Torsted Parish ( da, Torsted Sogn) is a parish in the

Diocese of Aarhus In church governance, a diocese or bishopric is the ecclesiastical district under the jurisdiction of a bishop. History In the later organization of the Roman Empire, the increasingly subdivided provinces were administratively associate ...

Horsens Municipality Horsens municipality is a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Region Midtjylland on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. The municipality includes the island of Endelave, and covers an area of 524.21 km2. It has a ...

, Denmark. Torsted is located on the southwestern outskirts of

Horsens Horsens () is a city on the east coast of Jutland region of Denmark. It is the seat of the Horsens municipality. The city's population is 61,074 (1 January 2022) and the municipality's population is 94,443 (), making it the 8th largest city in De ...

, 2 miles southwest of the city centre. Its parish number is 7966.Search
Autoriserede stednavne i Danmark,

University of Copenhagen The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

, : list of parishes (''sogn''), map. In the

Church of Denmark The Evangelical-Lutheran Church in Denmark or National Church, sometimes called the Church of Denmark ( da, Folkekirken, literally: "The People's Church" or unofficially da, Den danske folkekirke, literally: "The Danish People's Church"; kl, ...

, it is a unit of Horsens '' provsti'' within the

. Until the 1970 municipal reform, it was also a governmental unit as part of Hatting

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 and preceding 101. In medieval contexts, it may be described as the short hundred or five score in order to differentiate the English and Germanic use of "hundred" to de ...

. In 1924 it included settlements and estates named Torsted, Ørnstrup, Mosegaard and Thorstedhuse."Thorsted Sogn", Jens Peter Trap, ''Kongeriget Danmark'', Volume 5: ''Aarhus, Vejle, Ringkjøbing, Ribe og Færø Amter samt Supplement og Stedregister'', 3rd ed. Copenhagen: Gad, 1904,
p. 350
. There is also a Torsted parish in

Ringkøbing-Skjern Municipality Ringkøbing-Skjern municipality is the largest municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in Denmark. It was formed on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 administrative reform from the former municipalities of Egvad, Holmsland, Ringkøbing, Skjern, an ...

, in western Jutland.

Notable people

Ole Sohn Ole Christian Liep Sohn (born 12 September 1954) is a Danish politician and author. He was a member of the Parliament of Denmark for the Social Democrats (until 2015) and was Denmark's Minister for Business and Growth until he announced his resigna ...

(born 1954 in Torsted) a Danish politician and author *

Steen Secher Steen Klaaborg Secher (born 9 April 1959 in Torsted, Horsens, Midtjylland) is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion. He received a bronze medal in the Soling Class at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He won a gold medal at the 1992 Summ ...

(born 1959 in Torsted) a Danish sailor, bronze medallist at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

and gold medallist at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Birgitte Froberg Birgitte Lyhning Froberg (born May 2, 1969 in Torsted) is a Danish sprint canoer who competed in the late 1980s. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul Seoul (; ; ), officially known as the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest met ...

(born 1969 in Torsted) a Danish sprint canoer who competed at the

References

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