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 6,042 (1 January 2022).[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.

Kerteminde
Town
Street with old houses in Kerteminde.
Coat of arms
Nickname:  Kerteminde Haven ved Havet / The Garden by the Sea / Der Garten am Meer
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Coordinates: 55°27′N 10°40′E
Country	Denmark
Region	Southern Denmark
Municipality	Kerteminde
Area
• Urban	3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[1]
• Urban	6,042
• Urban density	1,800/km2 (4,600/sq mi)
• Gender [2]	2,841 males and 3,201 females
Demonym	Kerteminder
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	DK-5300 Kerteminde

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 [3]
• Arent Nicolai Dragsted (1821 in Kerteminde – 1898) a Danish goldsmith
• Franz Syberg (1904 in Kerteminde - 1955) a composer and organist at Kerteminde, 1932-1955
• Henning Ipsen (1930-1984) Danish novelist and translator
• Annette Strøyberg (1936 in Rynkeby, near Kerteminde – 2005) a Danish actress [4]
• 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 and sister cities

Kerteminde is twinned with:

See also

• Korshavn, Denmark

References

External links

• Kerteminde municipality

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