Ølsted is a small village in Aarhus Municipality, near the east coast of the

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. It is located in a rural setting, south of the town of Trigenear enough that they share a Trige-Ølsted Joint Council. Ølsted is east of the town of

Søften Søften (alternative spellings include Suten–1386, Suchten–1399, and Søwten–1489) is a small Danish town in Jutland, roughly three kilometers south of Hinnerup and just northwest of Aarhus. Søften has a population of 3,072 (1 January 2022 ...

, and north of the city of

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...

. Ølsted consists of a number of older houses and several farms, though its proximity to Aarhus has attracted some commuters, with the Trige-Ølsted Joint Council noting in 2020 that "in recent years more detached houses have been added." The village has Ølsted Church. Students from Ølsted, up to grade 9, attend Bakkegårdsskolen in Trige. The town has a common postal district (8380) with Trige and Spørring. There may have been a

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in the village during the 14th century, as

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, in his seminal ''Statistical-Topographical Description of the Kingdom of Denmark'' (1904, 3rd edition, if not earlier editions), includes "Johannes Pedersen of Ølsted is mentioned in 1356".

Gallery

File:Ølsted Kirke2.JPG, Ølsted Church File:Ølsted ved Århus.jpg, Ølsted

References

Towns and settlements in Aarhus Municipality {{Denmark-geo-stub