Ringsted is a city located centrally in the Danish island of

Zealand Zealand ( da, Sjælland ) at 7,031 km2 is the largest and most populous island in Denmark proper (thus excluding Greenland and Disko Island, which are larger in size). Zealand had a population of 2,319,705 on 1 January 2020. It is th ...

. It is the seat of a municipality of the same name. Ringsted is situated approximately 60 km from

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Tourism and transport

Ringsted is one of Denmark's busiest transit cities. The city is located in the very middle of Zealand, connecting both the southern parts of Zealand as well as Funen and Jutland with the Copenhagen area. * Danish Tramway Museum of Skjoldenæsholm, near

Jystrup Jystrup is a small town with a population of 781 (1 January 2022) located in the middle of Zealand, Denmark. It is located in Ringsted municipality in Region Zealand. Known for its nearby ''Danish Tramway Museum of Skjoldenæsholm'', the town ...

. * Ringsted Station, served by both DSB domestic trains and international ( EuroCity) services to

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: frequent services to

Nykøbing Falster Nykøbing Falster (; originally named Nykøbing) is a southern Danish city, seat of the Guldborgsund ''kommune''. It belongs to Region Sjælland. The city lies on Falster, connected by the Frederick IX Bridge over the Guldborgsund (''Gul ...

and

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, although not all trains to Jutland stop at Ringsted — the bus station is in front of the railway station. *

St. Bendt's Church St. Bendt's Church (Danish: ''Sankt Bendts Kirke'') is a church in Ringsted, Denmark, which was originally part of a Benedictine monastery that burnt down in the 18th century. Built in the Romanesque style, it is the oldest brick church in Scandi ...

— a Romanesque, former

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, abbey church containing numerous tombs of medieval Danish royalty.

History

Ringsted was the site of ''Sjællands Landsting'' (lit. ''Zealand's county

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'') during the

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, which in 1584 moved to St. Bendt's church and became known as ''Sjællandsfar Landsting''. In 1805 it moved to Copenhagen and was renamed Østre Landsret, and is still active under this name. In 1131, Canute Lavard was killed in Haraldsted forest, leading to outbreaks of

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. The church was consecrated in 1170. In front of the church is the spacious town square leading to the shopping streets with shops and boutiques. The town arms goes back to 1421. There has been much discussion about what it portrays. The traditional answer is at the top the hand of God and under that

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with

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surrounded by three figures that worship her. The city officially interprets the three figures as Saint Canute Lavard, King Eric Plovpenning, and Saint

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Tourism

Ringsted features two shopping centers named RingStedet and Ringsted Outlet Center. Ringsted Outlet Center consists of 48 flagship outlets and 2 restaurants. Ringsted also has a wide selection of cafes and restaurants, as well as two local breweries (Dagmarbryggeriet in Ringsted town and Det lille Bryggeri in Bringstrup) . During the summer months, a mobile tourist office is opened in the town square. Ringsted was previously home to Santa World, a tourist attraction featuring hundreds of

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Christmas elves, which later became Fantasy World.

Notable people

Jørgen Roed Jørgen Roed, (13 January 1808 – 8 August 1888), Danish portrait and genre painter associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting, was born in Ringsted to Peder Jørgensen Roed and wife, Ellen Hansdatter. Biography Growing up His fat ...

(1808–1888) a portrait and genre painter of the

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* P. C. Skovgaard (1817–1875) a Danish national romantic landscape painter *

Frederik Vermehren Johan Frederik (Frits) Nikolai Vermehren, also known as Frederik Vermehren (12 May 1823 – 10 January 1910), a genre and portrait painter in the realist style. His artistic career took place during the period of Danish art known as the Gold ...

(1823–1910) a genre and portrait painter in the realist style *

Sophus Schandorph Sophus Christian Frederik Schandorph (or Skamdrup), known simply as Sophus Schandorph, (8 May 1836 – 1 January 1901), Danish poet and novelist, was born at Ringsted in Zealand. He was one of the men of "the Modern Break-through." Biography S ...

(1836–1901) a poet and novelist, with the ''

Modern Break-through The Modern Breakthrough ( no, Det moderne gjennombrudd, da, Det moderne gennembrud, sv, Det moderna genombrottet) is the common name of the strong movement of Naturalism (literature), naturalism and debating literature of Scandinavia which repla ...

'' * Edith von Bonsdorff (1890–1968) a Danish-Finnish ballet dancer and choreographer * Jette Baagøe (born 1946) the director of the Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry *

Poul Ruders Poul Ruders (born 27 March 1949) is a Danish composer. Life Born in Ringsted, Ruders trained as an organist, and studied orchestration with Karl Aage Rasmussen. Ruders's first compositions date from the mid-1960s. Ruders regards his own compos ...

(born 1949) a Danish organist and composer *

Werner Knudsen Werner Knudsen (born 23 October 1953) in Ringsted) is a Danish computer scientist, composer and author of both choral music and IT books. He is an IT architect at IBM and used to work at TDC A/S. He lives in Glostrup close to Copenhagen. Paralle ...

(born 1953) a computer scientist, composer and author * Michael Poulsen (born 1975) Danish vocalist and guitarist.

Sport

Fritz Tarp Fritz Albert Tarp (2 August 1899 – 9 January 1958) was a Danish football (soccer) player, who played 44 games for the Denmark national football team from 1918 to 1934, 26 of these as team captain. He was an unused substitute in the Danish t ...

(1899–1958) a Danish football player, with 250 caps with

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and 44 caps for

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, 26 as captain *

Omar Hermansen Svend Omar Hermansen (September 14, 1913 – February 16, 1998) was a Danish boxer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Ringsted. In 1936 he was eliminated in the second round of the heavyweight class after losing his figh ...

(1913–1998) a Danish boxer who competed in the

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Helle Sørensen Helle Sørensen (born 22 May 1963) is a Danish former cyclist. She competed in the women's road race event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) ...

(born 1963) a former cyclist, competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics *

Trine Hansen Trine Hansen (born 19 February 1973 in Ringsted, Sjælland) is a retired female rower from Denmark. Hansen mainly competed in the single scull boat type, and she won the World Rowing Championship in 1994 and a Bronze medal at the 1996 Summer Ol ...

(born 1973) a retired female rower, team bronze medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics * Ulrich Vinzents (born 1976) a Danish retired footballer, over 450 team caps * Henrik Hansen (born 1977) a Danish cricketer *

Anders Oechsler Anders Oechsler (born July 10, 1979, in Ringsted, Denmark) is a retired Danish handball player (right back) who lastly played for the Danish league team Team Tvis Holstebro. Previously he played for KIF Kolding in Denmark and GWD Minden G ...

(born 1979) a retired Danish handball player * Kristian Pedersen (born 1994) a Danish footballer who plays for

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Sister cities

References

External links

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{{Authority control Municipal seats of Region Zealand Municipal seats of Denmark Cities and towns in Region Zealand Ringsted Municipality