Vojens (german: Woyens) is a
railway town in
Denmark with a population of 7,475 (1 January 2022).
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The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
Statistics Denmark ( da, Danmarks Statistik) is a Danish governmental organization under the Ministry of the Interior and Housing and which reports to the Minister of Economic and Internal Affairs. The organization is responsible for creating st ...
It was the main town of the now abolished
Vojens Municipality
Vojens Municipality (german: Woyens), was a municipality (Danish, '' kommune'') in the former South Jutland County on the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark. The municipality, which existed from 1970 to 2006, covered an area of , and had a total po ...
, now the second largest town of
Haderslev Municipality
Haderslev (german: Hadersleben) is a town and municipality on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in the Region of Southern Denmark. It includes the island of Årø as well as several other smaller islands in the Little Belt. The municipality ...
in
Region of Southern Denmark. The town is served by
Vojens Airport.
Church
Vojens Church is a reunion-church, from the beginning of the 1920s and was inaugurated on 6 September 1925. The church yard is older than the church and it was taken in use on 28 January 1878. In the middle of the churchyard, lies "the red chapel", which was built a few years after the churchyard was established and the chapel was taken in use in 1883.
Speedway
Vojens has a rich history in
motorcycle speedway
Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that use only ...
and hosted the
World Final on two occasions (
1988
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and
1994
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) at the
Vojens Speedway Center. The Speedway Center is part-owned by Denmark's first triple World Champion
Ole Olsen, and has also hosted the
Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark as part of the
Speedway Grand Prix from 1995-2002 after which the SGP series moved the Danish GP to the
Parken Stadium in
Copenhagen.
The Vojens Speedway Center also hosted the
Speedway World Team Cup
The Speedway World Team Cup was an annual speedway event held each year in different countries. The competition started in 1960 and was replaced with the Speedway World Cup in 2001.
Format
From 1960 until 1985 each team consisted of four riders ...
final in
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
,
1986
The year 1986 was designated as the International Year of Peace by the United Nations.
Events January
* January 1
** Aruba gains increased autonomy from the Netherlands by separating from the Netherlands Antilles.
**Spain and Portugal ente ...
(as Round 2 of a 3 Round Final),
1991
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and
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
. The World Team Cup was replaced with the
Speedway World Cup following 2000 and the Speedway Center hosted the
2003
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,
2008
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,
2010
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and
2015
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finals. Also held were the
1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship
The 1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship was the tenth FIM Speedway World Pairs Championship. The final took place in Vojens, Denmark. The championship was won by host Denmark (25 points) who beat England (24 points) and Poland (20 points).
Pr ...
and the
1977 Under-21 European Championship. The Under-21 championship became the World Under-21 Championship in 1988 and Vojens hosted the
1999 Under-21 World Final.
Notable people
*
Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953) a Danish politician and former Minister of Transport. A teacher by profession, he was the Danish Minister of Food from 2004 to 2007. Before that, he was the Minister for the Environment from 2001. He is a member of
Venstre (the Danish Liberal Party). He is a longtime resident of the town of Vojens.
*
George Galbraith
George Galbraith (born December 16, 1955) is a Canadian-born Danish former professional ice hockey goaltender who was nicknamed King George by Danish media and fans. Galbraith played his entire 19-year career for Vojens IK (1977-2001), was named ...
(born 1955) a Canadian-born Danish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for
Vojens IK and in the World Championships with the Denmark men's national ice hockey team in 1986 and 1994
*
Kurt Thiim
Kurt Thiim (born 3 August 1956 in Vojens) is a Danish race car driver. After his karting career he raced in single-seaters from 1978 to 1984 before moving to the DTM.
He won the championship in his debut year in 1986 driving a Rover Vitesse, and ...
(born 1956 in Vojens) a Danish race car driver, he raced in single-seaters from 1978 to 1984
*
Kim Lykkeskov
Kim Lykkeskov (born 20 July 1983, in Vojens) is a Danish professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship
The 2010 IIHF World Championship was the 74th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice ho ...
(born 1983 in Vojens) a Danish professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship
References
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Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark
Haderslev Municipality