FREDERIKSHAVN

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'Frederikshavn' (originally named 'Fladstrand') 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 harbour".
Ferry service connects the town of Frederikshavn to the cities of Oslo and Larvik in Norway, Göteborg, Sweden and to Læsø.
Frederikshavn has a population of 43,600 (2007), and is an important traffic portal with its ferry connections to Sweden and Norway. The city is also well known for fishing, and its fishing and industrial harbours. The Danish term "''frederikshavner''" (lit. "Someone from Frederikshavn") is used to denote a quality plaice fish, probably the most popular eating fish in Denmark.
Frederikshavn's oldest building, Fiskerklyngen, is originally from the mid-1500s, but the houses now there are from 1700s–1800s.
Big business in the area include MAN/BW Alpha, Martin, as well as the Navy Base Frederikshavn (''Flådestation Frederikshavn''), which is the home location for the training ship Danmark, the national icebreakers, and the royal yacht Dannebrog.
Frederikshavn has, like the rest of North Jutland, been hit with hard unemployment. The city's largest workplace, the shipyard Danyard, closed in the late 1990s. This resulted in more than 2,000 workers being unemployed. Today there is still activity at the large ship building area, with many small companies renting space there.

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History

Harbours

Friendship Towns

Other Attractions

Famous People of/from the town

History

Frederikshavn was originally called ''Fladstrand'' (lit. "Flat beach"), until 1818 when it received status as a merchant town under the name of Frederikshavn, after King Frederik VI.
Due to its advantageous proximity to the entrance to the Baltic Sea, Frederikshavn has historically been a naval base of some strategic importance. Tordenskjold barricaded himself here in the fortress German troops had already built in the 1600s.
The only old military installations remaining to this day are the Gunpowder Tower (''Krudttårnet''), constructed in 1688, and the Northern Entrenchment (''Nordre Skanse''). The Gunpowder Tower has been preserved, and is incorporated in the municipality's coat-of-arms.

Harbours

The town has a number of harbours/marinas (listed in order from north to south):

★ Rønner Harbour (''Rønnerhavn''): Pleasureboat, dinghy and fishing harbour

★ Northern Entrenchment Harbour (''Nordre Skanse Havn''): Dinghy harbour

★ Frederikshavn Harbour (''Frederikshavn Havn''): Commercial harbout

★ Naval Harbour (''Flådehavn''): National warships, icebreakers, royal yacht and training ships

★ Sea Sports Harbour (''Søsportshavn''): Pleasureboat, dinghy and houseboat harbour

★ Neppen's Harbour (''Neppens Havn''): Dinghy harbour

Friendship Towns

Frederikshavn has established the following friendship towns (''venskabsbyer''):

★ Borlänge, Sweden

★ Bremerhaven, Germany

★ Frederikshåb, Greenland

★ Larvik, Norway

★ North Tyneside, England

★ Riga, distrikt Zemgale, Latvia

★ Rovaniemi, Finland

★ Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland

Other Attractions

★ Bangsbo Museum

★ Frederikshavn Art Museum (''Frederikshavn Kunstmuseum'')

★ Frederikshavn Shipyard Historical Society (''Værftshistorisk Selskab Frederikshavn'')

Famous People of/from the town

★ Connie Nielsen, actress

★ Erik Mortensen (April 26, 1926 - June 23, 1998), Danish haute couture designer for Balmain.

★ Peter Møller, previous footballer