Helsingør Helsingør ( , ; sv, Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 2018. Helsingør and Helsingborg in Sweden together form the northern ...

Snekkersten station Snekkersten station is a railway station serving the district of Snekkersten in the southern outskirts of the city of Helsingør, Denmark. It is located on the Coast Line between Helsingør and Copenhagen and the Little North Line between Helsing ...

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

Lille Nord The Little North Line ( da, Lille Nord) is a local railway line which runs between Hillerød and Helsingør in North Zealand north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The most important town along the route is Fredensborg, home to Fredensborg Palace, one of th ...

Hillerød Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)Copenhagen City Hall Square is approximately 45 km. Today, most of the inhabitants are commuters, either working in Helsingør or

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

. The town is connected by a train line,

Kystbanen Kystbanen ("The Coast Line") is a regional railway line between Helsingør (Elsinore) and Copenhagen in Denmark. It was opened in 1897, and it is today the busiest railway line in Denmark. Kystbanen, along with an extensive network of railways in ...

, to Helsingør to the north, and Copenhagen and other communities in the south.

History

The name Snekkersten is first recorded in 1582. The first part of the name comes from '' snekkja'' or snekke, a type of

longship Longships were a type of specialised Scandinavian warships that have a long history in Scandinavia, with their existence being archaeologically proven and documented from at least the fourth century BC. Originally invented and used by the Nors ...

. The suffix -sten means "boulder", The name Snekkersten also refers to a specific very large boulder on the beach in the northern part of Snekkersten. The fishing village was destroyed during the Swedish invasion in 1660. In 1681, Snekkersten consisted of a fisherman's house and three small farms. In 1771, Snekkersten consisted of 15 families of which 10 were fishermen, one was seafarers, two combined farming and fishing, one was a shoemaker and one was a day-laborer. The existence of the local inn Snekkersten Kro is first documented in 1770s but it may be considerably older. It was a popular Sunday destination for people from Helsingør. The settlement was located directly on the beach. The first building to be constructed more inland was Snekkersten's first school which opened in 1794. It was located close to Borupgaard's fields. In the middle of the 19th century, due to the improvements in infrastructure, summer visitors from Copenhagen began to venture further up the coast. The steam boat Hamlet began to operate regularly between Copenhagen and Helsingør, calling at various points along the way. Passengers to Snekkersten were picked up by local fishermen in row boats. The North Line did not have a station in Snekkersten when it opened in 1864 but a halt opened at Borupgaard in 1879. The railway was then located further inland. Snekkersten station opened when the railway was moved in 1891. Traffic increased significantly when the Coast Line opened in 1897. Some of Borupgaard's land was sold off in lots, first at Parallelvej and Sortevej and later at Mathilde Bruuns Vej og G.A. Hagemanns Vej, attracting a new middle class. The new neighbourhood was collectively referred to as Ny Snekkersten (New Snekkersten). Jens Svendsen from Espergærde established a small dockyard on the harbor in 1875. It was taken over by his son Lauritz Svendsen in 1898. They specialized in the so-called Snekkersten Boats which were the commonest type of ship used by fishermen along the northern part of the Danish Øresund coast. They were also used for trade with the larger ships that passed through the Øresund. During the late 1940s and the 1950s, following The Great War, there was a disproportionate prevalence of homosexuals in Snekkersten, not least due to the vast supply of beauty parlours in the small seaport.

Landmarks

The large property Egevænget at Strandvejen 266 is the southernmost property in Snekkersten. It was built in 1892. Many of the older properties in the new part of Snekkersten are built in the

National Romantic Romantic nationalism (also national romanticism, organic nationalism, identity nationalism) is the form of nationalism in which the state claims its political legitimacy as an organic consequence of the unity of those it governs. This includes ...

style which was popular in Denmark in the 1900s. An example is Dommergården (Parallelvej 11) from 10+9.

Sports

Snekkerstenhallen is an indoor sports venue. It was inaugurated in 2007. The rugby club

Hamlet RK Hamlet RK is a Danish rugby club in Snekkersten near Helsingør Helsingør ( , ; sv, Helsingör), classically known in English as Elsinore ( ), is a city in eastern Denmark. Helsingør Municipality had a population of 62,686 on 1 January 201 ...

plays in the

DRU Superliga The DRU Superliga is the highest tier of the national rugby union competition in Denmark. The Danish First division has 11 clubs in total divided in 2 pools. The clubs that reach the Top 3 from each Division 1 pool (East and West) go through to th ...

.

Transport

Snekkersten station Snekkersten station is a railway station serving the district of Snekkersten in the southern outskirts of the city of Helsingør, Denmark. It is located on the Coast Line between Helsingør and Copenhagen and the Little North Line between Helsing ...

is an interchange between the Coast Line between

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

(to

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

) and the

Lille Nord The Little North Line ( da, Lille Nord) is a local railway line which runs between Hillerød and Helsingør in North Zealand north of Copenhagen, Denmark. The most important town along the route is Fredensborg, home to Fredensborg Palace, one of th ...

railway to

Hillerød Hillerød () is a Denmark, Danish town with a population of 35,357 (1 January 2022)

Notable people

* Carl Baagøe (1829 – 1902 in Snekkersten), a Danish marine painter *

Peter Cornelius Carl August Peter Cornelius (24 December 1824 – 26 October 1874) was a German composer, writer about music, poet and translator. Life He was born in Mainz to Carl Joseph Gerhard (1793–1843) and Friederike (1789–1867) Cornelius, actors i ...

(1865 – 1934 in Snekkersten), opera singer *

Carl Alstrup Carl Alstrup (11 April 1877 – 2 October 1942) was a Danish actor and film director. He appeared in 22 films between 1908 and 1942. He also directed four films between 1909 and 1910. He was born in Sundbyvester, Tårnby, Denmark and died i ...

(1877 – 1942 in Snekkersten), actor and film director IMDb Database
retrieved 28 June 2020 *

Ellen Price Ellen Juliette Collin Price de Plane (21 June 1878, Snekkersten - 4 March 1968, Brøndby Municipality), better known as Ellen Price, was a Danish ballerina and actress, and a model for the statue ''The Little Mermaid'' in Copenhagen. Price was b ...

(1878 in Snekkersten – 1968), ballerina and model for

the Little Mermaid (statue) ''The Little Mermaid'' ( da, Den lille Havfrue) is a bronze statue by Edvard Eriksen, depicting a mermaid becoming human. The sculpture is displayed on a rock by the waterside at the Langelinie promenade in Copenhagen, Denmark. It is tall

*

Susanne Grinder Susanne Grinder (born November 1981) is a Danish ballet dancer. She joined the Royal Danish Ballet in 1998, becoming a principal dancer in 2012. Early life Born in Helsingør in 1981, her father is a bank manager, her mother a graduate in Danish ...

(born 1981), ballet dancer at the

Royal Danish Ballet The Royal Danish Ballet is an internationally renowned classical ballet company, based at the Royal Danish Theatre in Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen, Denmark. It is one of the oldest ballet companies in the world and originates from 1748, when the Ro ...

, brought up in Snekkersten *

Dajan Hashemi Dajan Hashemi ( fa, دایان هاشمی; born 21 November 2000) is a Danish footballer who plays for Nordsjælland in the Elitedivisionen and the Danish youth national teams. Club career Hashemi made her Elitedivisionen debut for BSF on ...

(born 2000 in Snekkersten) a Danish footballer who plays for the Danish women's national youth teams

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