Gentofte

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Location in Denmark

Gentofte is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Copenhagen County on the east coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 26 km², and has a total population of 68,623 (2006). Its mayor is Hans Toft, a member of the Conservative People's Party (Det Konservative Folkeparti) political party. Toft has served as mayor since 1993.

The municipality is an amalgamation of seven formerly independent towns, all lying in proximity to one another. The site of its municipal council is the town of Charlottenlund. The other towns are Dyssegård, Gentofte, Hellerup, Klampenborg, Ordrup, and Vangede.

Neighboring municipalities are Lyngby-Taarbæk to the north, Gladsaxe to the west, and Copenhagen to the south. To the east is the Øresund, the strait that separates Zealand from Sweden.

Gentofte municipality will not be merged with other municipalities by January 1, 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

1 Demography
2 Attractions
3 Famous residents of the municipality
4 See also
5 External links
6 References

[edit] Demography

Population of Gentofte (from 1971 January 1 and from 1801 to 1921 February 1):


15.1.1769: 1.056 1.7.1787 : 1.526 1801 : 1.962 1840 : 2.750 1850 : 3.072 1860 : 3.660 1870 : 4.158 1880 : 5.106 1890 : 7.449 1901 : 14.470 1911 : 24.691 1921 : 34.451 5.11.1930:47.848 5.11.1940:76.457 7.11.1950:87.803 26.9.1960:88.308 9.11.1970:77.744	1971 : 77.683 1972 : 76.365 1973 : 74.673 1974 : 72.694 1975 : 71.634 1976 : 70.253 1977 : 68.873 1978 : 68.223 1979 : 67.667 1980 : 67.300 1981 : 66.782 1982 : 66.564 1983 : 66.902 1984 : 67.112 1985 : 66.767 1986 : 66.283 1987 : 66.011	1988 : 65.467 1989 : 65.032 1990 : 65.303 1991 : 65.696 1992 : 66.077 1993 : 65.986 1994 : 66.251 1995 : 66.508 1996 : 66.706 1997 : 66.986 1998 : 67.402 1999 : 67.709 2000 : 67.957 2001 : 68.094 2002 : 68.213 2003 : 68.314 2004 : 68.704	2005 : 68.991 2006 : 68.623

[edit] Attractions

Bakken, the world's oldest, intact, still-surviving amusement park, located in Gentofte (Klampenborg)
Bernstorff Palace
Ordrupgaard, Art Museum, French impressionists, Paul Gauguin, Danish paintings from around 1900, varying special exhibitions.

[edit] Famous residents of the municipality

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is probably Gentofte's most famous son, at least among the younger generations.

Writer Dan Turèll (b. 1946, d. 1993) lived in the Vangede part of Gentofte from 1955 - 1964 and again from 1966 - 1969. He documented these years in his 1975 book "Vangede billeder" ("Vangede pictures").

Shipping Tycoon Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller also has his residence in the municipality.