Munkebo is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality in the

Region of Southern Denmark The Region of Southern Denmark (, ; , ; ) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which abolished the traditional counties ("amter") and set up five larger regions ...

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 also the site of the municipal council of the abolished

Munkebo Municipality Until 1 January 2007 Munkebo municipality was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in former Funen County on the northeast coast of the island of Funen in central Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 19 km2, and had a total populatio ...

. The town had a population of 5,423 as of 1 January 2025.BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from

Statistics Denmark Statistics Denmark () is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing, reporting to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating statistics on the Danish society ...

Trade

Odense Steel Shipyard Odense Steel Shipyard () was a Danish shipyard company located in Odense. It was best known for building container ships for its parent group, Maersk, A.P. Moller – Maersk Group, including the Mærsk E-class container ship, Mærsk E class in ...

was located in Munkebo.

Sport

Munkebo Speedway Club Munkebo Speedway Club is a motorcycle speedway club from Munkebo in Denmark. They were champions of Denmark, having won the title in 2015. Track The track called the Munkebo Speedway Center is located on the western outskirts of Munkebo, on Gar ...

is a

motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ...

club located at the

Munkebo Speedway Center Munkebo Speedway Center is a motorcycle speedway facility in Munkebo, Denmark. The facility is located on the western outskirts of the town, on the Garbækstoften road, just off Garbæksvej. The center hosts the speedway team Munkebo Speedway ...

, on the western outskirts of Munkebo, on Garbækstoften 20.

Notable people

* Morten Lindberg (born 1965 in Munkebo–2019) also known as ''"Master Fatman"'', was a Danish media personality, comedian, disc jockey, film director, and singer IMDb Database
retrieved 15 May 2020 *

Casper Christensen Casper Lindholm Christensen (born 22 August 1968) is a Danish comedian. He has hosted many shows including '' Casper & Mandrilaftalen'', the Danish airing of '' Shooting Stars'' and '' Don't Forget Your Toothbrush'' ('' Husk lige tandbørsten ...

(born 1968 in Munkebo) a Danish comedian.

References

External links

Kerteminde municipality
Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Kerteminde Municipality {{SouthernDK-stub