Svenstrup is a town in

Aalborg Municipality Ålborg Municipality () is a municipality in North Jutland Region on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.Bridgwater, W. & Beatrice Aldrich. (1966) ''The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia''. Columbia University. p. 11. The municipality str ...

with a population of 8,001 (2025),

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 ...

in Denmark. It is located 10 km south of

Aalborg Aalborg or Ålborg ( , , ) is Denmark's List of cities and towns in Denmark, fourth largest urban settlement (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an Urban area, urban populati ...

's city centre and 3 km south of the southern outskirts of the city. Svenstrup is served by

Svenstrup railway station Svenstrup railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Svenstrup in Himmerland south of Aalborg, Denmark. Svenstrup station is located on the Randers-Aalborg Line from Randers to Aalborg and is part of the Aalborg Commuter ...

on the

Randers–Aalborg railway line The Randers–Aalborg railway line () is an long standard gauge double track railway line in Jutland, Denmark which runs through the historical region of Himmerland between the cities of Randers and Aalborg. It constitutes a section of the East ...

. The station re-opened in 2003. The Battle of Svenstrup was fought during the

Count's Feud The Count's Feud (), sometimes referred to as the Count's War, was a Danish war of succession occurring from 1534 to 1536, which gave rise to the Reformation in Denmark. In the broader international context, it was a part of the European wars of ...

in 1534 on the fields just outside Svenstrup.

Notable people

Jan Ø. Jørgensen Jan Østergaard Jørgensen (born 31 December 1987) is a Danish retired badminton player who played for SIF (Skovshoved) in the national league. He won the men's singles title at the 2014 European Badminton Championships, 2014 European Championshi ...

(born 1987 in Svenstrup), badminton player *

Nicklas Helenius Nicklas Helenius Jensen (born 8 May 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Danish Superliga club AaB. Club career Aalborg BK Helenius joined the Aalborg BK youth squad at the age of 13 and received his first contr ...

(born 1991), footballer

References

{{Populated places of Aalborg Municipality Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region Towns and settlements in Aalborg Municipality