Place:Frederikshavn, Hjørring, Denmark

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NameFrederikshavn
Alt namesFladstrandsource: Wikipedia
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates57.467°N 10.55°E
Located inHjørring, Denmark
Also located inNørrejylland, Denmark    
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Fladstrand ( 1970 - 2007 )
Parish
Flade sogn ( 1970 - 2007 )
Gærum sogn ( 1970 - 2007 )
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Frederikshavn is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland, on the northeast coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbor". It was originally named Fladstrand.

The town has a population of 22,672 (1 January 2022),[1] and is an important traffic portal with its ferry connections to Gothenburg in Sweden. The town is well known for fishing and its fishing and industrial harbours.

Frederikshavn's oldest building, Fiskerklyngen, is originally from the mid-16th century, but the houses now there are from 18th–19th centuries.

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