Nørre Broby

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Nørre Broby

Total population

1,434

Coordinates55.25°, 10.23°

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

Overview

Nørre Broby, or simply Broby, is a small town in southwest-central Funen, Denmark, to the northeast of Haarby. It was the seat of Broby Municipality between 1970 and 2006 until the municipality was dissolved and merged with Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality. 1 January 2026 it had a population of 1,442. Nørre Broby Church (kirke), dated to around 1100, is located in the town. It also contains the Broby Library. It has a history of clover production, and farmers in the Nørre Broby area were already cultivating it in 1785.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

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Kirsten Passer

actress (1930-2012)

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Ambrosius Stub

Danish poet (1705-1758)

Thorvald Ellegaard

Danish cyclist (1877–1954)

Erik Pontoppidan the elder

Danish priest and linguist (1616–1678)

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Maja Jager

Danish archer

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Johannes Vinther

gymnast (1893–1968)

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Alhed Larsen

painter (1872-1927)

Bodil Bech

Danish poet (1889-1942)

Thormod Kidde

Danish painter (1925-1996)

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Karen Egdal

swimmer

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Verner Dalskov

mayor in Odense, Denmark (1932–2017)

Adam Christopher Holsten

(1717-1801)

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Daniel Rantzau

Emil Vedel

Danish jurist and civil servant

Erling Bonnesen

Danish politician

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F.M.E. Fabritius de Tengnagel

Danish painter (1781-1849)

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

Nearby places in Southern Denmark

• Brobyværk
  1.9 mi away · pop. 1,038
• Verninge
  2.7 mi away · pop. 754
• Vejle
  3.4 mi away · pop. 1,120
• Vester Hæsinge
  4.1 mi away · pop. 413
• Sandholt Lyndelse
  4.3 mi away
• Allested
  4.3 mi away
• Køng
  4.3 mi away
• Tommerup
  4.7 mi away · pop. 1,643
• Haarby
  4.8 mi away · pop. 2,492
• Jordløse
  4.8 mi away · pop. 335
• Brylle
  4.9 mi away · pop. 1,200
• Glamsbjerg
  5.1 mi away · pop. 3,214

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Geography & sun

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

Public attention

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