Frederikssund
Sign in to saveFrederikssund () is a Danish town, seat of the Frederikssund Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden with a population of 17,583 (1 January 2025). It received the status of market town in 1810. The town is famous for its annual Viking Games as well as for the J.F. Willumsen museum. Since 1935, it has been connected to Hornsherred via the Kronprins Frederik Bridge.
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Place details
- Locality
- Frederikssund
- Region
- Region Hovedstaden
- Country
- Danmark
- Population
- 16,850
- Timezone
- Europe/Copenhagen
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Frederikssund
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Frederikssund Arrest.jpg
- Settlement.imagesize
- 300px
- Settlement.image_caption
- Town hall
- Settlement.image_shield
- Coat of arms of Frederikssund.svg
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Denmark#Denmark Capital Region
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Denmark
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Capital (Hovedstaden)
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- Municipality
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Frederikssund
- Settlement.leader_title
- Mayor
- Settlement.leader_name
- John Schmidt Andersen
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.area_urban_km2
- 8.2
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- History
- Geography
- Frederikssund today
- Culture
- Leisure activities
- Sports
- Notable people
- Sport
- Twin towns - sister cities
- See also
- References
- External links
Frederikssund () is a Danish town, seat of the Frederikssund Municipality, in the Region Hovedstaden with a population of 17,583 (1 January 2025). It received the status of market town in 1810. The town is famous for its annual Viking Games as well as for the J.F. Willumsen museum. Since 1935, it has been connected to Hornsherred via the Kronprins Frederik Bridge.
==History== thumb|left|Historical coat of arms There is evidence of communities dating right back to the Stone Age with a number of burial sites in the area. It seems probable that there was a small settlement at the present location of Frederikssund in the Middle Ages but the development of the town probably began in the 12th century with the construction of a church at what was then known as Ude Sundby or Sundby Færge (Sundby Ferry). Located at a narrow point on Roskilde Fjord, Sundby Færge became the harbour for the nearby market town of Slangerup.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Frederikssund” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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