Høng

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Høng

Total population

4,272

Elevation26 m

Coordinates55.51°, 11.29°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Høng is a town with a population of 4,299 in Region Sjælland near the west coast of the island of Zealand (Sjælland) in Denmark. It was the municipal seat of the former Høng Municipality.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Søren Peter Lauritz Sørensen

Danish chemist

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Nancy Dalberg

Danish composer (1881–1949)

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

Otte Knudsen Rud

danish-Norwegian admiral

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Niels Jacob Hansen

opera singer

Vilhelm Beck

Danish autobiographer (1829–1901)

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Rasmus Bøgebjerg

Danish sculptor (1859–1921)

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Hans Jakobsen

Danish gymnast (1895-1980)

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Kaj Frederiksen

Danish boxer

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Viggo Frederiksen

Danish boxer (1916–1993)

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Viggo Gøtzsche

Adolph Wilhelm Dinesen

Danish writer (1807-1876)

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C.A. Schumacher

Danish translator (1810-1854)

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Else Moltke

Danish countess, non-fiction writer and feminist

Emil Z. Svitzer

Danish merchant and judge (1805-1886)

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Hemming Skat Rørdam

Danish educator

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

Nearby places in Zealand

• Lille Høng
  0.5 mi away
• Løve
  1.6 mi away · pop. 294
• Sæby
  2.7 mi away · pop. 343
• Kirke Helsinge
  3.4 mi away · pop. 544
• Gørlev
  3.4 mi away · pop. 2,424
• Ruds Vedby
  4.1 mi away · pop. 1,690
• Havrebjerg
  4.3 mi away · pop. 429
• Sønderup
  4.5 mi away · pop. 213
• Kirke Stillinge
  5.4 mi away · pop. 704
• Stillinge Strand
  5.6 mi away · pop. 281
• Store Fuglede Stationsby
  5.8 mi away · pop. 212
• Skellebjerg
  6.4 mi away · pop. 200

Browse all places in Zealand →

Geography & sun

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

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Høng

Admiralty jurisdiction

Damien J. Cremean · 1997

Sydney, New Zealand and Hong Kong 2015

Gordon and Sally · 2015

Customs

New Zealand · 2005

Country report on New Zealand

Hong Kong Trade Development Council. Research Department · 1996

Hong Kong and Taiwan

June Hamilton · 1988

Report of the Cashew Trade Delegation to Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong & Japan

Cashew Export Promotion Council. · 1963

Delegation mission to New Zealand, Australia, Hong Kong, and Japan

Thad Cochran · 1982

Different Paths to Curbing Corruption

Jon S. T. Quah · 2013

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

blusher

Amanita rubescens

Seen 2026-09-20

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-20

Rhododendron Leafhopper

Graphocephala fennahi

Seen 2026-09-19

Wasp Spider

Argiope bruennichi

Seen 2026-09-18

Walnut Orbweaver

Nuctenea umbratica

Seen 2026-09-17

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Seen 2026-09-17

Common Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum

Seen 2026-09-15

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-09-13

Edible Frog

Pelophylax esculentus

Seen 2026-09-12

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

Official Identifiers