Svendborg (dnk)

Svendborg

Svendborg ranks 4,640th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Morshansk, Orihuela, and Livno. Memorable people born in Svendborg include Johannes Jørgensen, Alex Rasmussen, and Christian Holst. Memorable people who died in Svendborg include Johannes Jørgensen, and John Eriksen. Svendborg has been the birth place of many writers, and cyclists and the death place of many writers, and soccer players. Svendborg is located in Denmark.

Svendborg is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,594, Svendborg is Funen's second largest city. In 2000 Svendborg was declared "Town of the year" in Denmark, and in 2003 it celebrated its 750th anniversary as a market town. By road, Svendborg is located 195 kilometres (121 mi) southwest of Copenhagen, 183 kilometres (114 mi) south of Aarhus, 44.2 kilometres (27.5 mi) south of Odense, and 28.5 kilometres (17.7 mi) east of Faaborg. Read more on Wikipedia