Town in Denmark
Kalundborg
(
Danish:
[k?æl?n?p??]
) is a
Danish
city with a population of 16,486 (1 January 2023),
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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
, 110 km (68 mi) 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.
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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
.
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citation needed
]
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
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Church of Our Lady
in Kalundborg, Denmark.
Kalundborg is at latitude 55°41′N, longitude 11°6′E, about 110 km (68 mi) west of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand (
Sjaelland
).
History
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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
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Kalundborg Municipality is home to approximately 19,000 jobs of which 13,000 are in the private sector (December 2014).
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[5]
Novo Nordisk
has extensive production facilities in Kalundborg with a total of more than 2,400 employees.
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Since 1999 they have invested more than
DKK
7.5 billions in the complex.
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Pronova BioPharma
Danmark, a bulk manufacturer of Omega-3 products which was acquired by BASF in 2014, also has a manufacturing plant in Kalundborg.
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Port of Kalundborg
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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.
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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.
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Statoil Refining Denmark
operates Denmark's largest oil refinery on the harbor with a capacity of 6.6 million ton oil products per year.
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Haldor Topsøe
is one of the companies that has facilities at Kalundborg Tank Terminal.
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Transportation
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Rail
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Kalundborg railway station
.
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
Holbæk
,
Roskilde
and
Copenhagen
operated by the national
railway company
DSB
.
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The eastern part of the town is also served by the
railway halt
Kalundborg East
.
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Notable people
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Public Service & public thinking
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Esbern Snare, statue in Kalundborg
The Arts
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Sigrid Undset, 1928
Sport
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- 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
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- Frida Schou
(1891?1980), early businesswoman who ran the brick factory Knabstrup Teglværk from 1928
See also
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Notes
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References
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- Denmark detailed roadmap, webpage:
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
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to
Kalundborg
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