Ikast is a

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town in the

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(''Midtjylland''). It is the seat of

Ikast-Brande Municipality Ikast-Brande is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 733.69 km2 and has a population of 41,885 (1 January 2022). On 1 January 2007 Ikast-Brande municipality was created as the result of ...

since 2007. It was the seat of the former

Ikast Municipality Until January 1, 2007 Ikast municipality was a municipality (Danish language, Danish, ''Municipalities of Denmark, kommune'') in Ringkjøbing County, Ringkøbing on the Jutland peninsula in west Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 294.3&nb ...

Geography

The town is situated in the middle of

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. The town is situated 5 km from Hammerum, which is the Eastern outskirts of Herning Municipality. Ikast is situated 28 km from Silkeborg, and 69 km away from Aarhus.

Demography

As of 1 January 2022, the population of the town is 15,979.BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density
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History

Up until late in the nineteenth century, Ikast was nothing more than a few buildings surrounding the church. During industrialization, Ikast established a strong presence in Denmark as one of the main towns for the textile industry, which was the main industry in the area until the start of globalization, where production jobs were outsourced. The opening of the railway line in the 1850s led to an increase in population, as the existing part of town surrounding the church, and the new part of town, built around the

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, grew into each other. The church was originally a Romanesque church, built in the 13th century. The old church burned down in 1904, and was rebuilt into the new church, which was finished in 1907. The church was expanded several times, with the latest expansion happening in 2005.

Notable people

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Emilie Andersen Ottine Caroline Emilie Andersen (1895–1970) was a Danish historian and archivist. An intricate researcher, her first published work ''Grams Historie'' (1926) was a detailed history of the Gram Estate at Gram in the south of Jutland which she und ...

(1895 in Grødde, Ikast – 1970) a Danish historian and archivist. *

Bo Skovhus Bo Skovhus (born May 22, 1962 in Ikast, Denmark) is a Danish opera singer (baritone). Skovhus studied at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, at the Royal Academy for Opera of Copenhagen and in New York with Oren Brown. While studying voic ...

(born 1962 in Ikast) a Danish baritone opera singer IMDb Database
retrieved 23 May 2020 *

Kurt Aust Kurt Aust is a pseudonym for Kurt Østergaard (born 6 December 1955 in Ikast, Denmark), a Danish-Norwegian author and freelance writer. Østergaard trained as a teacher. He has been living in Horten in Norway since 1982. Østergaard debuted usi ...

(born 1955 in Ikast) pen name of ''Kurt Østergaard'', an author and freelance writer

Sport

Jens Reno Møller Jens Reno Møller (born 3 January 1971) is a Danish racing driver currently competing in the TCR International Series. Having previously competed in the Danish Touringcar Championship, European Touring Car Cup and Le Mans Series amongst others. ...

(born 1971 in Ikast) is a Danish racing driver *

Peder Nissen Peder Nissen (born 22 December 1976) was a former Danish badminton player. Born and raised in Ikast Ikast is a Danish town in the Mid Jutland Region (''Midtjylland''). It is the seat of Ikast-Brande Municipality since 2007. It was the seat ...

(born 1976 in Ikast) a former badminton player, twice Danish National champion *

Pernille Harder Pernille Mosegaard Harder (born 15 November 1992) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or a forward for Frauen-Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the Denmark national team. In September 2020, she became the w ...

(born 1992 in Ikast) a Danish professional footballer, named in 2018 as Europe's best female footballer *

Jens Martin Gammelby Jens Martin Gammelby (; born 5 February 1995) is a Danish professional association football, footballer who plays as a right-back for Danish Superliga club Brøndby IF. Club career Silkeborg IF Gammelby is a youth product from Silkeborg IF. He j ...

(born 1995 in Ikast) a Danish footballer, who plays for

Silkeborg IF Silkeborg Idrætsforening, (; commonly known as Silkeborg IF or SIF in short) is a professional football club based in Silkeborg, Denmark. The club was founded in 1917, reached the highest level of Danish football in 1987, and afterwards became ...

Lasse Mølhede Lasse Mølhede (born 25 October 1993) is a Danish badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles ...

(born 1995 in Ikast) a Danish badminton player * Line Skak (born 1997 in Ikast) a Danish handball player who currently plays for

TTH Holstebro TTH Holstebro is a men's handball club from Holstebro, Denmark. The team is playing in the Danish Primo Tours Ligaen and play their home matches in Gråkjær Arena. History The club was founded in May 2000, when Holstebro Håndbold 90 an ...

References

External links

Website of Ikast
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