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 (Zealand). Other major Danish islands include Fyn (Funen) between Sjælland and Jylland, Lolland and Falster south of Sjælland and Bornholm farther east in the Baltic. The Skagerrak is a sound separating Jylland from Norway to the northwest, while the Kattegat separates Jylland from Sweden to the northeast. This page covers lighthouses on the west coast of Jylland and on the Limfjord waterway that crosses the northern part of the peninsula. The southern part of this coast faces the North Sea and the northern part faces Norway across the Skagerrak. Denmark is divided into five regions (regioner) and subdivided into 98 municipalities (kommuner). The regions of Nordjylland (North Jutland) and Midtjylland (Central Jutland) are almost entirely on Jylland but include some smaller islands, while the region of Syddanmark (South Denmark) includes southern Jylland and Fyn with several smaller islands. 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. Admiralty numbers are from volume B of the Admiralty List of Lights & Fog Signals. U.S. NGA List numbers are from Publication 114.
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Syddanmark (Southern Denmark) Region West Coast Lighthouses
The Syddanmark (Southern Denmark) Region includes southern Jylland and the major islands of Fyn and Langeland as well as numerous smaller islands. Additional lighthouses of the Syddanmark region are listed on the Southeast Jylland and Fyn and Langeland pages.
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![]() Trafikhavn Mole Lights, Esbjerg, August 2018 photo copyright Heather Craven; used by permission |
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Midtjylland (Central Jylland) Region West Coast and Limfjord Lighthouses
East coast lighthouses of the Midtjylland (Central Jylland) region are listed on the Northeast Jylland page. Most of the Midtjylland lighthouses listed on this page are on the south side of the Limfjord waterway. The Limfjord is not a fjord in the Norwegian sense. It is a network of broad sounds and narrow channels that extends all the way across the northern end of Jylland (Jutland), connecting the North Sea at Thyborøn to the Kattegat at Hals. Until it was pierced by a storm in 1825 a narrow isthmus called the Agger Tange connected the northern part of Jylland to the rest of the peninsula. The present Thyborøn Channel through the Agger Tange was opened by another storm in 1862. From Thyborøn, the waterway extends southeast to a narrow strait at Oddesund, then northeast to another strait at Sallingsund, then east through the city of Ålborg to the Kattegat. (Lighthouses on the Kattegat at the eastern end of the waterway are listed on the Northeast Jylland page.)
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Nordjylland (North Jylland) Region Limfjord and Northwest Coast Lighthouses
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Information available on lost lighthouses
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Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: East: Northeast Jylland | South: North Frisia
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Posted December 16, 2006. Checked and revised April 19, 2025. Lighthouses: 32, lightships: 2. Site copyright 2025 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.