Denmark
Capital Region
Furesø Municipality

Farum

Farum is a town on the northeast of the island of Zealand in eastern , 20 km northwest of Copenhagen. The town has a population of 20,369. The town is part of . Until 2006, it constituted Farum Municipality.
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  • Type: Town with 20,300 residents
  • Description: town in Denmark, near Copenhagen
  • Postal code: 3520

Places of Interest

Highlights include Farum railway station and Right to Dream Park.

Railway station
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Farum station is an S-train railway station serving the satellite town of Farum north of , . It is located about 1 km east of the old village Farum, but is the center of the modern Farum, which has grown up around the station.

Stadium
Photo: Валерий Дед, CC BY 3.0.
, historically known as Farum Park, is a football stadium in Farum, Denmark. It is the home ground of FC Nordsjælland and Hillerød Fodbold.

Manor estate
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is a former manor house overlooking Farum Lake at Farum, , in the north-western outskirts of , . It is located just east of Farum Church and the original Farum village.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Værløse and Bistrup.

Town
Photo: Furesø Kommune, CC BY 2.0.
is a town in in the northwestern outskirts of , . As of 1 January 2025, it has a population of 13,200. Situated on the west side of the Hillerød Motorway, between Farum Lake to the north and Søndersø Lake to the south, it is surrounded by forest on three sides. is situated 3 km south of Farum.

Suburb
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is the southern district of . The district lies between Furesø and central Birkerød, approximately 20 kilometers from central Copenhagen. is situated 4 km northeast of Farum.

Village
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Værløse is a town in in the northwestern outskirts of , . As of 1 January 2025, it has a population of 13,200. Situated on the west side of the Hillerød Motorway, between Farum Lake to the north and Søndersø Lake to the south, it is surrounded by forest on three sides. is situated 4 km southwest of Farum.

Farum

Latitude
55.81012° or 55° 48′ 36″ north
Longitude
12.37025° or 12° 22′ 13″ east
Population
20,300
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DK FRM
Open location code
9F7JR96C+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 26559262
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2622306
Wiki­data ID
Q3554742
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Ukrainian—“Farum” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Farum”
  • Catalan: “Farum”
  • Cebuano: “Farum (kapital sa munisipyo)”
  • Cebuano: “Farum”
  • Chinese: “法鲁姆”
  • Danish: “Farum”
  • Dutch: “Farum”
  • Estonian: “Farum”
  • Finnish: “Farum”
  • French: “Farum”
  • German: “Farum”
  • Greek: “Φάρουμ”
  • Italian: “Farum”
  • Japanese: “ファルム”
  • Korean: “파룸”
  • Lithuanian: “Farumas”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Farum”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Farum”
  • Norwegian: “Farum”
  • Persian: “فاروم”
  • Polish: “Farum”
  • Romanian: “Farum”
  • Russian: “Фарум”
  • Spanish: “Farum”
  • Swedish: “Farum”
  • Turkish: “Farum”
  • Ukrainian: “Фарум”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Farum”. Photo: Sir48, CC BY-SA 3.0.