Rødovre Municipality

Rødovre Municipality
Basic data
State :	Denmark
Region :	Hovedstaden
Region :	Københavns omegn
Educated:	1901
Office (until the end of 2006) :	København's office
Harde : (until March 1970)	Sokkelund Herred
Office (until 1970) :	København's office
Residents :	40,652 (2020)
Area :	12.20 km² (2014)
Population density :	3,332 inhabitants per km²
Municipality number :	175
Administration headquarters:	Rødovre
Address:	Rødovre Parkvej 150 2610 Rødovre
Mayor:	Britt Jensen ( Social Democrats )
Website:	www.rk.dk
Sister cities :	Täby Järvenpää Lørenskog

Former Irma headquarters in Rødovre

Rødovre Kommune is a Danish municipality in the Hovedstaden region . The municipality is part of the capital region Hovedstadsområdet .

The Copenhagen suburb is relatively small with 12.20 km² compared to the population of 40,652 (as of January 1, 2020).

In 1999 Rødovre was one of the venues for the 1999 Ice Hockey World Championship . The suburb was the headquarters of the Danish supermarket chain Irma until 2012 . From April 2017 (groundbreaking) a place of residence, IrmaByen ((Die) IrmaStadt), with 3,000 inhabitants was built here.

Parishes in the commune

The following parishes ( Danish : Sogn ) are in the municipality :

No.	Parish	Residents
	Grøndalslund Sogn	8,080
	Hendriksholm Sogn	6,460
	Islev Sogn	11,977
	Rødovre Sogn	14,135

population

Development of the population (January 1st) :

• 1980: 38.020
• 1985: 36,356
• 1990: 35,350
• 1995: 35,490
• 1999: 36.004
• 2000: 36,317
• 2003: 36,619
• 2005: 36,312
• 2010: 36,233
• 2020: 40,652

Town twinning

Rødovre Municipality has twinning partnerships with the following cities:

•  Sweden : Täby
•  Finland : Järvenpää
•  Norway : Lørenskog

Personalities

• Anders W. Berthelsen (* 1969), actor
• Lars Eller (* 1989), ice hockey player
• Jakob Ejersbo (1968–2008), writer
• Hans Fogh (1938-2014), sailor
• Ken Frost (* 1967), track cyclist
• Nikolaj Lie Kaas (* 1973), actor
• Brigitte Nielsen (* 1963), actress
• Martin Retov (* 1980), football player
• Helle Thorning-Schmidt (* 1966), politician, prime minister , leader of the Danish Social Democratic Party
• Finn Ziegler (1935–2005), jazz musician
• Adrenalize (* 1996), hardstyle DJ and producer

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Statistics Banks -> Geografi, miljø og energi -> ARE207: Areal demands efter municipality / region (Danish)
3. ↑ danskekommuner.dk: Borgmesterffekta: Rødovre (Danish), accessed on April 16, 2020
4. ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so and folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)
5. ↑ rk.dk: Venskabsbyer (Danish), accessed on April 16, 2020

Web links

Commons : Rødovre Kommune  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the municipality (Danish)

Coordinates: 55 ° 41 ′  N , 12 ° 27 ′  E