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 describes the lighthouses of the Hovedstaden, or Capital Region, including the metropolitan area of Copenhagen. The northern end of the region faces the Kattegat but most of the region faces east on the Øresund, the narrow strait separating Denmark from Sweden. The Øresund, often called simply The Sound in English, has a minimum wdith of about 4 km (2.5 mi) at Helsingør. Most of the commercial shipping into and out of the Baltic Sea passes through this waterway. 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 managed from 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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Lightship XVII Gedser Rev at the Værftsmuseet, Helsingør, August 2018 photo copyright Heather Craven; used by permission |
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Hellerup Lystbådehavn Light, København, September 2016 Google Maps street view by Raphael Schumacher |
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Trekroner Nord Light, København, May 2015 photo copyright Jim Smith; used by permission |
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Motorfyrskib IV light tower, København, August 2018 photo copyright Heather Craven; used by permission |
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Information available on lost lighthouses:
Notable faux lighthouses:
Adjoining pages: East: Scania | South: Sjælland Region
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Posted February 1, 2007. Checked and revised April 1, 2023. Lighthouses: 26, lightships: 5. Site copyright 2023 Russ Rowlett and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.