Fjelsø is a village in

Himmerland Himmerland is a peninsula in northeastern Jutland, Denmark. It is delimited to the north and the west by the Limfjord, to the east by the Kattegat, and to the south by the Mariager Fjord. The largest city is Aalborg; smaller towns include Hobro, A ...

, Denmark, with a population of 202 (1 January 2022), situated in Fjelsø parish. The village belongs to

Vesthimmerland Municipality Vesthimmerland Municipality or Vesthimmerlandøs Municipality is a municipality ( da, kommune) in the North Jutland Region in Denmark. It covers an area of 768,08 km² (2013) and has a total population of 38,277 inhabitants (2008). The Munici ...

and is located in the

North Denmark Region The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the tra ...

. Fjelsø has a lake in the middle of the village. Near the village lies Steensbækgaard, where former mayor of

Aalestrup Municipality Before the ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007), Aalestrup municipality was a municipality ( Danish, '' kommune'') in Viborg County on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 176 km2 ...

and former

folketing The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands ...

member

Per Bisgaard Per Deichmann Bisgaard (born 31 July 1955, in Fjelsø), is a former teacher, mayor and member of the Folketinget. He was born on a farm, Steensbækgaard, in Fjelsø, the son of a farmer, Frits Deichmann Bisgaard and his spouse Anna Bodil Bisgaar ...

was born and raised. Fjelsø has its own school and Fjelsø church. Before it was in

, it was part of

Notable people

(born 1955 in Fjelsø) a former teacher, mayor of Aalestrup 1994–2001, and member of the

Folketinget The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark—Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands a ...

References

Towns and settlements in Vesthimmerland Municipality Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region Vesthimmerland Municipality {{NJutlandDK-stub