Kerteminde (nickname: ''Min Amandas by'', i.e. ''My Amanda's town''), is a town in central

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, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of

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 ...

. The town has a population of 6,042 (1 January 2022).BY3: Population 1. January by urban and rural areas, area and population density
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It is a small harbor town surrounded by farms. Kerteminde contains a fish restaurant, Rudolf Mathis, the Viking museum Ladby, and the research and exhibition institution for fish and porpoises Fjord & Bælt.

Notable people

Painters

Frederik Storch Frederik Ludvig Storch (July 21, 1805 – September 2, 1883) was a Denmark, Danish genre painter. Biography Storch was born in Kerteminde on the island of Fyn, Denmark. He was the son of Hannibal Samuel Storch (1775-1817) and Eleonore Christin ...

(1805 in Kerteminde – 1883) a Danish genre painter *

Johannes Larsen Johannes Larsen (27 December 1867 – 20 December 1961) was a Danish nature painter. Biography Larsen was born in Kerteminde on Funen, Denmark. He was the son of Jeppe Andreas L. and Vilhelmine Christine Bless. His father was a merchant. Lar ...

(1867 in Kerteminde – 1961) a nature painter, one of the

Funen Painters The Funen Painters or ''Fynboerne'' were a loose group of Denmark, Danish artists who formed an art colony on the island of Funen at the very beginning of the 20th century. They were strongly influenced by Kristian Zahrtmann who taught at the Kuns ...

Anna Syberg Anna Louise Birgitte Syberg (7 January 1870 – 4 July 1914) was a Danish painter. Together with her husband Fritz Syberg, she was one of the Funen Painters (''Fynboerne'') who lived and worked on the island of Funen. She is remembered for he ...

(1870–1914) a Funen painter, lived in Pilegården near Kerteminde from 1902 *

Christine Swane Christine Swane née Christine Larsen (29 May 1876 in Kerteminde – 16 August 1960 in Farum) was a Danish painter who first associated with the Funen Painters before developing her own increasingly Cubist style. Biography Christine Swane was th ...

(1876 in Kerteminde – 1960) one of the

then developed a

Cubist Cubism is an early-20th-century avant-garde art movement that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture. In Cubist artwork, objects are analyzed, broken up and reassemble ...

style *

Axel P. Jensen Axel Peder Jensen (28 September 1885 – 12 June 1972) was a Danish painter who is remembered above all for his landscapes which added new subjects and stronger colouring to earlier works by the Funen Painters.Funen Painters The Funen Painters or ''Fynboerne'' were a loose group of Denmark, Danish artists who formed an art colony on the island of Funen at the very beginning of the 20th century. They were strongly influenced by Kristian Zahrtmann who taught at the Kuns ...

Alfred Simonsen Alfred Simonsen (16 December 1906 – 12 April 1935) was a Danish painter who in the early 1930s became associated with the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. When he died at the early age of 27, he had only c ...

(1906 in Kølstrup, near Kerteminde – 1935) a painter, one of the

Odsherred Painters Odsherred Painters ( da, Odsherredsmalerne) is a term applied to Danish artists from various periods with connections to Odsherred in the northwest of Zealand, Denmark. Some were born there while others settled in the area or painted there. While ...

Ernst Syberg Ernst Axel Syberg (12 January 1906 – 17 August 1981) was a Danish painter who in the early 1930s associated with the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. From 1934, he was a member of Corner where he exhibited ...

(1906 in Kerteminde – 1981) a painter, became one of the

Birthe Bovin Berthe (Birthe) Marie Marensine Bovin (31 January 1906 – 12 August 1980) was a self-taught Danish painter who joined the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. Biography The daughter of a fisherman, Bovin was b ...

(1906 in Kerteminde – 1980) a self-taught Danish painter, became one of

Other arts

Frederik Paludan-Müller Frederik Paludan-Müller (7 February 1809 – 27 December 1876) was a Denmark, Danish poet, the third son of Jens Paludan-Müller and born in Kerteminde, on the island of Funen. In 1819 his father was transferred to Odense, and Frederik began to ...

(1809 in Kerteminde – 1876) a Danish poet *

Arent Nicolai Dragsted Arent Nicolai Dragsted (9 June 182115 August 1898) was a Denmark, Danish goldsmith based in Copenhagen who was granted the predicate List of Purveyors to the Court of Denmark, Purveyor to the Court of Denmark shortly before his death. His company, ...

(1821 in Kerteminde – 1898) a Danish goldsmith *

Franz Syberg Franz Adolf Syberg (5 July 1904 - 11 December 1955) was a Danish composer. Life Syberg was born in Kerteminde, Funen, to the painters Anna and Fritz Syberg. He moved to Leipzig in 1922 where he studied musical composition and music theory at ...

(1904 in Kerteminde - 1955) a composer and organist at Kerteminde, 1932-1955 * Henning Ipsen (1930-1984) Danish novelist and translator *

Annette Strøyberg Annette Susanne Strøyberg (7 December 1936 – 12 December 2005) was a Danish actress. Her films included ''Les Liaisons dangereuses'' (1959), which was directed by her first husband, Roger Vadim. Biography Annette Strøyberg was born on eithe ...

(1936 in Rynkeby, near Kerteminde – 2005) a Danish actress IMDb Database
retrieved 15 May 2020 *

Torbjørn C. Pedersen Torbjørn C. "Thor" Pedersen (born 19 December, 1978) is a Danish traveller and adventurer known for the ''Once Upon a Saga'' project: a journey to visit every country in the world without the use of air travel. The project has lasted for over e ...

(born 1978 in Kerteminde) a Danish traveller and adventurer

Sport

* Niels Petersen (1918 in Kerteminde – 1966) a weightlifter, competed at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

Jan Eli Andersen Jan Eli Andersen (born: 7 July 1966) is a sailor from Kerteminde, Denmark. who represented his country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Savannah, United States as crew member in the Soling. With helmsman Stig Westergaard Stig Westergaard (born 1 ...

(born 1966 in Kerteminde) a sailor, competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

Niclas Vemmelund Niclas Vemmelund (born 2 October 1992) is a Danish football defender who currently plays for Middelfart Boldklub in the Danish 2nd Division. He has previously played for FC Fyn, Odense Boldklub, Stjarnan, IF Brommapojkarna, Derry City and D ...

(born 1992 in Kerteminde) a Danish football defender

International relations

Twin towns and sister cities

Kerteminde is twinned with:

References

External links

Kerteminde municipality
{{Authority control Municipal seats of the Region of Southern Denmark Municipal seats of Denmark Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Kerteminde Municipality Populated places in Funen