Osted

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Osted

Total population

2,135

Coordinates55.56°, 11.96°

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

Overview

Osted is a town with a population of 2,349 in Lejre Municipality, Region Zealand, Denmark. The town is located at the road between the cities of Roskilde and Ringsted.

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Saxo Grammaticus

Danish historian

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Patricia Crone

Danish Orientalist and historian (1945–2015)

Morten Olsen

Danish handball player

Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen

Danish jazz upright bassist (1946–2005)

Christian Winther

Danish lyric poet (1796–1876)

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Maria Helsbøl

badminton player

Bryan Rice

Danish singer

Anders Gamborg

Danish philosopher

Marie Schrøder

Danish journalist and Esperantist

Frederik Georg Adeler

(1736-1810)

Jens Brostrup

H

Hans Denver

Danish sport shooter (1876–1961)

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Hans Laurids Sørensen

Danish gymnast (1901-1974)

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Carl Ferdinandsen

botanist (1879-1944)

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Peder Hanssøn Litle

Danish nobleman

Sven Ingvar

Swedish physician (1889–1947)

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

Nearby places in Zealand

• Ny Tolstrup
  1.9 mi away
• Dåstrup
  2.1 mi away
• Viby
  2.6 mi away · pop. 4,584
• Allerslev
  2.6 mi away
• Lejre
  3 mi away · pop. 2,402
• Øm
  3.2 mi away · pop. 468
• Kirke Hvalsø
  4.5 mi away · pop. 3,988
• Borup
  4.7 mi away · pop. 4,228
• Jystrup
  4.9 mi away · pop. 729
• Kornerup
  5 mi away
• Gadstrup
  5.3 mi away · pop. 1,936
• Svogerslev
  5.6 mi away · pop. 4,289

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 Osted

Fortegnelse over stednavne i amterne øst for Lillebælt

Denmark. Stednavneudvalget. · 1978

The criminal justice system and health care

Suzanne Ost · 2007

After Captain Cook

Rodney Harrison · 2002

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Roman Snail

Helix pomatia

Seen 2026-09-20

Forest Bug

Pentatoma rufipes

Seen 2026-09-19

Wall Brown

Lasiommata megera

Seen 2026-09-19

grass snake

Natrix natrix

Seen 2026-09-19

Devil's Coach Horse Beetle

Ocypus olens

Seen 2026-09-19

Woodland Dor Beetle

Anoplotrupes stercorosus

Seen 2026-09-18

Amethyst Deceiver

Laccaria amethystina

Seen 2026-09-18

European mountain ash

Sorbus aucuparia

Seen 2026-09-18

small balsam

Impatiens parviflora

Seen 2026-09-18

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