Bjerringbro is a

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located at the

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between Viborg and

Randers Randers () is a city in Randers Municipality, Central Denmark Region on the Jutland peninsula. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 62,802 (as of 1 January 2022).Gudenå Gudenå or Gudenåen (), is Denmark's longest river and runs through the central parts of the Jutlandic peninsula. An anglicized version of the name often seen is 'The River Guden'. Gudenåen has its spring in Tinnet Krat, Vejle Municipality (be ...

(''River Guden''). Until 1 January 2007 it was the municipal seat of the former Bjerringbro Municipality and today, with a population of 7,437 (1 January 2022),BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from

Statistics Denmark Statistics Denmark ( da, Danmarks Statistik) is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing and which reports to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating st ...

it is the second largest town of

Viborg Municipality Viborg municipality is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covers an area of 1,421.04 km2, and has a population of 94,622 (1 April 2014). Søren Pape Pou ...

Central Denmark Region The Central Denmark Region ( da, Region Midtjylland), or more directly translated as the Central Jutland Region and sometimes simply Mid Jutland, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish muni ...

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. The town is the site of the headquarters of

Grundfos Grundfos () is the largest pump manufacturer in the world, based in Denmark, with more than 19,000 employees globally. The annual production of more than 16 million pump units, circulator pumps (UP), submersible pumps (SP), and centrifugal pump ...

, the world's largest pump manufacturer.

Notable residents

Marie Hjelmer Fanny Marie Annette Hjelmer born Raaschou (1869–1937) was a Danish women's rights activist and politician. In 1918, she became one of the first five women to be elected to the Landsting. She joined the Danish Women's Society in 1922, became a b ...

(1869 Bjerring – 1937) a Danish women's rights activist and politician. * Charles Buchwald (1880 in Bjerringbro – 1951) an amateur footballer who played seven games for

and won two team silver medals, at the 1908 and

1912 Summer Olympics The 1912 Summer Olympics ( sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1912), officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad ( sv, Den V olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Stockholm 1912, were an international multi-sport event held in Stockholm, Sweden, be ...

Søren Pape Poulsen Søren Pape Poulsen (born 31 December 1971) is a Danish politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Danish Conservative Party. He has been the leader of the party since 2014. From 2016 to 2019 he served as Justice Minister of Denmark, an ...

(born 1971 in Bjerringbro) politician, former

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and Mayor of

2010 – 2014 *

Henrik Baltzersen Henrik Baltzersen (born 14 August 1984 in Bjerringbro) is a Danish amateur BMX cyclist. Having started his sporting career at the age of six and been admitted to the Danish national cycling team since 1999, Baltzersen has mounted top-eight finishe ...

(born 1984 in Bjerringbro) a Danish amateur BMX cyclist, competed at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

Nikolaj Øris Nielsen Nikolaj Øris Nielsen (born 26 March 1986) is a Danish handballer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg and the Danish national team. He has previously played for league rivals club Lemvig-Thyborøn Håndbold. Nikolaj Øris is the younger brother of foll ...

(born 1986 in Bjerringbro) a handballer for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg, with 34 caps with for

* Rasmus Lauge Schmidt (born 1991 in Bjerringbro) a handball player, 117 cap with

References

Cities and towns in the Central Denmark Region Company towns Viborg Municipality {{CentralDK-stub