Slagelse

Slagelse
City
Saint Michaels Church
Coat of arms
Slagelse Slagelse in Denmark
Coordinates: 55°24′17.9″N 11°22′25.8″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Zealand (Sjælland)
Municipality	Slagelse
Area
• Urban	16.2 km2 (6.3 sq mi)
Elevation	53 m (174 ft)
Population  (2019)
• Urban	33,871
• Urban density	2,100/km2 (5,400/sq mi)
• Gender	16,619 males and 17,252 females
Demonym(s)	Slagelsebo Slagelseaner
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal codes	4200
Area code(s)	(+45) 58
Website	www.slagelse.dk (Council)

Slagelse (Danish pronunciation: [ˈslɛːjl̩sə]) is a town in Denmark located in west Zealand. It is about 100 km (62 mi) southwest of Copenhagen. The population is 33,871 (1 January 2019).

In the 10th century, Slagelse had a mint and was an important trading centre. The city has an 10th-century church, and nearby is Trelleborg, a Viking fortress.

Hans Christian Andersen studied in the grammar school in this city for 30 years but described it as a "nuisance".

Slagelse is twinned with Aberdare, Wales and Stargard, Poland.

Sights

• Antvorskov monastery / ruins
• Slagelse Garden
• Slagelse Museum
• Trelleborg
• Saint Michaels Church

Sport

Slagelse has hosted Danish Sidecarcross Grand Prix numerous times and hosted it again in 2010, on 5 September.

Notable people

Andreas Bjørn, 1750

AG Rudelbach, 1858

• Andreas Bjørn (1703 in Skælskør – 1750) a Danish merchant, shipbuilder and ship owner
• Johan Jacob Bruun (1715–1789) a Danish painter, working in gouaches
• Ludvig Stoud Platou (1778–1833) a Danish-Norwegian educator, historical and geographical writer, politician and State Secretary
• William Christopher Zeise (1789–1847) a prominent early Danish organic chemist
• Andreas Gottlob Rudelbach (1792-1862 at Slagelse) a Dano-German neo-Lutheran theologian
• Andrea Krætzmer (1811–1889) a Danish ballet dancer
• Didrik Frisch (1835–1867) a Danish landscape and animal painter
• Ludvig Abelin Schou (1838–1867) known as L.A. Schou was a Danish Romantic painter
• Haldor Topsøe (1842 in Skælskør – 1935) a Danish chemist and crystallographer
• Peter Alfred Schou (1844–1914) known as P.A. Schou was a Danish Post-Impressionist painter
• Vilhelm Andersen (1864 in Nordrup – 1953) a Danish author, literary historian and intellectual
• S. P. L. Sørensen (1868 in Havrebjerg – 1939) a Danish chemist, invented pH to measure acidity and alkalinity
• Niels Erik Nørlund (1885–1981) a Danish mathematician
• Hans Egede Budtz (1889–1968) a Danish stage and film actor
• Vilhelm Lauritzen (1894–1984) a leading Danish modern architect
• Hilmar Baunsgaard (1920–1989) a Danish politician, 19th Prime Minister of Denmark 1968-1971
• Hardy Rafn (1930–1997) a Danish film actor
• Stig Brøgger (born 1941) a Danish artist, works with sculpture, painting and photography
• Yvonne Herløv Andersen (born 1942) a Danish politician
• Torben Lendager (born 1951) a Danish composer and lead singer of the Danish band The Walkers
• Elle Klarskov Jørgensen (born 1958) a Danish sculptor, inspired by Constructivism and Minimalism
• Sannie Charlotte Carlson (born 1970 in Skælskør) known as Whigfield a Danish singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress
• Alex Høgh Andersen (born 1994) a Danish actor.

Sport

Bo Andersen, 2009

• Poul Toft Jensen (1912–2000) a Danish amateur association football player, who played 13 games for the Denmark national football team from 1935-1938
• Ernst Pedersen (born 1935) a Danish former sports shooter, competed at the 1968 and 1976 Summer Olympics
• Ole Ritter (born 1941) a former Danish racing cyclist, broke the hour record in 1968
• Bo Braastrup Andersen (born 1976) a Danish football manager and former goalkeeper, manages Stavanger IF
• Martin Kristjansen (born 1977) a Danish lightweight boxer, former WBO inter-continental lightweight champion
• Joachim Persson (born 1983) a badminton player