen (born 1984 in Bagsværd) a retired Danish footballer with 200 club caps
- Nikolas Nartey (born 2000 in Bagsværd) a Danish professional footballer of Ghanaian descent
References
[edit]- ^ "Bagsværd Kostskole & Gymnasium" Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine. (in Danish) Retrieved 15 September 2011.
- ^ "Bagsværd Kirke (1976)" Archived 2012-03-13 at the Wayback Machine, Dansk Arkitektur Center. (in Danish) Retrieved 15 September 2011.
External links
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- Gladsaxe Kommune - Bagsværds historie (in Danish)
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