Ruds Vedby

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Ruds Vedby

Total population

1,690

Coordinates55.54°, 11.38°

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

Overview

Ruds Vedby, in Sorø Municipality, is a small town located on the railway between Tølløse and Høng in West Zealand, eastern Denmark. Ruds Vedby is located 18 km north of Slagelse, 8 km west of Dianalund and 20 km north-west of Sorø. As of 1 January 2026, the population was 1,661.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

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

Notable people from here

Peter Madsen

Danish convicted murderer, entrepreneur and self-proclaimed engineer

Otte Knudsen Rud

danish-Norwegian admiral

Vilhelm Beck

Danish autobiographer (1829–1901)

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Rasmus Bøgebjerg

Danish sculptor (1859–1921)

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Kaj Frederiksen

Danish boxer

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Martin Høgsted

Danish comedian, born 1982

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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)

Ernst Emil Rosenørn

Danish politician

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Hemming Skat Rørdam

Danish educator

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Henriette Zobel

Danish designer

Hermod Lannung

Danish politician and autobiographer

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

Nearby places in Zealand

• Skellebjerg
  2.8 mi away · pop. 200
• Sæby
  2.9 mi away · pop. 343
• Lille Høng
  3.8 mi away
• Høng
  4.1 mi away · pop. 4,272
• Dianalund
  4.6 mi away · pop. 3,965
• Tersløse
  4.7 mi away · pop. 236
• Niløse
  4.8 mi away · pop. 217
• Løve
  5.1 mi away · pop. 294
• Sønderup
  5.5 mi away · pop. 213
• Gørlev
  5.9 mi away · pop. 2,424
• Munke Bjergby
  6.1 mi away · pop. 327
• Store Fuglede Stationsby
  6.5 mi away · pop. 212

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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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