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Sæby (Danish pronunciation: Region Nordjylland. It has a population of 8,836 (1 January 2023).[2] Sæby was granted market rights in 1524.
History
Until 2007 Sæby was the main town in Sæby municipality. Since 2007 part of
Frederikshavn municipality
.
Attractions
- Sæby Glassblowing Workshop
- Sæby Harbour
- Sæby Church
- Fruen fra Havet: 6,25 m. high statue standing on the pier at the entrance to Sæby harbour. The statue was made by artist Marit Benthe Norheim and it was inaugurated in 2001.
- Sæby Museum
- Sæby Old Town
- Sæby Teddies (two persons in teddy-bear costumes)
- Sæby Watermill
- Sæbygaard Manor: A manor house from the renaissance. Inside there is a small museum with exhibitions of historical furniture.
- Sæby Beach
- Sæby Townsquare
Notable people
Science & Business
- Jacob Severin (1691 in Sæby – 1753) a Danish merchant who held a trade monopoly on Greenland from 1733 to 1749
- Sophus Frederik Kühnel (1851 in Sæby – 1930) a Danish architect, designed Mejlborg and a number of other buildings in Aarhus
- Coleoptera
The Arts
- Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, the Royal Manchester College of Music, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Danish Academy of Music.
- Carl Ottosen (1918 – 1972 in Saeby) a Danish actor, screenwriter and film director, appearing in 70 films [3]
- Abstract Expressionism and American Figurative Expressionism, brought up in Sæby
- Jørgen Rømer (1923 in Saeby – 2007) a Danish art historian, graphic artist and painter
- Lene Siel (born 1968 in Saeby) a Danish singer
Sport
- Merete Pedersen (born 1973 in Saeby) a Danish former footballer, member of the Danish national team for 16 years
- Rasmus Thellufsen (born 1997 in Saeby) a Danish footballer, playing for AaB
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 24 April 2020
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