Kolding () is a

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located at the head of

Kolding Fjord Kolding Fjord is a 10 km long fjord between Kolding and Little Belt. Fjord has a 7 meters deep ship channel linking it to Kolding port. In 1943 a shipwreck later known as Kolding cog was found in the fjord. See also * Hotel Koldingfjord ...

in the

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

. It is the seat of Kolding Municipality. It is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has numerous industrial companies, principally geared towards shipbuilding. The manufacturing of machinery and textiles and livestock export are other economically significant activities. With a population of 93,544 (1 January 2022), the Kolding municipality is the seventh largest in Denmark. The city itself has a population of 61,638 (1 January 2022)BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density
The Mobile Statbank from

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and is also the seventh largest city in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of

Fredericia Fredericia () is a town located in Fredericia Municipality in the southeastern part of the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The city is part of the Triangle Region, which includes the neighbouring cities of Kolding and Vejle. It was founded in 16 ...

and

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality ('' kommune'') and the R ...

History

In the Battle of Kolding, fought on 25 December 1658, the allied Polish and Danish forces under

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Stefan Czarniecki Stefan Czarniecki (Polish: of the Łodzia coat of arms, 1599 – 16 February 1665) was a Polish nobleman, general and military commander. In his career, he rose from a petty nobleman to a magnate holding one of the highest offices in the Commo ...

defeated the Swedish forces of

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. A battle between German and Danish forces took place near the town on 23 April 1849 during the

First War of Schleswig The First Schleswig War (german: Schleswig-Holsteinischer Krieg) was a military conflict in southern Denmark and northern Germany rooted in the Schleswig-Holstein Question, contesting the issue of who should control the Duchies of Schleswig, ...

. On 9 September, 1955, Kolding was impacted by a high-end F2/T5

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that displaced a car 20 meters into a yard. On 3 November 2004, the N. P. Johnsen's Fireworks Factory in the suburb of Seest exploded. One firefighter died, 85 people were injured, and around 2000 people were evacuated and some of them lost their homes during this disaster in this suburb of Kolding.

Overview

Located in Kolding is the former royal castle of

Koldinghus Koldinghus is a Danish royal castle in the town of Kolding on the south central part of the Jutland peninsula. The castle was founded in the 13th century and was expanded since with many functions ranging from fortress, royal residency, ruin, mus ...

. This was built in the 13th century by King Eric Klipping and is a museum with certain parts of the castle, including its chapel and hall, being used for governmental ceremonial events. It was the last royal residence in

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. Another notable site is the 13th century stone Church of Saint Nicholas ( da, Sankt Nicolai), which is one of the oldest in Denmark.

Main sights

The municipal museum, the Museet på Koldinghus, is located in the castle and former royal palace. It has a collection of Danish art from the late Middle Ages to the 1940s, miscellaneous artefacts of local interest, and an extensive collection of items in

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and

silver Silver is a chemical element with the Symbol (chemistry), symbol Ag (from the Latin ', derived from the Proto-Indo-European wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-European/h₂erǵ-, ''h₂erǵ'': "shiny" or "white") and atomic number 47. A soft, whi ...

. The

Trapholt Trapholt is a museum of contemporary art and design located in Kolding, Denmark. It opened in 1988 and was previously named Trapholt Kunstmuseum (Trapholt Museum of Art) but its increasing focus on the broader arts lead to its shortened name. It ...

art museum features many pieces primarily by Danish artists in its collections of arts from 1900 onwards and a smaller number of non-Danish exhibits. It also features a large collection of chairs. Botanical garden Geografisk Have is a 14 hectares large park with more than 2000 different trees, bushes and plants organised in geographical areas, Also Kolding houses the

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( da, Dansk Sygeplejemuseum), which is situated in the reception building of the former tuberculosis sanatorium for children. The exhibition also include this past of the buildings. The main part of the sanatorium is now a hotel, situated in a minor forest and overlooking the water. The building itself is very beautiful and built to resemble a palace. The Kolding School of Design - Designskolen Kolding

The Kolding School of Design - Designskolen Kolding

Education

A branch of

University College South University College South Denmark Internationalt > English">University College Syd > Forside > Internationalt > English/ref> ( da, University College Syddanmark) is a university college in the southern part of Denmark. It offers bachelor courses in ...

( da, University College Syd) can be found in Kolding. A branch campus of

University of Southern Denmark The University of Southern Denmark ( da, Syddansk Universitet, lit=South Danish University, abbr. SDU) is a university in Denmark that has campuses located in Southern Denmark and on Zealand. The university offers a number of joint programmes in ...

( da, Syddansk Universitet) is located in the former hospital which was closed in 1975. The new ''Campus Kolding'' opened downtown in 2014. The new building of University of Southern Denmark will be built further to the east at Grønborggrunden in central Kolding. Kolding is also home to

Design School Kolding Design School Kolding (Danish: Designskolen Kolding) is a design school located in Kolding, Denmark. It delivers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the areas of fashion, textiles, communication design, industrial design, accessory design, an ...

(''Designskolen Kolding''), a university design school, which was established in 1967 to provide undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in the areas of fashion, graphic design and textiles.

Sister cities

Kolding is twinned with the following towns.

Notable people

Public Service & Public thinking

* Princess Dorothea of Denmark (1546 in Kolding –1617) the Duchess of Brunswick-Lüneburg 1561-1592 * Mathias Sommerhielm (1764 in Kolding – 1827) a Norwegian Prime Minister *

Evald Tang Kristensen Evald Tang Kristensen (24 January 1843 – 8 April 1929) was a Danish folklore collector and author. Working first as a schoolteacher and later solely as a collector, he assembled and published a huge amount of detailed information on all aspects ...

(1843 in Nørre Bjert near Kolding – 1929) a folklore collector and author * Christian Peder Kryssing (1891 in Kolding – 1976) a collaborator with Nazi Germany in WWII *

Svend Petersen Svend Petersen (March 13, 1911 – January 18, 1992) was a Danish-born author, political researcher and analyst, Trans-O-Gram puzzle creator, one of the four founding officers of The Red Circle of Washington, D.C., and a member of The Baker S ...

(1911 in Kolding – 1992) political researcher in the US, analyst and author * Bente Hansen (born 1940 in Kolding) a Danish women's rights activist, writer and editor *

Uffe Haagerup Uffe Valentin Haagerup (19 December 1949 – 5 July 2015) was a mathematician from Denmark. Biography Uffe Haagerup was born in Kolding, but grew up on the island of Funen, in the small town of Fåborg. The field of mathematics had his interes ...

(1949 in Kolding - 2015), mathematician * Jørn Dohrmann (born 1969 in Kolding) a Danish politician and MEP *

Bjarne Corydon Bjarne Fog Corydon (born 1 March 1973) is a Danish former politician, who was a member of the Folketing from the Social Democrats from 2011 to 2016. He served as Finance Minister of Denmark in the Cabinet of Helle Thorning-Schmidt from 2011 to 20 ...

(born 1973 in Kolding), former politician, management consultant and business newspaper editor *

Karina Adsbøl Karina Adsbøl (born 26 November 1976 in Kolding) is a Danish politician, who was a member of the Folketing for the Danish People's Party, until 2022, and since then for the Denmark Democrats. She was elected into parliament at the 2011 Danish gen ...

(born 1976 in Kolding), politician, MP since 2011

The Arts

Catharine Wernicke Catharine Riddervold Wernicke (14 April 1789 – 5 June 1862) was a Danish pianist. Wernicke was the daughter of Danish-Norwegian composer and Charlotte Louise Breetz (1763–1853). She became a prominent musician who, as far as it is known, is ...

(1789 in Kolding – 1862) a Danish pianist, the first Danish woman to perform publicly as a pianist *

Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (born Anne Marie Brodersen; 21 June 1863 – 21 February 1945) was a Danish sculptor. Her preferred themes were domestic animals and people, with an intense, naturalistic portrayal of movements and sentiments. She al ...

(1863 in South Stenderup, near Kolding – 1945) a Danish sculptor * Thorkild Roose (1874 in Kolding – 1961) a Danish actor and theatre director * Christian Daugaard (1901 in Kolding – 1993) was a Danish painter *

Lars Bo Lars Bo (29 May 1924 in Kolding – 21 October 1999 in Paris) was a Danish artist and writer. He is known for his graphic works with surrealistically inspired fantastic motifs. He was nicknamed "Wizard". Lars Bo worked with P. Rostrup Bøyesen a ...

(1924 in Kolding - 1999), artist and author *

Erik Paaske Erik Paaske (21 August 1933 – 13 June 1992) was a Danish singer and actor. He appeared in 30 films between 1962 and 1990. Selected filmography * '' Katinka'' (1988) * ''Pelle the Conqueror'' (1987) * ''Me and My Kid Brother and Doggie'' ( ...

(1933 in Kolding - 1992), actor and singer * Bent Faurby (born 1937 in Kolding) an author of children's literature and schoolteacher *

Ole Søltoft Ole Søltoft (8 January 1941 – 9 May 1999 in Kolding) was a Danish actor who became an icon of the 1970s wave of Danish erotic feature film comedies. For over a decade he starred or co-starred in nearly all notable films in this genre and became ...

(1941 in Kolding – 1999) a Danish actor *

Karl Aage Rasmussen Karl Aage Rasmussen (born 13 December 1947 in Kolding, Denmark) is a Danish composer and writer. Composition Quotation and particularly collage played an important role in his music from the early 1970s, but increasingly he used pre-existing m ...

(born 1947 in Kolding) a composer and writer. * Merete Van Kamp (born 1961 in Kolding) a model turned actress and singer IMDb Database
retrieved 5 May 2020 *

Charlotte Eskildsen Charlotte Eskildsen is a Danish fashion designer. Early life Charlotte Hesselbjerg Eskildsen was born on 4 January 1975 in Kolding, Denmark. She is the first daughter of Anders and Bente Hesselbjerg Eskildsen. She married Niels Hesselbjerg ...

(born 1975 in Kolding) a Danish fashion designer. *

Susanne Georgi Susanne Georgi Nielsen (born 27 July 1976 in Sjølund), commonly known as Susanne Georgi, is a Danish singer who lives and works in Andorra and represented the country in the Eurovision Song Contest 2009. Career Georgi started her career along ...

(born 1976 in Sjølund) a Danish singer, lives and works in Andorra

Sport

Søren Petersen Søren Peter Petersen (December 6, 1894 – 1945) was a Danish heavyweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s and 1930s. He was born in Kolding and died in Belgium. Petersen won a silver medal in boxing at the 1920 Summer Oly ...

(1894 in Kolding - 1945), heavyweight boxer, silver medallist in both the

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and

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

* Harald Christensen (1907 in Kolding – 1994) a cyclist, bronze medallist at the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

Jan Mølby Jan Mølby (; born 4 July 1963) is a Danish former professional footballer and manager. As a player, he was a midfielder from 1982 to 1998. After starting his career with Kolding, he moved on to Ajax before spending twelve years playing in Engl ...

(born 1963 in Kolding), football player and coach; 364 club caps and 33 for

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Johnny Mølby Johnny Mølby (born 4 February 1969) is a Danish football manager and former professional footballer. He is currently the assistant coach of AGF. He played 16 matches for the Denmark national football team, and was a part of the team which won ...

(born 1969 in Kolding) a football manager and former player, over 350 club caps *

Tina Bøttzau Tina Bøttzau (born in Kolding ) is a former Danish team handball player, two times Olympic champion and a World champion. She received gold medals with the Danish national team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta

(born 1971 in Kolding), handball player, twice team gold medallist at

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and

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

Martin Lundgaard Hansen Martin Lundgaard Hansen (born 11 October 1972) is a badminton player from Denmark. He started his career in badminton as a singles player, and competed in the 1993 IBF World Championships. But as the years went by, he made a choice to play doubl ...

(born 1972 in Kolding) a successful Danish badminton player *

Allan K. Jepsen Allan Kierstein Jepsen (born 4 July 1977 in Kolding) is a Danish former professional football player and current U17 manager at FC Midtjylland. He played as a left back for a number of clubs, spending most of his career with Aalborg Boldspil ...

(born 1977 in Kolding) former professional footballer, over 300 club caps * Louise Spellerberg (born 1982 in Kolding), handball player *

Jonas Lössl Jonas Bybjerg Lössl (born 1 February 1989) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Danish Superliga club Midtjylland, and the Denmark national team. After beginning his professional career with Midtjylland, he played ...

(born 1989 in Kolding), soccer goalkeeper *

Kasper Asgreen Kasper Asgreen (born 8 February 1995) is a Danish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Asgreen won the 2021 edition of the Tour of Flanders by defeating Mathieu van der Poel in a sprint finish. Early life Asgreen was born in Kolding ...

(born 1995 in Kolding), professional cyclist

References

External links

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Official website
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