The Kingdom of Denmark (Danmark in Danish), located at the mouth of the Baltic Sea, includes the north-pointing peninsula of Jylland (Jutland) in the west and a large number of islands to the east. The capital, Copenhagen, is on the island of Sjælland. Other major Danish islands include Fyn (between Sjælland and Jylland), Lolland and Falster (south of Sjælland) and Bornholm (farther east in the Baltic). The Skaggerak is a sound separating Jylland from Norway to the northwest, while the Kattegat separates Jylland from Sweden to the northeast. This page covers lighthouses of the southeast coast of Jylland in the Syddanmark (South Denmark) Region. This coast faces a series of narrow sounds and channels known collectively as the Lille Bælt (Little Belt), separating Jylland from the island of Fyn. The Syddanmark Region has many other lighthouses described on the West Coast and Fyn and Langeland pages. For many years Denmark and Germany struggled over the control of Schleswig-Holstein, the region at the base of the Jylland peninsula. Danish Slesvig or Sønderjylland (South Jylland) was under German control from 1864 until 1920. As a result, many lighthouses on the east side of Jylland, from Årosund southward, are of German origin. The German names for these lighthouses, if known, are in curly brackets {}. The Danish word for a lighthouse is fyr. The front light of a range is the forfyr and the rear light is the bagfyr. Næs is a cape, odde a narrow promontory or isthmus, ø is an island, bælt ("belt") is a strait, and havn is a harbor. Danish aids to navigation are maintained by the Danish Maritime Authority (Søfartsstyrelsen). ARLHS numbers are from the ARLHS World List of Lights. DFL numbers are from the Dansk Fyrliste. Admiralty numbers are from volume C of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 116.
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Lille Bælt (Little Belt) Lighthouses
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![]() Damgård Light, Fredericia photo copyright Klaus Huelse; used by permission |
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Sønderborg Municipality Lighthouses
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![]() Kegnæs Light, Kegnæs, August 2018 photo copyright Heather Craven; used by permission |
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Information available on lost lighthouses
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: North: East Central Jylland | East: Fyn and Langeland | South: Flensburg to Lübeck | West: Jylland West Coast
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Posted December 16, 2006. Checked and revised April 6, 2024. Lighthouses: 21. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.