Helsinge

Helsinge is the municipal seat of Gribskov municipality in Region Hovedstaden on Zealand in Denmark with a population of 8,225 (1 January 2020).[1]

This article is about the town. For the former municipality, see Helsinge (municipality).

The central pond in Helsinge.

History

In early 19th century Helsinge was as small as the nearby villages, but it had an inn and a church and the vicar had another parish under him, Valby. Through the 19th century Helsinge grew. In 1840 23% of the 1258 inhabitants in the parish lived in the city, but in 1901 the percentage was 43% of 1647. In the meantime the town had got among other things both a judge (1848), a doctor (1859), a post office (1863), telegraphy (1872) and a railroad (1897).

Helsinge today

The town was years ago elected the ugliest town in Denmark by a journalist from national television, Peter Olesen, which is why among its inhabitants it has the popular name Hæslinge (Hæslig=ugly). Recently a great wall was built as a kind of town portal, but that has got the nickname the Berlin Wall, because it divides the space in an unfortunate way.

Notable people
Thor Pedersen, 2006
  • Christiern Pedersen (c.1480 – 1554 in Helsinge) a canon, humanist scholar, writer, printer and publisher [2]
  • Jens Poul Andersen (1844 in Huseby, near Annisse – 1935) an inventor, constructed cameras
  • Niels Fennet (born 1944 in Valby, near Helsinge) an engineer and businessman, founded Cabinn Hotels
  • Thor Pedersen (born 1945) politician, member of Helsinge Municipal Council 1974-1986, Mayor 1978-1986, member of Folketinget & Government Minister.
  • Bente Hammer (born 1950) a textile artist and fashion designer, moved to Bornholm in 1987
  • Anders Bircow (born 1951) a Danish actor and comedian [3]
  • Yuko Takada Keller (born 1958) an artist, curator and essayist based in Helsinge since 1997
  • Christian Brøns (born 1977 in Kagerup, near Helsinge) a Danish singer

Sport
Rolf Sørensen, 1998

International relations
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark

Twin towns — Sister cities

Helsinge is twinned with:

Sources
  1. "BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas" The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. "Pedersen, Christiern" . Encyclopædia Britannica. 21 (11th ed.). 1911.
  3. IMDb Database retrieved 26 June 2020
  • Ethelberg, Hans. En landsby i vækst. Helsinge Lokalhistoriske Arkiv, 2001. ISBN 87-988681-0-1

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