[2] Traces of an early Iron Age settlement from about the year 200 AD have been found just south east of Store Magleby Church.

In 1521 Christian II invited Dutch-speaking families (from especially Nieuwpoort and Mechelen in present-day Belgium)[3] to settle in the parish and grow vegetables.

It is used to be thought that they came from Waterland, but nowadays it is believed the origins of at least some of the settlers lay elsewhere in the present-day Netherlands or even Flanders.

Dutch continued in use in the village until the early 19th century, and it is still colloquially named Hollænderbyen ('Dutch town').

[4] Store Magleby is located in the southern side of the island of Amager, close to Maglebylille, Dragør and Tårnby.