Værløse (Danish pronunciation: [ˈvɛɐ̯ˌløːsə]) is a town in Furesø Municipality in the northwestern outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark.

The original centre of the parish was the village of Kirke Værløse, located three kilometres to the west.

The suffix -løse means "area used for grazing in a clearing" (Danish: "græsgang i lysning").

[4] The rapid growth of Copenhagen's suburbs in the 1950s and 1960s also affected Lille Værløse, whose population quintupled between 1950 and 1970.

The rest of the town mainly consists of single-family detached homes and terraced housing.