Troense is a town on the island of

Tåsinge Tåsinge () is a Danish island immediately south of Funen, opposite and facing Svendborg, divided from Funen by Svendborgsund.See detailed Denmark roadmap in References section. The island covers an area of circa . It is part of the South Funen ...

in south-central

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 constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

, in

Svendborg Municipality Svendborg Municipality () is a ''Municipalities of Denmark, kommune'' in the Region of Southern Denmark on the southeast coast of the island of Funen, as well as on the islands of Drejø, Hjortø, Skarø, Thurø, and Tåsinge off Funen's southeast ...

Notable people

Elvira Madigan Hedvig Antoinette Isabella Eleonore Jensen (4 December 1867 19 July 1889), better known by her stage name Elvira Madigan, was a circus performer who performed as a slack rope dancer, artistic rider, juggler and dancer. She is best known today ...

(1867 – July 19, 1889 in Nørreskov) &

Sixten Sparre Bengt Edvard ''Sixten'' "Sigge" Sparre af Rossvik (27 September 1854 – 19 July 1889) was a Swedish nobleman, lieutenant, cavalry officer, journalist, poet, mostly known for the murder of circus performer Elvira Madigan in a murder-suicide. Th ...

lived for a few days in a guest house in Troense before meeting their deaths in the forest area of ''Nørreskov''

Notes

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