Troense is a town on the island of

Tåsinge Tåsinge () is a Danish island immediately south of Funen, opposite and facing Svendborg, divided from Funen by Svendborgsund.See detailed Denmark roadmap in References section. The island covers an area of circa . It is part of the South Funen A ...

in south-central

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, in Svendborg Municipality.

Notable people

Elvira Madigan Hedvig Antoinette Isabella Eleonore Jensen (December 4, 1867 July 19, 1889), better known by her stage name Elvira Madigan, was a circus performer who performed as a slack rope dancer, artistic rider, juggler and dancer. She is best known today ...

(1867 – July 19, 1889 in Nørreskov) &

Sixten Sparre Bengt Edvard ''Sixten'' "Sigge" Sparre af Rossvik (September 27, 1854 – July 19, 1889) was a Swedish nobleman, lieutenant, cavalry officer, journalist, poet, mostly known for the murder of circus performer Elvira Madigan in a murder-suicide act. ...

lived for a few days in a guest house in Troense before meeting their deaths in the forest area of ''Nørreskov''

Notes

Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Svendborg Municipality {{SouthernDK-stub