Svendborg
Sign in to saveSvendborg () is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,616 (1 January 2025), Svendborg is Funen's second largest city. In 2000 Svendborg was declared "Town of the year" in Denmark, and in 2003 it celebrated its 750th anniversary as a market town. By road, Svendborg is located southwest of Copenhagen, south of Aarhus, south of Odense, and east of Faaborg.
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Svendborg is a city in Denmark, situated on the island of Funen. It serves as the capital of Svendborg Municipality and has at various times been the capital of Svendborg County. The city is located within the South Denmark region and has a population of 27,210. Its postal code is 5700, and it lies at an elevation of 14 meters above sea level. The local time zone is UTC+01:00, observing UTC+02:00 during daylight saving periods.
The demonym for residents of Svendborg is svendborgenser. The city maintains twinned relationships with Stralsund, Jönköping Municipality, and Dolný Kubín. Svendborg is described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.
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- Locality
- Svendborg
- Region
- Region Syddanmark
- Country
- Danmark
- Population
- 27,300
- Timezone
- Europe/Copenhagen
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Key facts
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- Svendborg
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- Kattesundet Street and Vor Frue Church
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- Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
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- Location in Denmark
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- Denmark
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- Region
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- Southern Denmark
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- Municipality
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- Svendborg
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 13.8
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2025
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- 27616
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Official website
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Travel guide
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- Early history
- Middle Ages
- 16th and 17th centuries
- Industrial development
- 20th century to present
- Geography
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Svendborg () is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,616 (1 January 2025), Svendborg is Funen's second largest city. In 2000 Svendborg was declared "Town of the year" in Denmark, and in 2003 it celebrated its 750th anniversary as a market town. By road, Svendborg is located southwest of Copenhagen, south of Aarhus, south of Odense, and east of Faaborg.
Svendborg is home to "Danmarks Forsorgsmuseum" social history museum and "Naturama" natural history museum. The latter holds a wide variety of taxidermy from whales and bears to birds and Foxes.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Svendborg” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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