Årslev is a town in central

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

on the island of

Funen Funen (, ), is the third-largest List of islands of Denmark, island of Denmark, after Zealand and North Jutlandic Island, Vendsyssel-Thy, with an area of . It is the List of islands by area, 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in th ...

. It was located in

Årslev Municipality Årslev municipality () is a former municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in the island of Funen in central Denmark. It merged into Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality on 1 January 2007. The former municipality covered an area of , and had a total populat ...

, until 1 January 2007 when it became part of Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality. The town has a population of 4,447 (1 January 2025).BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from

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There is a train station (operated by DSB) and bus connections (operated by Fynbus) to

Odense Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (after Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2025, the city proper had a population of 185,480 while Odense Municipality had a population of 210, ...

and

Svendborg 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.Sdr. Nærå Fri- og Efterskole Sdr. Nærå Fri- Og Efterskole is a little school located in Årslev in the middle of Funen Funen (, ), is the third-largest List of islands of Denmark, island of Denmark, after Zealand and North Jutlandic Island, Vendsyssel-Thy, with an area o ...

and Broskolen Afd. Bøgehøj

Notable people

Valdemar Skjerning Valdemar Skjerning (31 October 1887 – 19 August 1970) was a Danish stage and film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the fles ...

(1887 in Palleshave, Årslev Municipality – 1970) a Danish stage and film actor IMDb Database
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Stine Nielsen Stine Nielsen (born 9 February 1991) is a Danish sports shooter. She competed in the Women's 10 metre air rifle and women's 50 m 3 positions events at the 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics. She won the junior World title in the 50 m rifle 3 position ...

(born 1991 in Årslev) a Danish sports shooter. She competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

Alexander Bah Alexander Hartmann Bah (born 9 December 1997) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Denmark national team. After coming through Næsby's youth academy, he was promoted to the first ...

, footballer

External links

Faaborg-Midtfyn municipality

References

Aarslev Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality Populated places in Funen {{SouthernDK-stub