Frederikshavn
town in northeast Jutland, Denmark
Frederikshavn (Danish: [fʁeðʁeksˈhɑwˀn, fʁæðʁæksˈhɑwˀn] ) is a Danish town in Frederikshavn municipality, Region Nordjylland, on the northeast coast on the North Jutlandic Island in northern Denmark. Its name translates to "Frederik's harbor". It was originally named Fladstrand.
The town has a population of 22,496 (1 January 2026), 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 district, Fiskerklyngen, is originally from the mid-16th century, but the houses now there are from 18th–19th centuries.
History
Frederikshavn was originally called Fladstrand (lit. "Flat beach") from its location in Flade parish.
Fladstrand
The first mention of a settlement is in a letter dated 13 March 1572 found in the Danish chancery letterbooks. It was a fishing village, trading place and crossing point to Norway.
Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Frederikshavn” is town in northeast Jutland, Denmark. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Frederikshavn, town and northeast, not as a finished interpretation.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q27452. VIAF identifies the subject as 248670102. The Library of Congress control number is n81103411. Authority coordinates are 57.434, 10.536. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2026 and 1572.
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This entry incorporates text from “Frederikshavn” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.