Osted

Osted is a town with a population of 2,316 (1 January 2025) in Lejre Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark. The town is located at the road between the cities of Roskilde and Ringsted.

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Settlement.name: Osted
Settlement.settlement_type: town
Settlement.image_skyline: Osted kirke (Lejre).jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Osted Church
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Denmark
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Zealand (Sjælland)
Settlement.subdivision_type4: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name4: Lejre
Settlement.pushpin_map: Denmark#Denmark Region Zealand
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Denmark
Settlement.area_urban_km2: 1.6
Settlement.population_as_of: 2025
Settlement.population_urban: 2316
Settlement.population_density_urban_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone1: CET
Settlement.utc_offset1: +1

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Elevation: 42
Image: Osted kirke (Lejre).jpg

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Osted is a town with a population of 2,316 (1 January 2025) in Lejre Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark. The town is located at the road between the cities of Roskilde and Ringsted.

== Notable people == Hans Denver (born 1876 in Osted – 1961) a Danish sports shooter who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (born 1946 in Osted - 2005) a Danish jazz double bassist Peter Aalbæk Jensen (born 1956 in Osted) a Danish film producer