Hesselager

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Hesselager

Total population

896

Elevation43 m

Coordinates55.17°, 10.74°

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

Overview

Hesselager is a small town located on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, in Svendborg Municipality. It is located 19 km south of Nyborg, 7 km northwest of Lundeborg and 18 km northeast of Svendborg.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Christoffer Valkendorff

Danish politician (1525-1601)

Richard Møller Nielsen

Danish footballer and manager (1937–2014)

Hannibal Sehested

Danish council president (1842-1924)

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Hilda Sehested

Danish composer and pianist (1858–1936)

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Christian Svendsen

Danish gymnast (1890–1959)

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Hans Eiler Pedersen

Danish gymnast (1890-1971)

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Haakon Elmer

Danish organist

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Mette Magrete Tvistman

Danish clockmaker

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Ester Graff

Danish activist

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Christian Friis til Borreby

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Lars Iversen

Danish insurance executive

Otto Laub

Danish bishop (1805–1882)

Frederik Sehested

Danish archaeologist and prehistorian (1813–1882)

Caspar Frederik Wegener

Danish archivist and historian

Knud Sehested

(1850-1909)

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Aksel Rasmussen

Danish actor (1924-2011)

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

Nearby places in Southern Denmark

• Langå
  1.6 mi away · pop. 212
• Gudme
  2.1 mi away · pop. 962
• Lundeborg
  2.8 mi away · pop. 433
• Gudbjerg
  3.2 mi away · pop. 510
• Oure
  3.6 mi away · pop. 545
• Svindinge
  3.7 mi away · pop. 282
• Tårup
  4.5 mi away · pop. 312
• Vejstrup
  4.7 mi away · pop. 432
• Frørup
  4.9 mi away · pop. 423
• Skårup
  5.8 mi away · pop. 1,788
• Gislev
  6.4 mi away · pop. 1,307
• Ørbæk
  6.5 mi away · pop. 1,614

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

Magpie Inkcap

Coprinopsis picacea

Seen 2026-09-27

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Seen 2026-09-25

common yarrow

Achillea millefolium

Seen 2026-09-25

Pale Tussock Moth

Calliteara pudibunda

Seen 2026-09-24

Woodland Dor Beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Seen 2026-09-23

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-23

European beech

Fagus sylvatica

Seen 2026-09-23

Whitewash Lichen

Phlyctis argena

Seen 2026-09-23

Dark Bush-cricket

Pholidoptera griseoaptera

Seen 2026-09-22

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