Gladsaxe Municipality

Economy

Gladsaxe municipality is home to many company headquarters, including those of Novo Nordisk, Novozymes and Scandinavian Tobacco Group and MT Højgaard.

History

According to Gladsaxe-bogen I (which focuses on then Gladsaxe-Herlev municipality up until 1909) by C.L.B. Cramer, humans first settled in Gladsaxe around 10.000 years ago.

In 1670 the parishes of Gladsaxe and Herlev became "rider districts", and every farm had to house a rider/soldier or pay 48 rigsdales yearly. Cramer described "these years as probably some of the most uneasiest years in the parishes long history". In the 1720s the king built a school for riders in Gladsaxe, and his sister, Sophie Hedevig, built a school in Bagsværd. These were the first schools in Gladsaxe. In 1750, Gladsaxe Præstegaard burns down, along with some farms, with many people losing their lives.

In 1945, Søborg School was used to accommodate 500 German refugees, meaning students at that school instead were educated at Marielyst School. This caused the school hours to be reduced from 50 to 40 minutes, with half the students meeting from 8 to 13 o'clock and the other half from 13 to 18 o'clock. In November of that year the refugees could move in at a badminton hall by Gladsaxev Street due to renovations providing room division and heating.

During the 1960s and up until the 2000s, the headquarters of Denmarks Radio, the national broadcaster of Denmark, were located in Gladsaxe. Led Zeppelin, then playing as the New Yardbirds, performed together for the first time in front of a live audience at Gladsaxe Teen Club at the Egegård School (today Gladsaxe School) festive hall, Gladsaxe, Denmark, on 7 September 1968.

In 1977–78, a 19-year-old student from Gladsaxe known as "Bombemanden" (The bomb man) was known for placing pipe bombs in public areas in Copenhagen, such as phoneboxes, hurting four although killing no one.

In 1980, a library, Gladsaxe Hovedbibliotek, opened right by the town hall square, becoming the head library of Gladsaxe.

In 1994, a McDonald's restaurant opened by the Buddinge Center.

Parks and open spaces

Park and green spaces in Gladsaxe Municipality include Aldershvile Slotspark, Bagsværd Fort Folkepark, Bagsværd Sø, Bagsværd Søpark, Gladsaxe Fort Gyngemosen og Høje Gladsaxe Park, Kagsåparken, Nybro Åmose, Radiomarken and Smør- og Fedtmosen.

Almost every year, if not every year, there is a day called Gladsaxe Day (Gladsaxedagen in Danish), where people in Gladsaxe come together and celebrate.

Politics

Municipal council

Gladsaxe's municipal council consists of 25 members, elected every four years.

Below are the municipal councils elected since the Municipal Reform of 2007.

Twin towns – sister cities

Gladsaxe is twinned with:

• GER Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf (Berlin), Berlin, Germany
• FRA Gagny, France
• EST Haabersti (Tallinn), Estonia
• AUT Klagenfurt, Austria
• POL Koszalin, Poland
• GER Minden, Germany
• GRL Narsaq, Kujalleq, Greenland
• GER Neubrandenburg, Germany
• SCO Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
• FIN Pirkkala, Finland
• NOR Ski, Norway
• SWE Solna, Sweden
• CRO Split, Croatia
• ENG Sutton, England, United Kingdom
• JPN Taitō (Tokyo), Tokyo, Japan
• HUN Veszprém, Hungary

Notable people

• Nancy Eriksson (1907–1984), Swedish politician and a member of the Swedish Riksdag
• Thomas Rørdam (born 1952), lawyer, President of the Supreme Court of Denmark
• Mette Bock (born 1957), political scientist, journalist and politician
• Allan Steen Kristensen (1958–1997), criminal
• Thomas Bo Larsen (born 1963), actor
• Lars Mikkelsen (born 1964), actor
• Jonatan Spang (born 1978), standup comedian, actor and theatre director

Sport

• Frederik Hansen (1885–1981), wrestler
• Per Frimann (born 1962), footballer
• Peter Schmeichel MBE (born 1963), footballer
• Bo Spellerberg (born 1979), handballer
• Chanan Colman (born 1984), Danish-Israeli basketball player
• Louise Mai Jansen (born 1984), swimmer
• Daniel Wass (born 1989), footballer

References

Notes

References

1. [https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY2?lang=en BY2: Population 1. January by municipalities] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]
2. Cramer, C.L.B.. (1949). "Gladsaxe-bogen I".
3. "1940-1949 – Gladsaxe Lokalhistoriske Forening".
4. "1970-1979 – Gladsaxe Lokalhistoriske Forening".
5. "1980-1989 – Gladsaxe Lokalhistoriske Forening".
6. "1990-1999 – Gladsaxe Lokalhistoriske Forening".
7. "Parker og naturområder". AOK.
8. "Gladsaxedagen".
9. "Venskabsbyer". Gladsaxe Kommune.