Skovshoved
Skovshoved is a former fishing village on the Øresund coast north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The area is part of Charlottenlund postal district and Gentofte Municipality.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Skovshoved Church and Charlottenlund Palace.
Charlottenlund Palace
Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Charlottenlund Palace is a former summer residence of the Danish royal family located in Charlottenlund, some 10 km north of central Copenhagen, Denmark.
Skovshoved Petrol Station
Restaurant
Photo: Madeira78, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Skovshoved Petrol Station is a historic, still-operating filling station in Skovshoved at the northern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark. First opened in 1936, it was designed by Arne Jacobsen and is an example of the functionalist style typical of the time.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Ordrup and Klampenborg.
Ordrup
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Ordrup is a district of Gentofte Municipality in the northern suburbs of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located circa 12 km north of the city centre.
Klampenborg
Village
Klampenborg is a northern suburb of Copenhagen, Denmark. It is located in Gentofte municipality, directly on the shores of the Øresund Strait, between Taarbæk and Skovshoved.
Søholm Row Houses
Neighborhood
Photo: seier seier, CC BY 2.0.
The Søholm Row Houses, designed by the Danish architect Arne Jacobsen in Klampenborg just north of Copenhagen, were completed in the late 1940s and early 1950s.
Skovshoved
- Type: Village
- Description: village in Denmark
- Categories: city district and locality
- Location: Gentofte Kommune, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.75958° or 55° 45′ 35″ northLongitude
12.59569° or 12° 35′ 45″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
9F7JQH5W+R7OpenStreetMap ID
node 25506982OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Swedish—“Skovshoved” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Skovshoved”
- Icelandic: “Skovshoved”
- Italian: “Skovshoved”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Skovshoved”
- Swedish: “Skovshoved”
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Highlights include Skovshoved Hotel and Skovshoved School.
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