Sorgenfri
Sorgenfri (lit. "free of sorrow", like Sans Souci) is a neighbourhood in Lyngby-Taarbæk municipality in Greater Copenhagen lying just north of Kongens Lyngby.
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Lyngby Omfartsvej with a view towards Sorgenfri station at the exit to Sorgenfri with the S-train.
The neighbourhood is enclosed between three landmarks:
- The forest with Lyngby Åmose, Mølleådalen and Spurveskjulskoven (lit. "sparrow shelter" forest) in the south
- The lake Furesøen in the west
- The parklands of Sorgenfri Palace and the Open Air Museum in the east
In the north of Sorgenfri lies the town Virum - which was till the end of the First World War a village. "From the 1920, the first land was turned into the settlement as we now know it".[1]
Notable people
- Benny Andersen (1929 – 2018 in Sorgenfri) a Danish poet, author, songwriter, composer and pianist
- Lars H.U.G. (born 1953 in Sorgenfri as Lars Haagensen) a Danish musician and painter
- MC Einar (1987 to 1990) a Danish pioneer rap music group from Sorgenfri
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See also
References
- "Hvad gør Sorgenfri til noget særligt_1.pdf" (PDF). Dropbox. Retrieved 2018-09-27.
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