the principal railway station of the town, and offers direct InterCity services to Copenhagen, Funen and Jutland, regional train services to Copenhagen and operated by the national railway company DSB and local train services to operated by the regional railway company Lokaltog. Notable residents Public thought and politics Ludvig Stoud Platou (1778–1833), historical and geographical writer Georg Koës (1782–1811), philologist William Christopher Zeise (1789–1847), chemist Jørgen Peter Frederik Wulff (1808–1881), naval officer Anna Laursen (1845–1911), schoolteacher and women's rights activist Niels Erik Nørlund (1885–1981), mathematician Margrethe Nørlund Bohr (1890–1984), editor and transcriber for Danish physicist Niels Bohr Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920–1989), politician and leader of the Danish Social Liberal Party from 1968–1975 Villum Christensen (born 1954), politician and MF Kim Christiansen (born 1956), politician and MF Stén Knuth (born 1964), politician and MF Louise Schack Elholm (born 1977), politician and MF Rasmus Horn Langhoff (born 1980), politician and MF Art Johan Jacob Bruun (1715–1789), painter Andrea Krætzmer (1811–1889), ballet dancer Didrik Frisch (1835–1867), landscape painter Ludvig Abelin Schou (1838–1867), painter Hans Egede Budtz (1889–1968), actor Ella Ungermann (1891–1921), actress Vilhelm Lauritzen (1894–1984), architect and founder of the Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects architectural firm Hardy Rafn (1930–1997), actor Stig Brøgger (born 1941), artist Torben Lendager (born 1951), singer Kirsten Siggard (born 1954), singer and 3-time participant of the Eurovision Song Contest Karsten Kiilerich (born 1955), director, writer and animator Elle Klarskov Jørgensen (born 1958), sculptor Simone Egeriis (born 1992), pop singer Alex Høgh Andersen (born 1994), actor Sport Fred K. Nielsen (1879–1963), college football coach Hans Olsen (fencer) (1886–1976), fencer Poul Toft Jensen (1912–2000), football player Gunner Olesen (1916–1979), gymnast Villy Moll Nielsen (1927), field hockey player Poul Moll Nielsen (1930 - 1992), field hockey player Torben Alstrup Jensen (1930 - 2007), field hockey player Willy Kristoffersen (born 1933), field hockey player Ernst Pedersen (born 1935), former sports shooter Vagn Bangsborg (born 1936), former cyclist Ole Ritter (born 1941), former cyclist Bo Braastrup Andersen (born 1976), football manager and former goalkeeper Martin Kristjansen (born 1977), boxer Joachim Persson (born 1983), badminton player Buster Juul (born 1993), handball player Niklas Larsen (born 1997), cyclist References Municipal seats of Region Zealand Municipal seats of Denmark Cities and towns in Region Zealand Slagelse Municipality