Fjerritslev is a town in
North Jutland, Denmark. It is located in
Jammerbugt Municipality, 13 km north of
Løgstør, 37 km northeast of
Thisted and 30 km southwest of
Aabybro.
Until 1 January 2007 Fjerritslev was the seat of the former
Fjerritslev Municipality.
History
Fjerritslev is mentioned in 1487 under the name Fieridsleff.
Until the middle of the 1800s Fjerritslev only consisted of a series of spread-out houses and farms. A tavern was built in Fjerritslev in 1840, which began the expansion of the town. Following the tavern was other establishments, including a post office, bank, school and brewery. With the construction of the train station in 1897, the town began to rapidly expand.
During the
German occupation of Denmark in 1940-45 multiple buildings in the town was occupied by the Germans. This included the school, which forced the locals to move their teaching facilities to the town's tavern.
The train station in Fjerritslev was shut down in 1969.
In the
1970 Danish Municipal Reform
The 1970 Danish Municipal Reform was an extensive administrative reform in Denmark which on 1 April 1970 reduced the number of Danish municipalities from 1,098 to 277 and the number of counties from 25 to 14. The reform also abolished the last le ...
seven parish municipalities were merged to form
Fjerritslev Municipality, with the municipality's seat and main town being Fjerritslev. The municipality lasted until 2007 where it was merged with
Aabybro Municipality,
Pandrup Municipality and
Brovst Municipality to form Jammerbugt Municipality.
In 197
Fjerritslev Gymnasium(upper secondary high school) was founded. As of 2022, it has approximately 375 students and also offers Higher Preparatory Examination (HF) and Higher Commercial Examination (HHX). Since 2016 it has been possible for the students to also stay at Fjerritslev College. This has made Fjerritslev Gymnasium more attractive for students from other regions of Denmark and even from abroad.
Fjerritslev Brewery and Local Museum
Fjerritslev Brewery and Local Museum (Danish: ''Fjerritslev Bryggeri- og Egnsmuseum'') is located in Fjerritslev. It is both a brewery museum and a local museum. The brewery, originally named ''P. Kjeldgaards Bryggeri'', originates from 1885, where it was started by Niels Borup and Peter Bauer. Per Kjeldgaard joined in 1887. When Kjeldgaard died in 1919 his wife, Kathrine Kjeldgaard, took over leading the brewery. She became the only Danish female brewery owner until her death in 1950. Her daughter, Kirsten Kjeldgaard, took over and continued the brewery until 1968 where it was shut down. She lived in the old brewery until 1982 where she died. The current museum was established one year later.
Fjerritslevmuseum.dk
"Bryggerfamilien" Retrieved 15 October 2020
Notable residents
* Rikke Nielsen
Rikke Nielsen (born April 9, 1977, in Fjerritslev, Denmark) is a former Danish handballer. She previously played for Aalborg DH, and before that she played for the German club HC Leipzig
HC Leipzig is a women's handball club based in Leipzig, Ge ...
(born 1977), handball player
* Thomas Danielsen (born 1983), politician and MF
* Mikkel B. Andersen
Mikkel Brøndum Andersen (born 31 July 1996, Fjerritslev, Denmark) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark.
Career
In 2016, he won the Nordic U-21 Speedway Championship.
He joined the Redcar Bears
The Redcar Bears are a British speedway ...
(born 1996), speedway rider
References
{{Jammerbugt Municipality
Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region
Jammerbugt Municipality
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