Svendborg, Southern Denmark Region, Denmark


🇩🇰 Svendborg is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. Svendborg is Funen's second largest city. In 2000 Svendborg was declared "Town of the year" in Denmark, and in 2003 it celebrated its 750th anniversary as a market town. By road, Svendborg is located 195 km (121 mi) south-west of Copenhagen, 183 km (114 mi) south of Aarhus, 44.2 km (27.5 mi) south of Odense, and 28.5 km (17.7 mi) east of Faaborg.

Svendborg is home to "Danmarks Forsorgsmuseum" social history museum and "Naturama" natural history museum. The latter holds a wide variety of stuffed animals from whales and bears to birds and Foxes.

The largest container ship company in the world, A.P. Møller-Mærsk has its origins in Svendborg, in the "Villa Anna".

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Svendborg, Southern Denmark Region, Denmark 

Svendborg has a population of over 27,054 people. Svendborg also forms the centre of the wider Svendborg Municipality which has a population of over 58,612 people.

Twin Towns - Sister Cities Svendborg has links with:

🇸🇰 Dolný Kubín, Slovak Republic 🇸🇪 Jönköping, Sweden 🇫🇮 Kuopio, Finland 🇩🇪 Stralsund, Germany
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