Kerteminde
Kerteminde | |
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Town | |
 Street with old houses in Kerteminde. | |
 Coat of arms | |
| Nickname: Kerteminde Haven ved Havet / The Garden by the Sea / Der Garten am Meer | |
.svg)  Kerteminde Location in the Region of Southern Denmark | |
| Coordinates: 55°27′N 10°40′E / 55.450°N 10.667°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | Southern Denmark |
| Municipality | Kerteminde |
| Area | |
| • Urban | 3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Urban | 5,987 |
| • Urban density | 1,800/km2 (4,500/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Kerteminde (nickname: Min Amandas by, i.e. My Amanda's town), is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 5,987 (1 January 2020).[1] It is a small harbor town surrounded by farms. Kerteminde contains a fish restaurant, Rudolf Mathis, the Viking museum Ladby, and the research and exhibition institution for fish and porpoises Fjord & Bælt.
Notable people
Painters
- Frederik Storch (1805 in Kerteminde – 1883) a Danish genre painter
- Johannes Larsen (1867 in Kerteminde – 1961) a nature painter, one of the Funen Painters
- Anna Syberg (1870–1914) a Funen painter, lived in Pilegården near Kerteminde from 1902
- Christine Swane (1876 in Kerteminde – 1960) one of the Funen Painters then developed a Cubist style
- Axel P. Jensen (1885 in Kerteminde – 1972) a painter of landscapes with stronger colouring than the Funen Painters
- Alfred Simonsen (1906 in Kølstrup, near Kerteminde – 1935) a painter, one of the Odsherred Painters
- Ernst Syberg (1906 in Kerteminde – 1981) a painter, became one of the Odsherred Painters
- Birthe Bovin (1906 in Kerteminde – 1980) a self-taught Danish painter, became one of Odsherred Painters
Other Arts
- Frederik Paludan-Müller (1809 in Kerteminde – 1876) a Danish poet [2]
- Arent Nicolai Dragsted (1821 in Kerteminde – 1898) a Danish goldsmith
- Franz Syberg (1904 in Kerteminde - 1955) a composer and organist at Kerteminde, 1932-1955
- Annette Strøyberg (1936 in Rynkeby, near Kerteminde – 2005) a Danish actress [3]
- Torbjørn C. Pedersen (born 1978 in Kerteminde) a Danish traveller and adventurer
Sport
- Niels Petersen (1918 in Kerteminde – 1966) a weightlifter, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Jan Eli Andersen (born 1966 in Kerteminde) a sailor, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Niclas Vemmelund (born 1992 in Kerteminde) a Danish football defender
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Kerteminde is twinned with:
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See also
References
- ^ BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 20 (11th ed.). 1911.
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 15 May 2020
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