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. Denmark is divided into five regions. This page covers the lighthouses of the Sjælland (Zealand) Region, which includes all of Sjælland except the København metropolitan area plus the islands of Lolland, Falster, and Møn to the south. The region is divided into 17 municipalities. The Danish word for a lighthouse is fyr or fyrtårn. 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, bugt is a bay, rev is a reef, fjord is an inlet, 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 (Danish Light List). 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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Køge and Stevns Municipalities (Southeast Sjælland) Lighthouses
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Vordingborg Municipality Lighthouses
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![]() Ore Light, Vordingborg, August 2018 photo copyright Heather Craven; used by permission |
Guldborgsund Municipality: Falster Lighthouses
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Lolland Muncipality: Lolland and Vejrø Lighthouses
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Slagelse Municipality (Sjælland West Coast, Storebælt) Lighthouses
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![]() Langelands Øre Light, Omø, August 2018 photo copyright Ian Yarde; used by permission |
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Kalundborg and Odsherred Municipalities (Northwest Sjælland) Lighthouses
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Information available on lost lighthouses:
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: North: Copenhagen | East: Bornholm | South: Lübeck to Flensburg | West: Fyn
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Posted February 1, 2007. Checked and revised April 18, 2024. Lighthouses: 40. Site copyright 2024 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.