Sæby () is a

town A town is a type of a human settlement, generally larger than a village but smaller than a city. The criteria for distinguishing a town vary globally, often depending on factors such as population size, economic character, administrative stat ...

and

seaport A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as Hamburg, Manc ...

located on the east coast of the

historical region History is the systematic study of the past, focusing primarily on the Human history, human past. As an academic discipline, it analyses and interprets evidence to construct narratives about what happened and explain why it happened. Some t ...

Vendsyssel Vendsyssel () is the northernmost traditional district of Denmark and of Jutland. Being divided from mainland Jutland by the Limfjord, it is technically a part of the North Jutlandic Island which also comprises the areas Hanherred and Thy. Vendsy ...

on the

North Jutlandic Island The North Jutlandic Island (), Vendsyssel-Thy, or Jutland north of the Limfjord (''Jylland nord for Limfjorden'') is the northernmost part of continental Denmark and of Jutland. It is more common to refer to the three traditional districts of V ...

in northern

Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the Autonomous a ...

. The town is located in

Frederikshavn municipality Frederikshavn Municipality () is the northernmost Danish municipality, located in Region Nordjylland. As a result of ''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipal Reform" of 2007), it is a merger between the previous municipalities of Frederikshavn, S ...

Region Nordjylland The North Jutland Region (), or in some official sources, the North Denmark Region, is an administrative region of Denmark established on 1 January 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish municipal reform, which abolished the traditional counties () an ...

. It has a population of 8,991 (1 January 2025). Sæby was granted market rights in 1524.

History

Until 2007 Sæby was the main town in Sæby municipality. Since 2007 part of

Attractions

* Sæby Glassblowing Workshop * Sæby Harbour * Sæby Church * Fruen fra Havet: 6.25 m. high statue standing on the pier at the entrance to Sæby harbour. The statue was made by artist Marit Benthe Norheim and it was inaugurated in 2001. * Sæby Museum * Sæby Old Town * Sæby Teddies (two persons in teddy-bear costumes) * Sæby Watermill * Sæbygaard Manor: A manor house from the renaissance. Inside there is a small museum with exhibitions of historical furniture. * Sæby Beach * Sæby Townsquare

Notable people

Science & Business

Jacob Severin Jacob Sørensen Severin (27 October 1691 – 21 March 1753) was a Danish merchant who held a trade monopoly on Greenland from 1733 to 1749. Biography He was born in Sæby, Denmark, to Søren Nielsen ( 1655–1730) and his wife Birgitte O ...

(1691 in Sæby – 1753) a Danish merchant who held a trade monopoly on Greenland from 1733 to 1749 *

Sophus Frederik Kühnel Sophus Frederik Kühnel (11 May 1851 – 13 October 1930) was a Danish architect best known for his design of Mejlborg and a number of other buildings in Aarhus. Biography Kühnel was born in Sæby, Denmark. He was the son of parish priest ...

(1851 in Sæby – 1930) a Danish architect, designed Mejlborg and a number of other buildings in

Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus municipality, Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and app ...

Adam Giede Böving Adam Giede Böving (July 31, 1869 – March 16, 1957) was a Danish-American entomologist and zoologist. He was a specialist in the study of the larvae of the order Coleoptera and the author of a series of descriptions on their early stages of de ...

(1869 in Sæby – 1957) a Danish-American entomologist and zoologist, studied the larvae of the order

Coleoptera Beetles are insects that form the Taxonomic rank, order Coleoptera (), in the superorder Holometabola. Their front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases, elytra, distinguishing them from most other insects. The Coleoptera, with about 40 ...

The Arts

Henry Holst Henry Holst (25 July 1899 – 19 October 1991) was a Danish violinist. In his early career he was leader of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Wilhelm Furtwängler. From the 1930s to the mid-1950s he was based in England, as a soloist and teac ...

(1899 in Sæby – 1991) a Danish violinist, variously at the

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra The Berlin Philharmonic () is a German orchestra based in Berlin. It is one of the most popular, acclaimed and well-respected orchestras in the world. Throughout the 20th century, the orchestra was led by conductors Wilhelm Furtwängler (1922� ...

, the

Royal Manchester College of Music The Royal Manchester College of Music (RMCM) was a tertiary level conservatoire in Manchester, north-west England. It was founded in 1893 by the German-born conductor Sir Charles Hallé in 1893. In 1972, the Royal Manchester College of Mu ...

, the

Royal College of Music The Royal College of Music (RCM) is a conservatoire established by royal charter in 1882, located in South Kensington, London, UK. It offers training from the undergraduate to the doctoral level in all aspects of Western Music including pe ...

and the

Royal Danish Academy of Music The Royal Danish Academy of Music, or Royal Danish Conservatory of Music (), in Copenhagen is the oldest professional institution of musical education in Denmark as well as the largest, with approximately 400 students. It was established in 186 ...

. *

Carl Ottosen Carl Ottosen (18 July 1918 – 8 January 1972) was a Danish actor, screenwriter and film director. He appeared in 70 films between 1947 and 1972. Filmography *'' De pokkers unger'' - 1947 *'' Bag de røde porte'' - 1951 *'' Vejrhanen'' - 1 ...

(1918 – 1972 in Saeby) a Danish actor, screenwriter and film director, appearing in 70 films IMDb Database
retrieved 24 April 2020 *

Walter Kuhlman Walter Kuhlman (1918–2009) was a 20th-century American painter and printmaker. In the late 1940s and 1950s, he was a core member of the San Francisco School of Abstract Expressionism. He later worked in a representational style related to Ameri ...

(1918–2009) an American painter and printmaker, linked to

Abstract Expressionism Abstract expressionism in the United States emerged as a distinct art movement in the aftermath of World War II and gained mainstream acceptance in the 1950s, a shift from the American social realism of the 1930s influenced by the Great Depressi ...

and

American Figurative Expressionism American Figurative Expressionism is a 20th-century visual art style or movement that first took hold in Boston, and later spread throughout the United States. Critics dating back to the origins of Expressionism have often found it hard to define ...

, brought up in Sæby *

Jørgen Rømer Jørgen Kofoed Rømer (9 May 1923 – 1 July 2007) was a Danish art historian, graphic artist and painter. Biography Born in Sæby near Frederikshavn, Rømer studied the history of art at Copenhagen University from 1943 to 1952 but was self-taught ...

(1923 in Saeby – 2007) a Danish art historian, graphic artist and painter * Lene Siel (born 1968 in Saeby) a Danish singer

Sport

Merete Pedersen Merete Pedersen (born 30 June 1973) is a Danish former football striker who played for Vejle BK and Odense BK in the Elitedivisionen, TSV Siegen in the German Bundesliga and Torres CF in Italy's Serie A, taking part in the UEFA Women's Cup w ...

(born 1973 in Saeby) a Danish former footballer, member of the Danish national team for 16 years *

Rasmus Thellufsen Rasmus Thellufsen Pedersen (; born 9 January 1997) is a Danish professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder. Club career AaB Thellufsen was promoted to the senior team of AaB Fodbold, AaB along with U19 teammates Magnu ...

(born 1997 in Saeby) a Danish footballer, playing for AaB

References

Cities and towns in the North Jutland Region Frederikshavn Municipality {{NJutlandDK-stub