Skælskør
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| State : |
 Denmark
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| Region : | Sjælland | ||||
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Municipality (since 2007) : |
Slagelse | ||||
| Municipality / Office : (until the end of 2006) |
Skælskør Kommune Vestsjællands Amt |
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Harde / Amt: (until March 1970) |
Vester Flakkebjerg Herred Sorø Amt |
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| Sogne : |
Skælskør Sogn Eggeslevmagle Sogn |
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| Coordinates : | 55 ° 15 ′ N , 11 ° 19 ′ E | ||||
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Population : (2020) |
6,455 | ||||
| Postal code : | 4230 Skælskør | ||||
| Sister cities : |
 Karlino
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| Website: | www.skaelskoer-online.dk | ||||
 Skælskør from the harbor |
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Skælskør is a town in Slagelse Kommune on the Danish island of Zealand in the Baltic Sea . On January 1st, 2020 the place had 6455 inhabitants. The city is located in the Sjælland region and was the administrative seat of the Skælskør municipality of the same name . This was integrated into the new Slagelse municipality on January 1, 2007 with the "old" Slagelse municipality , the municipalities Hashøj and Korsør as part of the municipal reform .
The Harboes Bryggeri brewery is also located in Skælskør.
Skælskør was the terminus of the Dalmose – Skælskør railway, which was closed in 1975 and on which a museum was held until 2011. Most of the route is now a cycle path. The Skælskør station building is still there.
sons and daughters of the town
- Conrad Christian Hornung (1801–1873), piano maker, founder of the Hornung & Mølle piano factory
- Gerhard Heilmann (1859–1946), artist and naturalist
- Laurids Pedersen Thura (1598–1655), orientalist, educator and pastor
- Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil (* 1977), politician
- Whigfield (born 1970), pop singer
Town twinning
There is a town partnership with Karlino in Poland.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)
Web links
- Website of the place (Danish)