Sorø () is a

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Sorø municipality Sorø Municipality is a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in east Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , and has a total population of 29,331 (2015). The main town and the ...

in Region Sjælland on the island of

Zealand Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is th ...

(''Sjælland'') in east

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. The population is 7,999 (2022).BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
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The municipal council and the regional council are located in Sorø. Sorø was founded in 1161 by

Bishop A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ...

Absalon Absalon (21 March 1201) was a Danish statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of Roskilde from 1158 to 1192 and archbishop of Lund from 1178 until his death. He was the foremost politician and church father of Denmar ...

, later the founder of

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

, and is the site of

Sorø Academy Sorø Academy ( Danish, ''Sorø Akademi'') is a boarding school and gymnasium located in the small town of Sorø, Denmark. It traces its history back to the 12th century when Bishop Absalon founded a monastery at the site, which was confiscated ...

( Danish ''Sorø Akademis Skole''). The Academy is an educational institution built in 1140. Also built that year was

Sorø Klosterkirke Sorø Klosterkirke (i.e. ''Sorø Abbey Church'') is located in the Danish town of Sorø. It was founded by Danish archbishop Absalon and built by Cistercians in the period from 1161 to 1201. It is made of red brick, which was a new material for th ...

, the church where Bishop Absalon and Margaret I of Denmark were buried (she was later moved to

Roskilde Domkirke , image = Roskilde Cathedral aerial.jpg , caption = View from the north-west , coordinates = , location = Roskilde , country = Denmark , denomination = Church of Denmark , previous denomination = Catholic Church , website = , founded dat ...

Roskilde Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 51,916 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...

). Many people live in Sorø, but work either in the greater Copenhagen metropolitan area or in the town of Roskilde.

Economy

Companies headquartered in Sorø include ''Hørkram''.

Notable people

(ca.1128–1201) a statesman and prelate of the Catholic Church,

bishop of Roskilde The former Diocese of Roskilde () was a diocese within the Roman-Catholic Church which was established in Denmark some time before 1022. The diocese was dissolved with the Reformation of Denmark and replaced by the Protestant Diocese of Zealan ...

, 1158 to 1192 and

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, 1178 to 1201. *

Caspar Bartholin the Elder Caspar Bartholin the Elder (; 12 February 1585 – 13 July 1629) was a Danish physician, scientist and theologian. Biography Caspar Berthelsen Bartholin was born at Malmø, Denmark (modern Sweden). His precocity was extraordinary; at three yea ...

(1585–1629 in Sorø) a physician, scientist and theologian. * Ludvig Holberg, Baron of Holberg (1684–1754) writer, essayist, philosopher, historian and playwright; buried in Sorø. *

Otto Thott Otto Thott (13 October 1703 – 10 September 1785) was a Danish Count, minister of state, and land owner. During his lifetime, he acquired Gavnø Castle and one of the largest private collections of book and manuscripts in Denmark. Ea ...

(1703–1785) a Count and landowner, lived and buried in Sorø *

Jens Schielderup Sneedorff Jens Schielderup Sneedorff (22 August 1724 – 5 June 1764) was a Danish author, professor of political science and royal teacher and a central figure in Denmark in the Age of Enlightenment. Biography Sneedorff was born in Sorø, the son of the ...

(1724 in Sorø–1764) an author, professor of political science with a big role in the

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Jens Paludan-Müller Jens Paludan-Müller (7 November 1771 – 14 May 1845) was a Danish bishop, teacher and author. He served as the bishop of the Diocese of Aarhus between 1830 and 1845 and published a collection of his sermons. In 1799, he married Benedicte Rosens ...

(1771 in Sorø–1845) a Danish bishop, teacher and author,

Bishop of Aarhus The former Diocese of Aarhus ( da, Aarhus Stift) was a Roman Catholic diocese in Denmark, founded in the 10th century and dissolved during the Protestant Reformation. The diocese included the counties of Aarhus and Randers, the islands of ...

1830–1845 *

Christian Molbech Christian Molbech (8 October 1783 – 23 June 1857) was a Danish historian, literary critic, writer, and theater director. He was a professor of literature at the University of Copenhagen and was the founding editor of ''Historisk Tidsskrift ...

(1783 in Sorø–1857) an historian and critic *

Bernhard Severin Ingemann Bernhard Severin Ingemann (28 May 1789 – 24 February 1862) was a Danish novelist and poet. Biography Ingemann was born in Torkilstrup, on the island of Falster, Denmark. The son of a vicar, he was left fatherless in his youth. While a stu ...

(1789–1862 in Sorø) a novelist and poet. *

Louise Thomsen Marie Louise Thomsen née Molbech (1823–1907) was a pioneering Danish photographer who ran a photographic business in Hellebæk in the north of Zealand from the early 1860s. Many of the photographs she took in the area near her home have been p ...

(1823 in Sorø–1907) a pioneering photographer *

Christian Frederik Lütken Christian Frederik Lütken (; 7 October 1827, in Sorø – 6 February 1901), was a Danish zoologist and naturalist. In 1852, he resigned his commission as a lieutenant with the Danish army, and earned his master's degree in sciences the follo ...

(1827 in Sorø–1901) zoologist and naturalist *

Julius Petersen Julius Peter Christian Petersen (16 June 1839, Sorø, West Zealand – 5 August 1910, Copenhagen) was a Danish mathematician. His contributions to the field of mathematics led to the birth of graph theory. Biography Petersen's interes ...

(1839 in Sorø–1910) mathematician, on

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Emilie Mundt Caroline Emilie Mundt (22 August 1842, Sorø – 25 October 1922, Frederiksberg) was a Danish painter, known for her portraits of children. Biography Her father, Carl Emil Mundt, was a Professor of mathematics at the Sorø Academy. Her mother ...

(1842 in Sorø–1922) painter of portraits of children *

Bernhard Bang Bernhard Lauritz Frederik Bang (7 June 1848 – 22 June 1932), was a Danish veterinarian. He discovered Brucella abortus in 1897, which came to be known as ''Bang's bacillus''. Bang's bacillus was the cause of the contagious ''Bang's disease'' (n ...

(1848 in Sorø–1932) veterinarian, worked on bovine TB *

Margrete Heiberg Bose Margrete Elisabeth Heiberg Bose (1865–1952) was an Argentina, Argentine physicist of Denmark, Danish origin, the first woman to receive a chemistry degree in Denmark, possibly the first female physicist to work in Latin America and one of the fi ...

(1865 in Sorø–1952) an Argentine physicist * Thorkel Møller (1868 in Sorø–1946) an architect, worked in Aarhus * Astrid Holm (1893 in Sønder Bjerge Sogn – 1961) a Danish theater and film actress from the early silent film era *

Lulu Ziegler Karen Margrete Maria (Lulu) Ziegler (1903–1973) was a Danish actress, singer and theatre director who was active in both Denmark and Sweden. She gained fame as a cabaret singer in the 1930s, enchanting her audiences in her own expressive style. I ...

(1903–1973), actress, singer and theatre director *

Yvonne Herløv Andersen Yvonne Herløv Andersen (born 1942) is a Danish former politician. She left parliament in 2001. A social worker and school principal by profession, Herløv Andersen was present at the founding of the Centre Democrats in 1973, though initially i ...

(born 1942) a Danish politician, elected to the

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in 1977, serving variously for Sorø until 2001 *

Ina Skriver Ina Skriver (born March 16, 1945) is a Danish-born actress and model who worked mostly in British films and television. She is now retired and lives in Somerset. Born in Sorø, Denmark, the daughter of Johan Frederik Utke Meincke and Janine Tesl ...

(born 1945 in Sorø) retired actress and model, worked mostly in British films and TV, now lives in Withypool,

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* Peter Reinhard Hansen (born 1968 in Sorø) Professor of Economics at the University of North Carolina * Martin Høgsted (born 1982 in Dianalund) a Danish stand-up comedianIMDb Database
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Sport

Axel Thayssen Axel Thayssen (22 February 1885 – 31 January 1952) was a Danish tennis player. He competed in two events at the 1912 Summer Olympics. References External links

* 1885 births 1952 deaths People from Sorø Municipality Danish mal ...

(1885 in Sorø–1952) a Danish tennis player, competed in the

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

* Bent Jensen (born 1925 in Sorø) a Danish rower, competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics *

Trine Hansen Trine Hansen (born 19 February 1973 in Ringsted, Sjælland) is a retired female rower from Denmark. Hansen mainly competed in the single scull boat type, and she won the World Rowing Championship in 1994 and a Bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Ol ...

(born 1973) a retired female rower, bronze medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, grew up in Sorø

References

External links

Sorø municipality's official website

Tourist information
Municipal seats of Region Zealand Cities and towns in Region Zealand Sorø Municipality {{ZealandDK-stub

Economy

Notable people

Sport

See also

References

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