Svaneke
Sign in to saveSvaneke (Swencke in 1410, from old Danish swan swan and *wīka inlet) is a small town on the eastern coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. It lies mainly in Svaneke parish and partly in Ibsker parish.
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Vinony's link graph records 133 inbound references to Svaneke, and connects out to Bornholm, St Ib's Church and Denmark.
The entry is geolocated on the map in DK, across 4 mapped points.
It is catalogued under topics including Bornholm and Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark.
Vinony links it to 13 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Svaneke
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Svaneke aeral view asv2024-07.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Aerial view, 2024
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Svaneke.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Svaneke.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Denmark Bornholm
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location on Bornholm
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Capital (Hovedstaden)
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Bornholm
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 0.7
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Population
- 1078
- Official website
- bornholm.info/de
- Image
- Svaneke Havn asv2024-07 img1.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Svaneke
- postal code
- 3740
- Commons gallery
- Svaneke
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Encyclopedic overview
11 sectionsContents
- History
- Tourism
- Other attractions
- The water tower
- St Ib's Church
- Windmills
- Svaneke Church
- Svaneke Lighthouse
- Gallery
- References
- External links
Svaneke (Swencke in 1410, from old Danish swan swan and *wīka inlet) is a small town on the eastern coast of the Baltic island of Bornholm, Denmark. It lies mainly in Svaneke parish and partly in Ibsker parish.
It is Denmark's easternmost town. It is also the second smallest chartered town in Denmark, with a population of 1,090 as of 1 January 2025. Only Ærøskøbing is smaller.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Svaneke” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
On the map
4 mapped locations