Kerteminde
Kerteminde, is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 5,987. It is a small harbor town surrounded by farms. Kerteminde contains a fish restaurant, Rudolf Mathis, the Viking museum Ladby, and the research and exhibition institution for fish and porpoises Fjord & Bælt.
Notable people
Painters
- Frederik Storch a Danish genre painter
- Johannes Larsen a nature painter, one of the Funen Painters
- Anna Syberg a Funen painter, lived in Pilegården near Kerteminde from 1902
- Christine Swane one of the Funen Painters then developed a Cubist style
- Axel P. Jensen a painter of landscapes with stronger colouring than the Funen Painters
- Alfred Simonsen a painter, one of the Odsherred Painters
- Ernst Syberg a painter, became one of the Odsherred Painters
- Birthe Bovin a self-taught Danish painter, became one of Odsherred Painters
Other Arts
- Frederik Paludan-Müller a Danish poet
- Arent Nicolai Dragsted a Danish goldsmith
- Franz Syberg a composer and organist at Kerteminde, 1932-1955
- Annette Strøyberg a Danish actress
- Torbjørn C. Pedersen a Danish traveller and adventurer
Sport
- Niels Petersen a weightlifter, competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Jan Eli Andersen a sailor, competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Niclas Vemmelund a Danish football defender
International relations
Twin towns – Sister cities
Kerteminde is twinned with: North Berwick, United Kingdom  Øvre Eiker, Norway  Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic |  Schwentinental, Germany Ulricehamn, Sweden |
