Nordborg

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Nordborg

Total population

5,866

Coordinates55.06°, 9.75°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Nordborg, is a town with a population of 5,661, which was the seat of the former Nordborg municipality in Sønderborg Municipality, Region of Southern Denmark on the northwest half of the island of Als off the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in south Denmark.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Hans Peter Hanssen

Danish politician (1862-1936)

Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg

Danish painter (1783–1853)

Thomas Clausen

Danish mathematician and astronomer (1801–1885)

Jakob Nielsen

Danish mathematician (1890–1959)

Theodor Brorsen

Danish astronomer (1819-1895)

H

Hans Schmidt-Oxbüll

Danish politician (1899-1978)

M

Mads Clausen

Danish businessman (1905–1966)

B

Bo Storm

Danish footballer

J

Joachim Otto Voigt

German-Danish botanist and surgeon (1798–1843)

A

Arnold Burmeister

German General and Knight's Cross recipient (1899-1988)

Jørgen Erik Skeel

Danish judge (1737-1795)

H

Hans Jørgensen

Danish scholar (1886–1954)

Elizabeth Juliana of Schleswig-Holstein-Sønderburg-Nordborg

Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel (1634-1704)

G

Georg Nielsen

Danish librarian

Hans Christian Riegels

P

Poul Ingemann

Danish architect

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

Nearby places in Southern Denmark

• Holm
  1.8 mi away
• Svenstrup
  3.8 mi away
• Stevning
  4.7 mi away · pop. 428
• Blans
  5.7 mi away · pop. 509
• Dyndved
  6.4 mi away
• Guderup
  6.5 mi away · pop. 2,558
• Ullerup
  7 mi away · pop. 416
• Varnæs
  7.6 mi away · pop. 464
• Vester Sottrup
  7.7 mi away · pop. 1,470
• Kær
  8.4 mi away · pop. 318
• Augustenborg
  8.8 mi away · pop. 3,255
• Loddenhøj
  9.5 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

Brown-spot Pinion

Agrochola litura

Seen 2026-09-24

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-22

Cross Orbweaver

Araneus diadematus

Seen 2026-09-19

Dryad's Saddle

Cerioporus squamosus

Seen 2026-09-17

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-09-16

European Comma

Polygonia c-album

Seen 2026-09-14

European Rose Chafer

Cetonia aurata

Seen 2026-09-14

Common Tachinid

Tachina fera

Seen 2026-09-14

Hornet Mimic Hover Fly

Volucella zonaria

Seen 2026-09-14

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

Official Identifiers