Svenstrup is a town in

Aalborg Municipality Aalborg Municipality is a municipality in North Jutland Region on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.Bridgwater, W. & Beatrice Aldrich. (1966) ''The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia''. Columbia University. p. 11. The municipality straddl ...

with a population of 7,650 (2022),

Region Nordjylland The North Jutland Region ( da, Region Nordjylland), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the tra ...

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. It is located 10 km south of

Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an urban population of 143,598 (1 July 2022). As of 1 July 2022, the Municipality of ...

's city centre and 3 km south of the southern outskirts of the city. Svenstrup is served by

Svenstrup railway station Svenstrup railway station is a railway station serving the railway town of Svenstrup in Himmerland south of Aalborg, Denmark. Svenstrup station is located on the Randers-Aalborg Line from Randers to Aalborg and is part of the Aalborg Commuter ...

on the Randers–Aalborg railway line. The station re-opened in 2003. The

Battle of Svenstrup The Count's Feud ( da, Grevens Fejde), also called the Count's War, was a war of succession that raged in Denmark in 1534–36 and brought about the Reformation in Denmark. In the international context, it was part of the European wars of reli ...

was fought during the

Count's Feud The Count's Feud ( da, Grevens Fejde), also called the Count's War, was a war of succession that raged in Denmark in 1534–36 and brought about the Reformation in Denmark. In the international context, it was part of the European wars of religi ...

in 1534 on the fields just outside Svenstrup.

Notable people

* Jan Ø. Jørgensen (born 1987 in Svenstrup) a Danish badminton player previously number 1 on IBF world ranking *

Nicklas Helenius Nicklas Helenius Jensen (born 8 May 1991) is a Danish professional footballer who plays as a forward for AaB. Club career Aalborg BK Helenius joined the Aalborg BK youth squad at the age of 13 and received his first contract while in the U19 s ...

(born 1991 in Svenstrup) a Danish footballer, a striker for the Danish club

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superlig ...

References

{{Populated places of Aalborg Municipality Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region Towns and settlements in Aalborg Municipality