Svenstrup is a town in

Aalborg Municipality Aalborg Municipality is a municipality in North Jutland Region on the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.Bridgwater, W. & Beatrice Aldrich. (1966) ''The Columbia-Viking Desk Encyclopedia''. Columbia University. p. 11. The municipality straddl ...

with a population of 7,650 (2022), Region Nordjylland in

Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

. It is located 10 km south of

Aalborg Aalborg (, , ) is Denmark's List of cities in Denmark by population, fourth largest town (behind Copenhagen, Aarhus, and Odense) with a population of 119,862 (1 July 2022) in the town proper and an Urban area, urban population of 143,598 (1 July ...

's city centre and 3 km south of the southern outskirts of the city. Svenstrup is served by Svenstrup railway station on the Randers–Aalborg railway line. The station re-opened in 2003. The Battle of Svenstrup was fought during the

Count's Feud The Count's Feud ( da, Grevens Fejde), also called the Count's War, was a war of succession that raged in Denmark in 1534–36 and brought about the Reformation in Denmark. In the international context, it was part of the European wars of relig ...

in 1534 on the fields just outside Svenstrup.

Notable people

* Jan Ø. Jørgensen (born 1987 in Svenstrup) a Danish badminton player previously number 1 on IBF world ranking * Nicklas Helenius (born 1991 in Svenstrup) a Danish footballer, a striker for the Danish club

Odense Boldklub Odense Boldklub (; also known as Odense BK or the more commonly used OB) is a Danish professional football club based in the city Odense. The club has won three Danish championships and five Danish Cup trophies. OB play in the Danish Superliga ...

References

{{Populated places of Aalborg Municipality Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region Towns and settlements in Aalborg Municipality