Grindsted, with a population of 9,721 (1 January 2025),BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density
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is the municipal seat and largest town of

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and belongs to the

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. It is located 42 km west of the major regional city of

Vejle Vejle () is a city in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle River and Grejs River and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality (''Municipalities of De ...

and 49 km northeast of the major harbour city

Esbjerg Esbjerg (, ) is a seaport city and seat of Esbjerg Municipality on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. By road, it is west of Kolding and southwest of Aarhus. With an urban area, urban population of 71,554 (1 January ...

. The postal code is 7200.

History

Grindsted is first mentioned in the 14th century, and for several centuries was just a village on the heath. Until the middle of the 19th century, Grindsted was a small, remote, distinctly moorland village. The construction of the main road Vejle — Grindsted — Varde in 1864 brought some progress, which was increased by the later significant cultural works in the area, but it was not until the many railway installations during the First World War that caused the strong development which made Grindsted an important railway hub.

Education

Grindsted has both private and public primary schools, upper secondary education and vocational education.

Industry

In 1924 , the chemical factory Grindstedværket was built in the city, and the industrial community gradually grew up, so that both the cement and textile industries came to the city. One of the main industries today is the

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factory, which traces its roots back to the original chemical factory named (Grindsted Products) founded by the Lundsgaard brothers. Through acquisitions by De Danske Spritfabrikker, it became part of the

Danisco Danisco A/S is a Denmark, Danish bio-based company with activities in food production, enzymes and other bioproducts as well as a wide variety of pharmaceutical grade excipients. It was formed in 1989 from the largest Danish industrial merger e ...

corporation, but Danisco was acquired by DuPont in 2011; however, the factory only changed name on 14 May 2012. Products from Grindsted are still marketed under the Danisco logo and name.

Sport

Grindsted Speedway Klub Grindsted Speedway Klub is a speedway club, based at the Billund Municipality Stadium, north of Grindsted in Denmark, who compete in the Danish Speedway League. The team have never won the Danish Speedway League but have spent numerous seasons i ...

compete in the

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and the track called the Billund Municipality Stadium is located at Blåbjergvej 1, 7200. The towns'

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

club GGIF Grindsted secured promotion to the top division for the first time ever in 2024.

Notable people

Ole Kirk Christiansen Ole Kirk Christiansen (born Ole Kirk Kristiansen; 7 April 1891 – 11 March 1958) was a Danish carpenter. In 1932, he founded the construction toy company Lego, later known as The Lego Group. Christiansen transformed his small woodworking shop, ...

(1891 in Filskov, near Grindsted – 1958): a Danish carpenter; in 1932 he founded

The Lego Group Lego A/S, also known as the Lego Group, is a Danish construction toy production company based in Billund. It manufactures Lego-branded toys, consisting mostly of interlocking ABS plastic and rubber bricks. The Lego Group has also built severa ...

Hein Heinsen Hein Olaf Heinsen (born July 23, 1935, in Grindsted, Denmark) is a Danish artist who has contributed to the Lutheran art of Scandinavia. He made his debut on the Danish art scene in the 1960s as part of the minimalistic movement. Heinsen served as ...

(born 1935 in Grindsted): a Danish artist who has contributed to the

Lutheran art Lutheran art consists of all religious art produced for Lutherans and the Lutheran churches. This includes sculpture, painting, and architecture. Artwork in the Lutheran churches arose as a distinct marker of the faith during the Reformation era a ...

of Scandinavia *

Carsten Thomassen Carsten Thomassen may refer to: * Carsten Thomassen (mathematician) Carsten Thomassen (born August 22, 1948 in Grindsted) is a Danish mathematician. He has been a Professor of Mathematics at the Technical University of Denmark since 1981, and ...

(born 1948 in Grindsted): a Danish mathematician *

Boye Habekost Boye Habekost (born 22 September 1968) is a Danish football coach and a former player who is manager at

(born 1968 in Grindsted): a football coach and a former player with over 200 club caps *

Allan Gaarde Allan Gaarde (born 25 January 1975) is a Danish former professional football player in the midfielder position, who played 227 games and scored 48 goals for AaB, and won the 1999 Danish Superliga championship with the club. He also played abroad ...

(born 1975 in Grindsted): a former professional footballer, 299 club caps and 39 goals for AaB *

Kian Hansen Kian H. Hansen (born 3 March 1989) is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a centre-back and current assistant coach of FC Nordsjælland's U19s. Club career Hansen has played for Esbjerg the most part of his career, having bee ...

(born 1989): Danish footballer, over 250 club caps, plays for

FC Nordsjælland Football Club Nordsjælland, commonly known as FC Nordsjælland, Nordsjælland () or FCN, is a professional Danish association football, football team from the North Zealand town of Farum. Founded as ''Farum Boldklub'' from the merger of the to ...

Michael Jepsen Jensen Michael Jepsen Jensen (born 18 February 1992) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career Jepsen Jensen was part of the 2010 Under-21 World Cup winning Denmark team. He peaked in 2012, winning the 2012 Speedway World Cup with th ...

(born 1992 in Grindsted): a speedway rider

References

External links

"Grindsted hosts the first FITEQ event in Denmark"
by FITEQ (March 14, 2024) Municipal seats of the Region of Southern Denmark Municipal seats of Denmark Cities and towns in the Region of Southern Denmark Billund Municipality {{SouthernDK-stub