Svendborg
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Svendborg is a city in central Denmark, located in Svendborg municipality on the island of Funen. Svendborg is the second-largest city on Funen and has a population of 27,512 (2003).
Svendborg celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2003.
In 2000 Svendborg was declared "Town of the year" in Denmark.
Svendborg is the official home of the SIMAC education, which has set new standards for training seagoing officers. The new concept is based on the dual purpose, of both being able to go watch in the engine and on the bridge.
Th company, A.P Møller-Mærsk has it's origins in Svendborg, in the "Villa Anna", and it remains in the ands of Mærsk -Mckinney Møller.
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| 25 biggest cities of Denmark (with number of inhabitants according to Statistics Denmark [1]) |
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Copenhagen (1,086,800) | Århus (228,500) | Odense (145,600) | Aalborg (121,500) | Esbjerg (72,600) | Randers (55,700) | Kolding (54,900) | Vejle (49,900) | Horsens (49,700) | Roskilde (44,200) | Næstved (40,500) | Silkeborg (38,500) | Fredericia (37,100) | Elsinore (35,000) | Køge (33,600) | Viborg (33,200) | Holstebro (31,800) | Slagelse (31,800) | Herning (29,900) | Hillerød (28,100) | Svendborg (27,600) | Sønderborg (27,000) | Hjørring (24,800) | Holbæk (24,300) | Frederikshavn (24,200) |
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