Kerteminde (nickname: ''Min Amandas by'', i.e. ''My Amanda's town''), is a town in central

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, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of

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 o ...

. The town has a population of 6,042 (1 January 2022).BY3: Population 1. January by urban and rural areas, area and population density
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It is a small harbor town surrounded by farms. Kerteminde contains a fish restaurant, Rudolf Mathis, the Viking museum Ladby, and the research and exhibition institution for fish and porpoises Fjord & Bælt.

Notable people

Painters

* Frederik Storch (1805 in Kerteminde – 1883) a Danish genre painter *

Johannes Larsen Johannes Larsen (27 December 1867 – 20 December 1961) was a Danish nature painter. Biography Larsen was born in Kerteminde on Funen, Denmark. He was the son of Jeppe Andreas L. and Vilhelmine Christine Bless. His father was a merchant. La ...

(1867 in Kerteminde – 1961) a nature painter, one of the

Funen Painters The Funen Painters or ''Fynboerne'' were a loose group of Danish artists who formed an art colony on the island of Funen at the very beginning of the 20th century. They were strongly influenced by Kristian Zahrtmann who taught at the Artists Stu ...

Anna Syberg Anna Louise Birgitte Syberg (7 January 1870 – 4 July 1914) was a Danish painter. Together with her husband Fritz Syberg, she was one of the Funen Painters (''Fynboerne'') who lived and worked on the island of Funen. She is remembered for h ...

(1870–1914) a Funen painter, lived in Pilegården near Kerteminde from 1902 * Christine Swane (1876 in Kerteminde – 1960) one of the

then developed a

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style *

Axel P. Jensen Axel Peder Jensen (28 September 1885 – 12 June 1972) was a Danish painter who is remembered above all for his landscapes which added new subjects and stronger colouring to earlier works by the Funen Painters.Funen Painters The Funen Painters or ''Fynboerne'' were a loose group of Danish artists who formed an art colony on the island of Funen at the very beginning of the 20th century. They were strongly influenced by Kristian Zahrtmann who taught at the Artists Stu ...

Alfred Simonsen Alfred Simonsen (16 December 1906 – 12 April 1935) was a Danish painter who in the early 1930s became associated with the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. When he died at the early age of 27, he had only c ...

(1906 in Kølstrup, near Kerteminde – 1935) a painter, one of the Odsherred Painters *

Ernst Syberg Ernst Axel Syberg (12 January 1906 – 17 August 1981) was a Danish painter who in the early 1930s associated with the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. From 1934, he was a member of Corner where he exhibited ...

(1906 in Kerteminde – 1981) a painter, became one of the Odsherred Painters *

Birthe Bovin Berthe (Birthe) Marie Marensine Bovin (31 January 1906 – 12 August 1980) was a self-taught Danish painter who joined the artists' colony in northwestern Zealand known as the Odsherred Painters. Biography The daughter of a fisherman, Bovin was bo ...

(1906 in Kerteminde – 1980) a self-taught Danish painter, became one of Odsherred Painters

Other arts

* Frederik Paludan-Müller (1809 in Kerteminde – 1876) a Danish poet *

Arent Nicolai Dragsted Arent Nicolai Dragsted (9 June 182115 August 1898) was a Denmark, Danish goldsmith based in Copenhagen who was granted the predicate List of Purveyors to the Court of Denmark, Purveyor to the Court of Denmark shortly before his death. His company, ...

(1821 in Kerteminde – 1898) a Danish goldsmith * Franz Syberg (1904 in Kerteminde - 1955) a composer and organist at Kerteminde, 1932-1955 * Henning Ipsen (1930-1984) Danish novelist and translator * Annette Strøyberg (1936 in Rynkeby, near Kerteminde – 2005) a Danish actress IMDb Database
retrieved 15 May 2020 * Torbjørn C. Pedersen (born 1978 in Kerteminde) a Danish traveller and adventurer

Sport

* Niels Petersen (1918 in Kerteminde – 1966) a weightlifter, competed at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ...

* Jan Eli Andersen (born 1966 in Kerteminde) a sailor, competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

* Niclas Vemmelund (born 1992 in Kerteminde) a Danish football defender

International relations

Twin towns and sister cities

Kerteminde is twinned with:

References

External links

Kerteminde municipality
{{Authority control Municipal seats of the Region of Southern Denmark Municipal seats of Denmark Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Kerteminde Municipality Populated places in Funen