Fjerritslev is a town in North Jutland, Denmark. It is located in

Jammerbugt Municipality Jammerbugt Municipality is a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the North Jutland Region on the North Jutlandic Island. It is located along the coast of Skagerrak to the north and the Limfjord to the south. It borders the municipalities of This ...

, 13 km north of

Løgstør Løgstør is a town in Denmark with a population of 3,967 (1 January 2022) It is located 47 km west of Aalborg and 64 km north of Viborg. Løgstør's city centre consists of old streets with small houses built in the 1800s for fishermen and sailo ...

, 37 km northeast of

Thisted Thisted is a town in the municipality of Thisted in the North Denmark Region of Denmark. It has a population of 13,461 (1 January 2022)Aabybro Aabybro or Åbybro is a town in North Jutlandic Island, North Jutland, Denmark. The town is the seat of Jammerbugt Municipality, and is the biggest town in the municipality. Aabybro is located 17 km southwest of Brønderslev, 16 km northwest of ...

. Until 1 January 2007 Fjerritslev was the seat of the former

Fjerritslev Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Fjerritslev Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the former North Jutland County, on the North Jutlandic Island, bordering the Limfjord to the south and North Sea to the north. The municipality covered an a ...

History

Fjerritslev is mentioned in 1487 under the name Fieridsleff. Until the middle of the 1800s Fjerritslev only consisted of a series of spread-out houses and farms. A tavern was built in Fjerritslev in 1840, which began the expansion of the town. Following the tavern was other establishments, including a post office, bank, school and brewery. With the construction of the train station in 1897, the town began to rapidly expand. During the

German occupation of Denmark At the outset of World War II in September 1939, Denmark declared itself neutral. For most of the war, the country was a protectorate and then an occupied territory of Germany. The decision to occupy Denmark was taken in Berlin on 17 December ...

in 1940-45 multiple buildings in the town was occupied by the Germans. This included the school, which forced the locals to move their teaching facilities to the town's tavern. The train station in Fjerritslev was shut down in 1969. In the

1970 Danish Municipal Reform The 1970 Danish Municipal Reform was an extensive administrative reform in Denmark which on 1 April 1970 reduced the number of Danish municipalities from 1,098 to 277 and the number of counties from 25 to 14. The reform also abolished the last ...

seven parish municipalities were merged to form

, with the municipality's seat and main town being Fjerritslev. The municipality lasted until 2007 where it was merged with

Aabybro Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Aabybro Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the former North Jutland County, on the south coast of the North Jutlandic Island, bordering the Limfjord. The municipality covered an area of 170.88 km2, a ...

Pandrup Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Pandrup Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the former North Jutland County, on the north coast of the North Jutlandic Island. The municipality covered an area of 189.67 km2, and had a total populatio ...

and

Brovst Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Brovst Municipality was a municipality (Danish: '' kommune'') in the former North Jutland County, on the North Jutlandic Island, bordering the Limfjord to the south and the North Sea to the north. The municipality covered an ar ...

to form Jammerbugt Municipality. In 197
Fjerritslev Gymnasium
(upper secondary high school) was founded. As of 2022, it has approximately 375 students and also offers Higher Preparatory Examination (HF) and Higher Commercial Examination (HHX). Since 2016 it has been possible for the students to also stay at Fjerritslev College. This has made Fjerritslev Gymnasium more attractive for students from other regions of Denmark and even from abroad.

Fjerritslev Brewery and Local Museum

Fjerritslev Brewery and Local Museum (Danish: ''Fjerritslev Bryggeri- og Egnsmuseum'') is located in Fjerritslev. It is both a brewery museum and a local museum. The brewery, originally named ''P. Kjeldgaards Bryggeri'', originates from 1885, where it was started by Niels Borup and Peter Bauer. Per Kjeldgaard joined in 1887. When Kjeldgaard died in 1919 his wife, Kathrine Kjeldgaard, took over leading the brewery. She became the only Danish female brewery owner until her death in 1950. Her daughter, Kirsten Kjeldgaard, took over and continued the brewery until 1968 where it was shut down. She lived in the old brewery until 1982 where she died. The current museum was established one year later.Fjerritslevmuseum.dk
"Bryggerfamilien" Retrieved 15 October 2020

Notable residents

* Rikke Nielsen (born 1977), handball player * Thomas Danielsen (born 1983), politician and MF * Mikkel B. Andersen (born 1996), speedway rider

References

{{Jammerbugt Municipality Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region Jammerbugt Municipality pt:Fjerritslev