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Hobro (Danish pronunciation: Mariagerfjord municipality.
Politics
Hobro was until 1 January 2007 also a municipality (Danish, kommune) in North Jutland County covering an area of 166 km² and with a total population of 15,318 (2005). Its last mayor was Jørgen Pontoppidan, a member of the Venstre (Liberal Party) political party.
Hobro municipality ceased to exist due to
Mariager
municipalities to form the new Mariagerfjord municipality. This created a municipality with an area of 769 km² and a total population of 43,049 (2005). The new municipality belongs to Region Nordjylland ("North Jutland Region").
Sport
Danish First Division
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Transportation
Rail
Hobro is served by
.Notable people
- Thora Daugaard (1874 in Store Arden near Hobro – 1951) a women's rights activist, pacifist, editor and translator
- Ingeborg Brams (1921 in Hobro - 1989) a Danish film, radio, TV and theatre actress [3]
- Bent Norup (1936 in Hobro – 2007), operatic heldenbaritone
- Matias Faldbakken (born 1973 in Hobro) a Norwegian artist and writer
- Mads Nissen (born 1979 in Hobro) a documentary photographer, won 2015 World Press Photo of the Year
Sport
- Gert Frank (born 1956 in Hobro) a former cyclist, team bronze medallist at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Tom Kristensen (born 1967 in Hobro) a racing driver [4]
- Michael V. Knudsen (born 1978 in Hobro) a handball player
- Martin Thomsen (born 1982 in Hobro) a Danish footballer, over 350 caps, mainly for Skive IK
- Fie Udby Erichsen (born 1985 in Hobro) a rower and silver medalist in the women's single sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics[5]
- Michael Færk Christensen (born 1986 in Hobro), a racing cyclist
- Caroline Møller (born 1998 in Hobro), footballer for Denmark[6]
References
- ^ BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- ^ IMDb Database retrieved 3 May 2020[unreliable source?]
- ^ Tom Kristensen's official website
- ^ [1] Archived 2014-01-05 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Caroline Møller". soccerdonna.de. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
External links
- Mariagerfjord municipality's official website (in Danish)
- Media related to Hobro at Wikimedia Commons