Kalundborg

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| image_caption = Seaport town of Kalundborg, Denmark.

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| subdivision_name2 = Zealand (Sjælland)

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| subdivision_name4 = Kalundborg

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Kalundborg is west of Copenhagen and Holbæk, northwest of Slagelse on Zealand in Denmark.

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| population_blank1 = 8246 males and 8413 females

| population_demonym = Kalundborgenser

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Kalundborg ({{IPA|da|kʰælɔnˈpɒˀ|lang}}) is a Danish city with a population of 16,659 (1 January 2025),[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark the main town of the municipality of the same name and the site of its municipal council. It is situated on the northwestern coast of the largest Danish island, Zealand (or Sjælland in Danish), on the opposite, eastern side of which lies the capital Copenhagen, {{convert|110|km|mi|abbr=on}} away.

Kalundborg is famous as the location of a large broadcasting facility, the Kalundborg Transmitter. The city was also home to the largest coal-fired power station in Denmark, the Asnæs Power Station, which started its transition to biomass in 2017.{{cite magazine |last=Voegele |first=Erin |date=2 November 2017 |title=Biomass conversion begins at Asnæs Power Station |url= https://biomassmagazine.com/articles/14807/biomass-conversion-begins-at-asnaes-power-station|magazine=Biomass Magazine |publisher=BBI International |access-date=21 January 2022}}

Kalundborg is mainly a trading and industrial town, but is also well known for its five-spired Church of Our Lady, which is closely associated with King Valdemar I and the Archbishop Absalon. The church itself is said to have been built by Absalon's brother, Esbern Snare.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

Kalundborg is also the traditional seat of the aristocratic Lerche family. Their stately home, Lerchenborg, the best example of rococo architecture in Denmark, can be seen in the town's outskirts.

Ferries connect Kalundborg westward to the island of Samsø.

Geography

Image:Hærvigsgade-1 Kalundborg.jpg in Kalundborg, Denmark.]]

Kalundborg is at latitude 55°41′N, longitude 11°6′E, about {{convert|110|km|mi|abbr=on}} west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand (Sjaelland).

History

File:Kalundborgs segl.jpg

The Kalundborg area was first settled in 1170 at a natural harbour at the head of the narrow bay today known as Kalundborg Fjord. It became more urbanized during the nineteenth century and had grown into a major industrial centre by the mid-twentieth century.

Kalundborg Municipality has approximately 20,000 inhabitants, and its network is the most published example of Industrial Symbiosis. The history of Kalundborg Industrial Symbiosis activities began in 1961 when a project was developed and implemented to use surface water from Lake Tisso for a new oil refinery, to save the limited supplies of ground water. The City of Kalundborg took the responsibility for building the pipeline while the refinery financed it. Starting from this initial collaboration, a number of other collaborative projects were subsequently introduced and the number of partners gradually increased.

By the end of the 1980s, the partners realised that they had effectively "self-organised" into what is probably the best-known example of Industrial Symbiosis. The material exchanges in the Kalundborg region include: conservation of natural and financial resources; reduction in production, material, energy, insurance and treatment costs and liabilities; improved operating efficiency; quality control; improved health of the local population and public image; and realisation of potential income through the sale of by-products and waste materials.

Economy

Kalundborg Municipality is home to approximately 19,000 jobs of which 13,000 are in the private sector (December 2014).{{cite web|title=Iværksætterne skaber nye job i Kalundborg|url=http://tv-kalundborg.dk/Ivaerksaetterne-skaber-nye-job-i-Kalundborg|website=TV Kalundborg|access-date=16 March 2015|language=da}}{{cite web|title=Sjællandsk krav om motorvej på tværsKalundborg|url=http://www.dagensbyggeri.dk/artikel/83894-sjaellandsk-krav-om-motorvej-pa-tvaers|website=Dagens Byggeri|access-date=16 March 2015|language=da}} Novo Nordisk has extensive production facilities in Kalundborg with a total of more than 2,400 employees.{{cite web|title=Novo Nordisk på væksthormon|url=http://www.business.dk/medico/novo-nordisk-paa-vaeksthormon|website=Berlingske|access-date=16 March 2015|language=da}} Since 1999 they have invested more than DKK 7.5 billions in the complex. Pronova BioPharma Danmark, a bulk manufacturer of Omega-3 products which was acquired by BASF in 2014, also has a manufacturing plant in Kalundborg.{{cite web|title=Store nedskrivninger giver kæmpetab hos Pronova|url=http://medwatch.dk/secure/Medicinal___Biotek/article6468461.ece12630|website=MedWatch|access-date=16 March 2015|language=da}}

=Port of Kalundborg=

The port plays a central role in the town's economy. It is a municipal self-governing port with independent finances. Kalundborg Container Terminal is served by Unifeeder on a weekly basis.{{cite web|title=Containerterminal på vej mod bedre tider|url=http://www.maritimedanmark.dk/?Id=25922|website=Maritime Danmark|access-date=16 March 2015|language=da}} Schultz Shipping is a local shipping company. As of 2015, the port is being expanded with a new west harbor on the south side of the Asnæs peninsula.{{cite web|title=Kalundborg Havn udvider på Asnæs |url=http://www.maritimedanmark.dk/?Id=25320|website=Maritime Danmark|access-date=16 March 2015|language=da}}

Statoil Refining Denmark operates Denmark's largest oil refinery on the harbor with a capacity of 6.6 million ton oil products per year.{{cite web|title=Statoil fyrer 60 i Kalundborg|url=http://www.maritimedanmark.dk/?Id=23677|website=Maritime Danmark|access-date=16 March 2015|language=da}} Haldor Topsøe is one of the companies that has facilities at Kalundborg Tank Terminal.{{cite web|title=Havne|url=http://www.maritimedanmark.dk/?Id=24446|website=Maritime Danmark|access-date=16 March 2015|language=da}}

Transportation

=Rail=

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The Northwest Line (1874) connects Kalundborg with Holbæk and Roskilde and the rest of the Danish rail network. Kalundborg railway station is the principal railway station of the town and offers frequent direct regional train services to {{rws|Holbæk}}, {{rws|Roskilde}} and Copenhagen operated by the national railway company DSB.{{cite web|url=https://www.dsb.dk/kundeservice/stationer/kalundborg/|title=Kalundborg Station|publisher=DSB|language=da|accessdate=2 December 2022}} The eastern part of the town is also served by the railway halt Kalundborg East.{{cite web|url=https://www.dsb.dk/kundeservice/stationer/kalundborg-ost-station/|title=Kalundborg Øst Station|publisher=DSB|language=da|accessdate=2 December 2022}}

Notable people

= Public Service & public thinking =

Esbern Snare (1127–1204) a crusader; had built the Church of Our Lady, Kalundborg
Christian II of Denmark (1481–1559 in Kalundborg Castle) monarch under the Kalmar Union
Jørgen Bjelke (1621–1696 in Kalundborg) an exiled Norwegian officer and nobleman
Sophie Amalie Lindenov (1649 in Kalundborg Castle–1688) noblewoman and landowner
Hans Hagerup Gyldenpalm (1717–1781) a Danish born, Norwegian jurist and civil servant
Arnoldus von Falkenskiold (1743–1819) a Danish military officer and landowner of Sæbygård
Henrik Steffens Hagerup (1806–1859) a Norwegian naval officer and politician who served as Minister of the Navy
Wilhelm Hellesen (1836–1892) inventor and industrialist; helped invent the dry cell battery
Anne Elisabet Jensen (born 1951) a Danish politician and MEP
Professor Claus Manniche (born 1956) a Danish rheumatologist, consultant and academic
Sandra Skalvig (born 1990), a Danish MP

= The Arts =

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Johan Thomas Lundbye (1818–1848) a graphic artist and painter of animals and landscapes
Elisabeth Dons (1864 in Bjergsted–1942) operatic mezzo-soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre
Johannes Holbek (1872 in Årby–1903) a Danish painter and graphic artist
Margrethe Lendrop (1873–1920) operatic soprano at the Royal Danish Theatre
Sigrid Undset (1882–1949) a Norwegian novelist, awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928, emigrated to Norway aged 2
Viggo Rørup (1903–1971) a Danish artist, joined the artists' colony the Odsherred Painters
Thøger Birkeland (1922–2011) a teacher and writer, known for his children's books
Søren Ulrik Thomsen (born 1956) a Danish poet; his debut was City Slang, 1981
Frank Madsen (born 1962) a Danish author, illustrator and comics artist
Christian E. Christiansen (born 1972) is a Danish filmmaker
Jonas Poher Rasmussen, filmmaker

= Sport =

Mogens Guldberg (born 1963) a middle-distance runner, competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Claus Nielsen (born 1964) a former footballer, almost 200 club caps and 14 for Denmark
Henrik Djernis (born 1968 in Svebølle) a Danish cyclist
Thomas Damgaard (born 1971) a Danish former professional boxer
Anders Nielsen (born 1972) a Danish footballer, over 300 club caps
Susanne Meyerhoff (born 1974) a Danish sport shooter, competed at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics
Thomas Frandsen (born 1976) a Danish former footballer, almost 300 club caps
Jesper Hansen (born 1980) a Danish sport shooter, competed at the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics and finished 26th, 5th and 2nd in the Men's skeet. In 2013, he won the skeet shooting world championship.

=Other=

Frida Schou (1891–1980), early businesswoman who ran the brick factory Knabstrup Teglværk from 1928

Notes

References

Denmark detailed roadmap, webpage: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080406154808/http://home6.inet.tele.dk/vlh/danmark.JPG Tele-DK-Danmark].
Ehrenfeld, J. and Gertler, N. (1997) 'Industrial Ecology in Practice: the evolution of interdependence at Kalundborg", Journal of Industrial Ecology, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 67–80