Kerteminde (nickname: ''Min Amandas by'', i.e. ''My Amanda's town''), is a town in central

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, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of

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. The town has a population of 6,128 (1 January 2025).BY3: Population 1. January by urban and rural areas, area and population density
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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.

Parish and churches

Kerteminde is part of the Kerteminde-Drigstrup Parish, which was created on 1 December 2013 by merging the two parishes. Kerteminde Parish was quite small, so in the 1920s Kerteminde grew beyond the parish boundaries and gained a suburb on Over Kærby Mark in Drigstrup Parish. Kerteminde's parish church, Sankt Laurentii Kirke, is located in the town. The town is also home to Emmauskirken, which is owned by Kerteminde-Dalby Valgmenighed, which also has Bethlehemskirken in Dalby.

School facilities

Kerteminde Byskole has 466 students in grades 0-9. Kerteminde Efterskole is a Grundtvig-Kold school with 23 employees. The town has 4 daycare centers: Balders Hus with daycare and kindergarten for 78 children, Fjordvang kindergarten for 53 children, Nymarken kindergarten for 62 children and the private daycare and kindergarten Mølleløkken for 51 children. Kerteminde Idrætscenter consists of two sports halls at the town's stadium.

Etymology

The town's name (1412 Kiertheminde, 1430 Kirtimynnæ) comes from the old name for Kerteminde Fjord, Kirta, followed by the Old Danish word minni, 'mynni 'mouth'.

Notable people

Painters

* Frederik Storch (1805 in Kerteminde – 1883) a Danish genre painter *

Johannes Larsen Johannes Larsen (27 December 1867 – 20 December 1961) was a Danish nature painter. Biography Larsen was born in Kerteminde on Funen, Denmark. He was the son of Jeppe Andreas L. and Vilhelmine Christine Bless. His father was a merchant. Lar ...

(1867 in Kerteminde – 1961) a nature painter, one of the

Funen Painters The Funen Painters or ''Fynboerne'' were a loose group of Danish artists who formed an art colony on the island of Funen at the very beginning of the 20th century. They were strongly influenced by Kristian Zahrtmann who taught at the Artists Stu ...

Anna Syberg Anna Louise Birgitte Syberg (7 January 1870 – 4 July 1914) was a Danish painter. Together with her husband Fritz Syberg, she was one of the Funen Painters who lived and worked on the island of Funen. She is remembered for her lively watercolou ...

(1870–1914) a Funen painter, lived in Pilegården near Kerteminde from 1902 *

Christine Swane Christine Swane née Christine Larsen (29 May 1876 in Kerteminde – 16 August 1960 in Farum) was a Danish painter who first associated with the Funen Painters before developing her own increasingly Cubist style. Biography Christine Swane w ...

(1876 in Kerteminde – 1960) one of the

then developed a

Cubist Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement which began in Paris. It revolutionized painting and the visual arts, and sparked artistic innovations in music, ballet, literature, and architecture. Cubist subjects are analyzed, broke ...

style * Axel P. Jensen (1885 in Kerteminde – 1972) a painter of landscapes with stronger colouring than the

Alfred Simonsen Alfred Simonsen (16 December 1906 – 12 April 1935) was a Danish painter who in the early 1930s became associated with the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. When he died at the early age of 27, he had only c ...

(1906 in Kølstrup, near Kerteminde – 1935) a painter, one of the

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Ernst Syberg Ernst Axel Syberg (12 January 1906 – 17 August 1981) was a Danish painter who in the early 1930s associated with the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. From 1934, he was a member of Corner painters, Corner wh ...

(1906 in Kerteminde – 1981) a painter, became one of the

* Birthe Bovin (1906 in Kerteminde – 1980) a self-taught Danish painter, became one of

Other arts

Frederik Paludan-Müller Frederik Paludan-Müller (7 February 1809 – 27 December 1876) was a Danish poet, the third son of Jens Paludan-Müller and born in Kerteminde, on the island of Funen. In 1819 his father was transferred to Odense, and Frederik began to atten ...

(1809 in Kerteminde – 1876) a Danish poet *

Arent Nicolai Dragsted Arent Nicolai Dragsted (9 June 182115 August 1898) was a Danish goldsmith based in Copenhagen who was granted the predicate Purveyor to the Court of Denmark shortly before his death. His company, A. Dragsted, still exists today. Dragsted created ...

(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 IMDb Database
retrieved 15 May 2020 *

Torbjørn C. Pedersen Torbjørn C. "Thor" Pedersen (born 19 December, 1978) is a Danish traveller and adventurer known for the ''Once Upon a Saga'' project: a journey to visit every country in the world without the use of air travel. The project began in 2013 and las ...

(born 1978 in Kerteminde) a Danish traveller and adventurer

Sport

Oliver Christensen Oliver Christensen (born 22 March 1999) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Italian club Fiorentina. Club career OB Born in Kerteminde on the island of Funen, Christensen played in the youth department of his loca ...

(born 1999 in Kerteminde) a professional footballer * Niels Petersen (1918 in Kerteminde – 1966) a weightlifter, competed at the

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Jan Eli Andersen Jan Eli Andersen (born 7 July 1966) is a sailor from Kerteminde, Denmark. who represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah, United States as crew member in the Soling. With helmsman Stig Westergaard Stig Westergaard (born 16 ...

(born 1966 in Kerteminde) a sailor, competed at the

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* Niclas Vemmelund (born 1992 in Kerteminde) a Danish football defender *

Kristoffer Lund Kristoffer Lund Hansen (born May 14, 2002) is a professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for club 1. FC Köln, on loan from club Palermo. Born in Denmark, he represents the United States national team. Club career Lund began playi ...

(born 1999 in Kerteminde) a professional footballer

International relations

Twin towns and sister cities

Kerteminde is twinned with: *

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References

External links

Kerteminde municipality
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