Kjellerup

Town in Denmark
56°17′05″N 09°26′00″E / 56.28472°N 9.43333°E / 56.28472; 9.43333CountryDenmarkRegionCentral Denmark (Midtjylland)MunicipalitySilkeborgArea
 • Urban
3.8 km2 (1.5 sq mi)Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Urban
5,223 • Urban density1,400/km2 (3,600/sq mi) • Gender [2]
2,500 males and 2,723 femalesTime zoneUTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)Postal code
8620 Kjellerup

Kjellerup is a Danish town with a population of 5,223 (1 January 2023).[1] It is located 17 km north of Silkeborg and 20 km south of Viborg in Central Jutland.

The town was the seat of the former Kjellerup Municipality.

Notable people

  • Ditlev Trappo Saugmand Bjerregaard (1852 in Højbjerg – 1916 in Kjellerup) a businessman, traditional musician and composer of traditional dance music, owned a music shop in Kjellerup
  • Søren Malling (born 1964) a Danish actor, raised and lives in Kjellerup [3]
  • Henrik Vibskov (born 1972 in Kjellerup) a Danish fashion designer
  • Henrik Pedersen (born 1975 in Kjellerup) a retired Danish footballer, 398 club caps and 3 for Denmark
  • Svend-Allan Sørensen (born 1975) a conceptual artist of figured birds
  • Thomas Holm (born 1978) singer-songwriter, born and raised in Kjellerup

References

  1. ^ a b BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. ^ BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  3. ^ IMDb Database retrieved 26 May 2020
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