Gelsted is a small town and
parish
A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or m ...
in northwestern
Funen
Funen ( da, Fyn, ), with an area of , is the third-largest island of Denmark, after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy. It is the 165th-largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of ...
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Denmark
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. Gelsted is located roughly halfway between
Ejby and
Aarup, 28 kilometers west of
Odense. The parish is located in
Middelfart Municipality, and a small portion is located in
Assens Municipality, within the
Region of Southern Denmark. 1 January 2023 the town had a population of 1,689
with 2,312 in the parish in total itself.
SOGN10: Population 1 January, by parish
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 contains the Gelsted Church.
The annual BornHack
BornHack (a portmanteau of Bornholm and hack) is an annual hacker camp on the Danish island of Funen, near Gelsted. From 2016 to 2018, it was organized on Bornholm.
History
In 2021, the BornHack electronic badge was based on a perfboard ...
camp has been organized near Gelsted since 2019.
People
* Kirsten Thorup
Kirsten Thorup is a Danish author.
Background and education
Kirsten Thorup was born in Gelsted, Funen, Denmark in 1942. After a brief stay in Cambridge as an au pair, she studied English at the University of Copenhagen. She quit university alre ...
(born 1942 in Gelsted), a Danish author, several of her novels are set in the town.Helene Blum
Helene Blum (born 1979) is a Danish singer and musician who specializes in folk music. Since 2005, when she won the Danish Music Awards Folk prize for her album ''En sød og liflig klang'', she has performed widely in Denmark, North America and Ge ...
(born 1979 in Gelsted) a Danish singer and musician who specializes in folk music
References
External links
Official site
Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark
Populated places in Funen
Middelfart Municipality
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