Related Directory Categories
- Svendborg (45)
- Erhverv og økonomi (31)
Sources
Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.
Submit a site - Become an editor
Wikipedia. Licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Are you an expert in this subject? Join the discussion and share your knowledge at Wikipedia.org.
Svendborg
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Svendborg is a city in central Denmark, located in Svendborg municipality (population 42.986 in 2006[1]) on the island of Funen. Svendborg is the second-largest city on Funen and has a population of 27,512 (2003).
Svendborg celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2003.
In 2000 Svendborg was declared "Town of the year" in Denmark.
Svendborg is the official home of the SIMAC education, which has set new standards for training seagoing officers. The new concept is based on the dual purpose, of both being able to go watch in the engine and on the bridge. Svendborg also houses nursing-, teacher education- and business schools.
The largest container ship company in the world, A.P. Møller-Mærsk has it's origins in Svendborg, in the "Villa Anna", and it remains in the hands of Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller.
Copenhagen (1,086,800) · Århus (228,500) · Odense (145,600) · Aalborg (121,500) · Esbjerg (72,600) · Randers (55,700) · Kolding (54,900) · Vejle (49,900) · Horsens (49,700) · Roskilde (44,200) · Næstved (40,500) · Silkeborg (38,500) · Fredericia (37,100) · Elsinore (35,000) · Køge (33,600) · Viborg (33,200) · Holstebro (31,800) · Slagelse (31,800) · Herning (29,900) · Hillerød (28,100) · Svendborg (27,600) · Sønderborg (27,000) · Hjørring (24,800) · Holbæk (24,300) · Frederikshavn (24,200)
 |
This Denmark location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |