Sindal is a

railway town A railway town, or railroad town, is a settlement that originated, or was expanded, as a result of a railway line being constructed there. North America During the construction of the First transcontinental railroad in the 1860s, temporary, ...

on the island of

Vendsyssel-Thy The North Jutlandic Island (), Vendsyssel-Thy, or Jutland north of the Limfjord (''Jylland nord for Limfjorden'') is the northernmost part of continental Denmark and of Jutland. It is more common to refer to the three traditional districts of Ve ...

at the top of the

Jutland Jutland (; , ''Jyske Halvø'' or ''Cimbriske Halvø''; , ''Kimbrische Halbinsel'' or ''Jütische Halbinsel'') is a peninsula of Northern Europe that forms the continental portion of Denmark and part of northern Germany (Schleswig-Holstein). It ...

peninsula in northern

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. It has a population of 3,071 (1 January 2025) and is located in

Hjørring Municipality Hjørring Municipality () is a municipality ( Danish: '' kommune'') in North Jutland Region on the west coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of , making it ...

Region Nordjylland The North Jutland Region (), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the traditional counties () an ...

. Until 1 January 2007 Sindal was also the seat of

Sindal Municipality Sindal Municipality was a municipality () in Denmark. It was located on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark and belonged to North Jutland County. It was abolished effective 1 January 2007. The munic ...

which was merged with existing Hjørring,

Løkken-Vrå Løkken-Vrå was a municipality (Danish language, Danish, ''Commune (subnational entity), kommune'') in the North Jutland County, Denmark until 1 January 2007. It was located on the northwest coast of the island of Vendsyssel-Thy on the northern J ...

, and

Hirtshals Hirtshals is a town and seaport on the coast of Skagerrak on the island of Vendsyssel-Thy at the top of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark, Europe. It is located in Hjørring municipality in Region Nordjylland. The town of Hirtshals has a ...

municipalities to form an enlarged

History

The town was originally named ''Soldalen'', meaning "Sun Valley". There is some dispute over when the city was officially founded; the earliest records of the city's existence date back to the 18th century, in which the city is described as "Sindal church near the town of Sindal with Housing for the priest, a railroad, and school". Much of the town's growth was a result the Sindal Station, which brought business to the area and was built in 1871. The town's oldest commercial building is the Sindal mill. It had originally been built in the nearby village of Fjeldsted, but was moved to Sindal in 1872 after the railway station was opened. It remained operational as a grain mill until 1947, but after its closure fell into disrepair. Major restorations managed to save the windmill and today it remains the only fully preserved stone-walled mill in

Vendsyssel Vendsyssel () is the northernmost traditional district of Denmark and of Jutland. Being divided from mainland Jutland by the Limfjord, it is technically a part of the North Jutlandic Island which also comprises the areas Hanherred and Thy. Vendsy ...

. In 1976,

Sindal Airport Sindal Airport is an airport in Sindal, 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 constitutio ...

opened. The Airport is property of Hjørring Municipality which oversees its operations.

Religion

The town's original church, referred to as ''Old Sindal Church'' (Danish: ''Sindal Gamle Kirke''), was first built in the 12th century. It has since been renovated and expanded several times. In 1910, Sindal City Church (Danish: ''Sindal Bykirke'') was built to accommodate the expanding town. It was designed by Hother A. Paludan in the Neo-Romanesque style. Both congregations belong to the

Church of Denmark The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark or National Church ( , or unofficially ; ), sometimes called the Church of Denmark, is the established, state-supported church in Denmark. The supreme secular authority of the church is composed of ...

and are part of the parish of Sindal Sogn within the

Diocese of Aalborg The Diocese of Aalborg (Danish: ''Aalborg Stift'') is a diocese of the Church of Denmark. It was established in 1554, during the reformation. Its episcopal see is at Budolfi Church, Budolfi Cathedral and Thomas Reinholdt Rasmussen has been the dio ...

. Sindal Baptist Church (Danish: ''Sindal Baptistkirke'') was established in 1905 as a

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Notable people

* Martin Mortensen (1872 in Sindal – 1953): an American Professor and Head of the Department of Dairy Industry at

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; emigrated to the US in 1893. *

Martinus Thomsen Martinus Thomsen, referred to as Martinus, (11 August 1890 – 8 March 1981) was a Danish people, Danish author. Born into a poor family and with a limited education, Martinus claimed to have had a profound Spirituality, spiritual experience in M ...

(1890 near Sindal – 1981): a Danish author, philosopher and mystic. *

Jørgen Østergaard Jørgen Østergaard (born 29 July 1944 in Sindal) is a Danish Engineer and former rector at Aalborg University. Jørgen Østergaard is born in Sindal North Jutland in Denmark in 1944 and later graduated high school in Hjørring. He studied engi ...

(1944 in Sindal): a Danish engineer and former rector at

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. *

Rune Kristensen Runes are the letters in a set of related alphabets, known as runic rows, runic alphabets or futharks (also, see ''futhark'' vs ''runic alphabet''), native to the Germanic peoples. Runes were primarily used to represent a sound value (a ph ...

(1986 in Sindal): a professional bicycle mechanic in the UCI World Tour famous for performing the first disc brake bike wheel change in professional cycling. * Gulli Arason (1950 in

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): author and artist, settled in Sindal in 2019.

Gallery

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References

{{Hjørring Municipality Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region Hjørring Municipality