Ejby is a town with a population of 1,971 (1 January 2025)BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from
Statistics Denmark
Statistics Denmark () is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing, reporting to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating statistics on the Danish society ...
in
Lejre Municipality
Lejre Municipality () is a '' kommune'' in the Region Zealand of Denmark.
The current municipality was established on 1 January 2007 as a result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), merging the former Lejre Municipality wi ...
,
Region Zealand
Region Zealand () is an Regions of Denmark, administrative region of Denmark. It is one of the five classified Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, NUTS-2 statistical NUTS statistical regions of Denmark, regions of Denmark. It was es ...
in Denmark. The town was largely parcelled out from the main farms, Bigården and Præstholmgård.
The town has a small harbour and a sailing club. There's a school (Bramsnæsvigskolen) and a gymnasium supporting football, badminton, fitness, and handball.
Geography
Ejby is situated at the base of
Hornsherred
Hornsherred () is a peninsula between Roskilde Fjord and Isefjord on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark.
It falls within the expanded Frederikssund municipality and includes Jægerspris and Skibby and before 1 January 2007 a part of Bra ...
, on the southwestern corner of the peninsula, near the southeastern shore of the
Isefjord
Ise Fjord () is a deeply branched arm of the sea into the Danish island Zealand.
From its relatively narrow entrance from the Kattegat at Hundested and Rørvig, branches of Ise Fjord stretch 35 km inland and divide the northern part of Zea ...
between
Holbæk
Holbæk () is a town in Denmark and the County seat, seat of Holbæk municipality with a population of 30,903 (1 January 2025).Roskilde
Roskilde ( , ) is a city west of Copenhagen on the Danish island of Zealand. With a population of 53,354 (), the city is a business and educational centre for the region and the 10th largest city in Denmark. It is governed by the administrative ...
.
Ejby Ådal (''Ejby River Valley'') is located between Ejby and
Kyndeløse Sydmark
Kyndeløse Sydmark is a small coastal and summerhouse town, with a population of 555 (1 January 2024),Ejby Ådal (video) VisitDenmark
To the South, a large forest area stretches to Elverdamsvejen (''Elverdam road''). The forest is the property of Earl Frederik August Rosenkrantz Scheel and the manor house Ryegård.
Notable people
* Helena Heuser (born 1996 in Ejby) a Danish model and beauty pageant titleholder, crowned Miss World Denmark 2016
* Søren Schaarup (born 1952 in Frederiksberg) a Danish sculptor.
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Mark Strudal
Mark Agner Boecking Strudal (born 29 April 1968) is a Danish football coach and former player who played as a striker.
Playing career
Strudal was born in Glostrup. He got his national breakthrough while playing for Næstved IF in the Danish 1s ...
(born 29th April 1968 in Glostrup) a Danish footballer. Mark Strudal moved to Ejby at the end of his football career.