Frederiksværk
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- Locality
- Frederiksværk
- Region
- Region Hovedstaden
- Country
- Danmark
- Population
- 12,718
- Timezone
- Europe/Copenhagen
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Frederiksværk
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Frederiksværk - ved kanalen.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- View of the canal
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Frederiksværk.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Denmark#Denmark Capital Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Capital Region
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Halsnæs
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- Parish
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- Frederiksværk-Vinderød
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 8.3
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
- Settlement.population_density_metro_km2
- auto
- Settlement.population_urban
- 12837
- Settlement.population_density_urban_km2
- auto
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Country
- Denmark
- Located in
- Halsnæs Municipality
- Population
- 12257
- Elevation
- 10
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Capital of
- Halsnæs Municipality
- Image
- Frederiksværk - ved kanalen.jpg
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- Commons category
- Frederiksværk
- topic's main category
- Category:Frederiksværk
- P12749
- Osnabrück District
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- History
- Attractions
- Town Museum
- The Gunpowder Mill Museum
- Castle ruins
- GeoArt: art gallery & crystalmuseum
- Frederiksværk municipality
- Municipal information
- See also
- Notable people
- Sport
- References
- External links
Frederiksværk is a town with a population of 12,837 (1 January 2025) in Halsnæs Municipality on Zealand in Region Hovedstaden in Denmark.
==History== A French cannon founder, Peyrembert, received permission to build a cannon factory here. Having gotten into difficulties, King Frederik V requested that his chancellery advisor, Johan Frederik Classen, take over the operation of the foundry. Under Classen's management the town blossomed, and there came a gunpowder mill, as well as light industry and handicrafts to the town. This resulted in Classen's being appointed major general. On 25 August 1756 the king issued a document permitting Classen to call the town "Friederichswerk".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frederiksværk” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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