Pope Urban III
The village was probably founded some time during the transition between the Viking Age and the Middle Ages (900–1100). It is first recorded in a letter from 1186 where Pope Urban III thinks Bishop Absalon for giving it to Roskilde bishopric. It is also mentioned in Roskilde Bishopric Census Book ("Roskildebispens jordebog") from 1370. The area was administrated from Hjortholm Castle at Furesøen in Frederiksdal