Skælskør

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Skælskør

Total population

6,451

Elevation4 m

Coordinates55.25°, 11.29°

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

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Skælskør is a town in Zealand, Denmark. It is located in Slagelse Municipality. Until 2007 Skælskør was the seat of Skælskør Municipality. The town is located 17 km southwest of Slagelse and 12 km southeast of Korsør. Skælskør is home to one of Denmark's largest breweries, the Harboe Brewery.

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

Whigfield

Danish singer

Frederik Hedegaard Jeppesen Borgbjerg

Danish journalist (1866-1936)

Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint

Danish architect (1853-1930)

Vilhelm Topsøe

Danish novelist and journalist (1840–1881)

Urban Gad

Danish filmmaker (1879-1947)

Iver Qvistgaard

Danish historian

Bertel Bruun

Danish naturalist (1937-2011)

Astrid Holm

Danish actress

Gerhard Heilmann

Danish artist and paleontologist (1859-1946)

H

Hans Peter Duurloo

Danish educator

C

Christen Christensen

E

Esaias Fleischer

Danish entomologist

Haldor Topsøe

Danish chemist and crystallographer (1842-1935)

K

Karsten Nielsen

Danish rower

Pernille Rosenkrantz-Theil

Danish politician

O

Otto Scavenius

Danish diplomat and politician (1875-1945)

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

Nearby places in Zealand

• Boeslunde
  3.7 mi away · pop. 776
• Dalmose
  5.7 mi away · pop. 994
• Flakkebjerg
  5.8 mi away · pop. 443
• Rude
  7 mi away · pop. 286
• Vemmelev
  7.8 mi away
• Korsør
  7.9 mi away · pop. 14,583
• Slots Bjergby
  8.3 mi away · pop. 755
• Omø By
  8.3 mi away
• Forlev
  8.3 mi away · pop. 2,496
• Bisserup
  8.7 mi away · pop. 526
• Sandved
  9 mi away · pop. 739
• Tornemark
  9.1 mi away · pop. 283

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.

Recently spotted species

Small Copper

Lycaena phlaeas

Seen 2026-09-27

The Satellite

Eupsilia transversa

Seen 2026-09-27

Green-brindled Crescent

Allophyes oxyacanthae

Seen 2026-09-27

Limnephilus affinis

Limnephilus affinis

Seen 2026-09-26

Mallow

Larentia clavaria

Seen 2026-09-26

Canary-shouldered Thorn

Ennomos alniaria

Seen 2026-09-26

Shaggy Mane

Coprinus comatus

Seen 2026-09-26

Large Yellow Underwing

Noctua pronuba

Seen 2026-09-26

Setaceous Hebrew Character

Xestia c-nigrum

Seen 2026-09-26

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

Official Identifiers