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Vanløse

Coordinates: 55°41′15″N 12°28′48″E / 55.68750°N 12.48000°E / 55.68750; 12.48000
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The districts of Copenhagen municipality:
A: Indre By ("Copenhagen Center")
B: Østerbro
C: Nørrebro
D: Bispebjerg
E: Brønshøj-Husum
F: Vanløse
G: Valby
H: Vesterbro/Kongens Enghave
I: Amager Vest
J: Amager Øst

Vanløse is one of the 10 official districts of Copenhagen Municipality, Denmark.[1] It lies on the western border of the municipality. Vanløse covers an area of 6.69 km2, and has a population of 36,115,[2] making Vanløse the smallest district of Copenhagen, by population.

Neighboring city districts are:

Cultural references

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The oldest known map of Vanløse, 1719-

The French artist Paul Gauguin (1848 - 1903) lived at Bogholdergården in the street Bogholder Allé during his stay in Copenhagen in 1884–1885. Also, the Danish artist Henry Heerup (1907 - 1993) lived for many years in the street Rødtjørnevej in Vanløse. The local Hyltebjerg Church (Ålekistevej 89) is seen at 1:34:11 in the 1978 Olsen-banden film The Olsen Gang Sees Red.[3]

Singer Van Morrison lived in Vanløse with his Danish girlfriend from 1980 until 1983. His song Vanlose Stairway deals with sitting on the stairs of the local station.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Københavns bydele". Københavns Kommune. Archived from the original on 2009-05-10. Retrieved 2009-11-02.
  2. ^ "Folketal og boliger i bydele og roder samt folketal i skoledistrikter 1. januar 2009". København Kommune. Archived from the original on 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2009-11-01.
  3. ^ "Film 8 Olsen Banden ser rødt / Die Olsenbande sieht rot". olsenbande-homepage.de (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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55°41′15″N 12°28′48″E / 55.68750°N 12.48000°E / 55.68750; 12.48000