Egernsund

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Egernsund

Total population

1,556

Coordinates54.91°, 9.60°

Demographic figures from Statistics Denmark. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Egernsund is a small town, with a population of 1,410, in Sønderborg Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark in Denmark.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Dorothea of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Electress of Brandenburg (1636-1689)

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Margarete Mitscherlich-Nielsen

German psychoanalyst (1917–2012)

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Gui Bonsiepe

German designer and writer

J

Jørgen Ringnis

Danish carver

Bertel Haarder

Danish politician (born 1944)

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Arndt Georg Nissen

German painter and yacht racer (1907-1979)

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Sophus Hansen

German painter (1871-1959)

Richard Dethlefsen

German architect and art historian (1864–1944)

Martin Sommerfeldt

German journalist

Adolf Ditlev Jørgensen

Danish historian (1840-1897)

Friedrich Heinrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg (1747-1779)

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Andreas Hohwü

clockmaker (1803–1885)

Friedrich, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

(1701-1766)

Harald Schwenzen

Norwegian actor and film director (1895-1954)

Philipp Ernst, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Augusta of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg

Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg (1633-1701)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Southern Denmark

• Gråsten
  0.8 mi away · pop. 4,168
• Rinkenæs
  1.8 mi away · pop. 1,223
• Nybøl
  3.3 mi away · pop. 1,045
• Tørsbøl
  4.5 mi away · pop. 270
• Kværs
  4.6 mi away · pop. 413
• Dybbøl
  4.7 mi away · pop. 2,495
• Ullerup
  4.7 mi away · pop. 416
• Vester Sottrup
  4.7 mi away · pop. 1,470
• Skelde
  5.8 mi away · pop. 302
• Blans
  6.2 mi away · pop. 509
• Felsted
  6.4 mi away · pop. 1,116
• Holbøl
  6.5 mi away

Browse all places in Southern Denmark →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

grass snake

Natrix natrix

Seen 2026-09-26

Golden Waxcap

Hygrocybe chlorophana

Seen 2026-09-24

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-09-22

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-22

Marbled Carpet Moth

Dysstroma truncata

Seen 2026-09-22

Knotgrass leaf beetle

Chrysolina polita

Seen 2026-09-22

Barynotus moerens

Barynotus moerens

Seen 2026-09-22

Granulated Ground Beetle

Carabus granulatus

Seen 2026-09-22

Stenopsocus immaculatus

Stenopsocus immaculatus

Seen 2026-09-22

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).