Gladsaxe Municipality

Gladsaxe Kommune is a municipality (Danish, kommune) near Copenhagen in Region Hovedstaden on the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in eastern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 25 km² (10 sq mi), and has a total population of 66,693 (1 April 2014). Its mayor is Karin Søjberg Holst, a member of the Social Democrats (Socialdemokraterne) political party.

The site of its municipal council is the town of Buddinge. Other towns in the municipality are Gladsaxe, Bagsværd, and Mørkhøj (Søborg is often mentioned wrongly, but it is just a part of Buddinge) – but town limits are not distinguishable because the towns have grown together in an urban sprawl. Mørkhøj, Værebro in Bagsværd and Høje-Gladsaxe are larger housing projects and home to many immigrants and being typical for many concrete highrise suburbs in Copenhagen. Picture of Gladsaxe Heights:

At Gladsaxe, there is a 206.5 metres tall guyed TV mast, which was built in 1955. It was the first TV transmission site in Denmark.

Since 2014, Gladsaxe been home to Copenhagen gem and mineral show, the largest gem and mineral show in Scandinavia. The show is an annual two-day event that attracts exhibitors from all around the world and an audience of thousands from Denmark and Sweden.

Gladsaxe municipality was not merged with other municipalities by 1 January 2007 as the result of nationwide Kommunalreformen ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007).

Economy

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

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.^[1]

International relations

Twin towns – Sister cities

Gladsaxe is twinned with:

Blankenese, Germany Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf, Germany Gagny, France Haabersti, Estonia^[2] Klagenfurt, Austria Koszalin, Poland	Minden, Germany Narsaq, Greenland Neubrandenburg, Germany Pirkkala, Finland Paisley and Renfrewshire, United Kingdom Ski, Norway	Solna, Sweden^[3] Split, Croatia^[4] Sutton, London, United Kingdom Taitō, Tōkyō, Japan Veszprém, Hungary

References

↑ "Parker og naturområder" (in Danish). AOK. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
↑ "Taani delegatsioon Haaberstis" (in Estonian). Haabersti Postipoiss. 19 June 2003. Retrieved 25 April 2010.
↑ "Networks, town twinning and partnerships" (PDF). City of Solna. Retrieved 4 August 2013.
↑ "Gradovi prijatelji Splita" [Split Twin Towns]. Grad Split [Split Official City Website] (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2013.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gladsaxe Kommune.

Municipality's official website
Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map
List of parks and open spaces

Northwestern suburbs of Copenhagen

Administrative subdivisions

Satellite towns and villages

Farum
Ganløse
Kirke Værløse
Ledøje
Laanshøj
Ølstykke-Stenløse
Smørumnedre-Måløv-Jonstrup
Søsum
Værløse

Suburban neighbourhoods

Localities

Parks and open spaces

Aldershvile slotspark
Hareskoven

Churches

List
Bagsværd Church:
Buddinge Church
Gladsaxe Church
Harald'sChurch
Mørkhøj Church
Stengård Church
Søborg Church
Søborgmagle Church

Sport facilities

Other landmarks

Railway stations

Farum Line	Kildebakke station Buddinge station Stengården station [[]Bagsværd station]]] Skovbrynet station Hareskov station Værløse station Farum station

Frederikssund Line	Herlev station Skovlunde station Malmparken station Ballerup station Måløv station Kildedal station Veksø station Stenløse station Egedal station Ølstykke station

Municipalities of Denmark

List

Hovedstaden	Albertslund Allerød Ballerup Bornholm Brøndby Copenhagen Dragør Egedal Fredensborg Frederiksberg Frederikssund Furesø Gentofte Gladsaxe Glostrup Gribskov Halsnæs Helsingør Herlev Hillerød Hvidovre Høje-Taastrup Hørsholm Ishøj Lyngby-Taarbæk Rudersdal Rødovre Tårnby Vallensbæk

Midtjylland	Favrskov Hedensted Herning Holstebro Horsens Ikast-Brande Lemvig Norddjurs Odder Randers Ringkøbing-Skjern Samsø Silkeborg Skanderborg Skive Struer Syddjurs Viborg Aarhus

Nordjylland	Aalborg Brønderslev Frederikshavn Hjørring Jammerbugt Læsø Mariagerfjord Morsø Rebild Thisted Vesthimmerland

Sjælland	Faxe Greve Guldborgsund Holbæk Kalundborg Køge Lejre Lolland Næstved Odsherred Ringsted Roskilde Slagelse Solrød Sorø Stevns Vordingborg

Syddanmark	Aabenraa Ærø Assens Billund Esbjerg Faaborg-Midtfyn Fanø Fredericia Haderslev Kerteminde Kolding Langeland Middelfart Nordfyn Nyborg Odense Svendborg Sønderborg Tønder Varde Vejen Vejle

Coordinates: 55°44′N 12°29′E / 55.733°N 12.483°E / 55.733; 12.483

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