Stauning invited the Second Socialt International meeting in Copenhagen to visit Skodsborg. The visitors included Vladimir Lenin, Karl Liebknecht, Rosa Luxembourg and Alexandra Kollontay. In Skodsborg they met a thriving working community with their own school and cooperative. In 1913 Skodsborg saw the creation of Dansk Hattefabrik A/S (the Danish Hat Manufacturer Ltd), established by the visionary industrialist Hans Cohen came from Berlin . At its zenith in 1950 the plant was producing 500.000 hats a year. Landmarks Rolighed, meaning "tranquility", was originally a large wooden house built in 1794 for the Norwegian civil servant Carsten Anker. In 1855, the house was acquired by Ludvig Grøn, owner of Det Grønske Handelshus, Copenhagen's first department store. The house remained in the hands of his family until 1958. The current ahouse is from 1827. It is now owned by A.P. Møller-Mærsk and used as a conference centre. Notable people Johan Christian Drewsen (1777 at Strandmøllen - 1851) a Danish paper manufacturer, agronomist and politician, he owned Strandmøllen near Skodsborg Oda Nielsen (1851 in Liepāja – 1936 in Skodsborg) an acclaimed Danish actress Christopher Tostrup Paus, Count of Paus (1862 in Christiania – 1943 in Skodsborg) a Norwegian landowner, papal chamberlain, count, philanthropist, art collector and socialite Esther Carstensen (1873 in Skodsborg – 1955) a Danish women's rights activist and journal editor Johannes Meyer (1884 in Skodsborg – 1972) a Danish film actor Ragnhild Fabricius Gjellerup (1896 – 1958 in Skodsborg) a lawyer, the first woman judge in Denmark Raquel Rastenni (1915 – 1998 in Skodsborg) a popular Danish singer Flemming Østergaard (born 1943 in Ordrup), businessman, owns F.C. Copenhagen, lives in Skodsborg See also Skodsborg Spa Hotel References Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark Copenhagen metropolitan area Rudersdal Municipality