Glamsbjerg is a town in central

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with a population of 3,350 (1 January 2023),BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density
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Funen Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...

Region of Southern Denmark The Region of Southern Denmark ( da, Region Syddanmark, ; german: Region Süddänemark, ; frr, Regiuun Syddanmark) is an administrative region of Denmark established on Monday 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which ab ...

. Glamsbjerg is a comparatively new town in Denmark. It came to be in 1884 when the

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– Assens railroad was opened. Many of the houses in Glamsbjerg are from 1900. Before Glamsbjerg was a "town" it was a village in Køng parish. It appears on the first page of the Køng churchbook (parish register) in 1687 at the baptism of Jeppe, son of Simon Ibsen of Glamsberg. The spelling "Glamsbjerg" first appears in 1694. In the 1801 census, the population of Glamsbjerg was 158 persons in 32 households. Krengerup, a large Neoclassical manor house and estate, is located some to the north of Glamsbjerg.

Notable people

* Karl Skytte (1908 in Glamsbjerg – 1986) a Danish politician and member of

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 an ...

1947-1978 *

Johan Absalonsen Johan Hindsgaul Absalonsen (born 16 September 1985) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left winger. He has played two games and scored one goal for the Denmark national team. Club career B1913 Born in Flemløse near Gl ...

(born 1985 in Flemløse near Glamsbjerg) a footballer, almost 400 club caps and 2 for

External links

Assens municipality

References

Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Populated places in Funen Assens Municipality {{SouthernDK-stub