Frederikshavn
Frederikshavn is a municipality in
North Jutland County on the northeast coast of the
Jutland peninsula in northern
Denmark. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbour". The municipality covers an area of 180 km, and has a total population of 33,975 . Its mayor is Erik Srensen, a member of the Social Democrats
political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Frederikshavn.
Neighboring municipalities are
Skagen to the north, Sindal to the west, and Sby to the south.
Encyclopedia
Frederikshavn is a municipality in
North Jutland County on the northeast coast of the
Jutland peninsula in northern
Denmark. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbour". The municipality covers an area of 180 km², and has a total population of 33,975 . Its mayor is Erik Sørensen, a member of the Social Democrats
political party.
The main town and the site of its municipal council is the city of Frederikshavn.
Neighboring municipalities are
Skagen to the north, Sindal to the west, and
Sæby to the south. To the east are the waters of Ålbæk Bay in the north and the Læsø Channel , the
strait that separates Jutland from the Danish island of
Læsø, in the south. Beyond these lie the
Kattegat, the strait that separates Denmark from Sweden.
Ferry service connects the municipality at the city of Frederikshavn to the cities of
Oslo and
Larvik in
Norway,
Göteborg,
Sweden and to
Læsø.
By January 1, 2007 Frederikshavn municipality will, as the result of
Kommunalreformen , be merged with existing
Skagen and
Sæby municipalities. This will result in an
enlarged municipality with newly defined borders. The enlarged municipality will have an area of 642 km² and a total population of 63,799 . The municipality will belong to the new
Region Nordjylland .
The city of Frederikshavn
Frederikshavn has a population of 24,309 , and is an important traffic portal with its ferry connections to Sweden and Norway. The city is also well known for fishing, and its fishing and industrial harbours. The Danish term "
frederikshavner" is used to denote a quality
plaice fish, probably the most popular eating fish in Denmark.
Frederikshavn's oldest building, Fiskerklyngen, is originally from the mid-1500s, but the houses now there are from 1700s-1800s.
Big business in the area include MAN/BW Alpha, Martin, as well as the Navy Base Frederikshavn , which is the home location for the training ship Danmark, the national
icebreakers, and the royal yacht
Dannebrog.
Frederikshavn has, like the rest of North Jutland, been hit with hard
unemployment. The city's largest workplace, the
shipyard Danyard, closed in the late 1990s. This resulted in more than 2,000 workers being unemployed. Today there is still activity at the large ship building area, with many small companies renting space there.
History
Frederikshavn was originally called
Fladstrand , until 1818 when it received status as a merchant town under the name of Frederikshavn, after King
Frederik VI.
Due to its advantageous proximity to the entrance to the
Baltic Sea, Frederikshavn has historically been a naval base of some strategic importance.
Tordenskjold barricaded himself here in the fortress German troops had already built in the 1600s. The only old military installations remaining to this day are the Gunpowder Tower , constructed in 1688, and the Northern Entrenchment . The Gunpowder Tower has been preserved, and is incorporated in the municipality's
coat-of-arms.
Harbours
The municipality has a number of harbours/marinas :
- Strandby Harbour : Fishing and pleasureboat harbour
- Rønner Harbour : Pleasureboat, dinghy and fishing harbour
- Northern Entrenchment Harbour : Dinghy harbour
- Frederikshavn Harbour : Commercial harbout
- Naval Harbour : National warships, icebreakers, royal yacht and training ships
- Sea Sports Harbour : Pleasureboat, dinghy and houseboat harbour
- Neppen's Harbour : Dinghy harbour
Friendship towns
Frederikshavn has established the following
friendship towns :
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Other attractions
- Bangsbo Museum
- Frederikshavn Art Museum
- Frederikshavn Shipyard Historical Society
Famous people of/from the municipality
Actress
Connie Nielsen was born in Frederikshavn.
External links
References
- Municipal statistics: , delivered from
- Municipal mergers and neighbors:
