Kerteminde
town in Denmark
Kerteminde (nickname: Min Amandas by, i.e. My Amanda's town), is a town in central Denmark on Kerteminde Bay, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 6,150 (1 January 2026). It is a small harbor town surrounded by farms. Kerteminde contains a fish restaurant, Rudolf Mathis, the Viking museum Ladby, the Johannes Larsen Museum, and the research and exhibition institution for fish and porpoises Fjord & Bælt.
Parish and churches
Kerteminde is part of the Kerteminde-Drigstrup Parish, which was created on 1 December 2013 by merging the two parishes. Kerteminde Parish was quite small, so in the 1920s Kerteminde grew beyond the parish boundaries and gained a suburb on Over Kærby Mark in Drigstrup Parish.
Kerteminde's parish church, Sankt Laurentii Kirke, is located in the town. The town is also home to Emmauskirken, which is owned by Kerteminde-Dalby Valgmenighed, which also has Bethlehemskirken in Dalby.
School facilities
Kerteminde Byskole has 466 students in grades 0-9.
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