Ålsgårde

Seaside resort in North Zealand, Denmark

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Location of Ålsgårde in Denmark

Ålsgårde is a seaside resort and former fishing village on the north coast of Zealand, Denmark, located six kilometer northwest of Helsingør.

Formerly Ålsgårde was a separate town, but today it has merged with the neighbouring town of Hellebæk into an urban area with a population of 5,846 (1 January 2024).^[1]

Notable buildings

Rytterhuset (Nordre Strandvej 230) was built in 1889 as summer residence for the painter Frants Henningsen to a National Romantic design by Martin Nyrop. The property, including a jetty with a bathhouse and a couple of outbuildings, is now listed in the Danish registry of protected buildings and places.^[2] Nordre Strandvej 140, a half-timbered house from 1819, is also listed.^[3] Hellebæk Church is, in spite of its name, also located in Ålsgårde.

Notable people

Laura Kieler (1849 – 1932 in Ålsgårde) a Norwegian-Danish novelist
August Hassel (1864 - 1942 in Ålsgårde) a Danish sculptor.
Harald Leth (1899 – 1986 in Ålsgårde) a Danish naturalistic painter

References

^ BY3: Population 1 January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark (Search for the name Hellebæk, who is the official name of the urban area used by Statistics Denmark)
^ "Sag: Rytterhuset" (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
^ "Sag: Nordre Strandvej 140" (in Danish). Kulturstyrelsen. Retrieved 21 November 2015.