title: Helsinge
text: # Helsinge
  
  Helsinge is the municipal seat of Gribskov Municipality in Region Hovedstaden on Zealand in Denmark. As of 1 January 2023, it has a population of 8,906.
  
  ## History
  
  In early 19th century Helsinge was as small as the nearby villages, but it had an inn and a church and the vicar had another parish under him, Valby. Through the 19th century Helsinge grew. In 1840 23% of the 1258 inhabitants in the parish lived in the city, but in 1901 the percentage was 43% of 1647. In the meantime the town had got among other things both a judge (1848), a doctor (1859), a post office (1863), telegraphy (1872) and a railway station (1897).
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Christiern Pedersen (c.1480 – 1554 in Helsinge) a canon, humanist scholar, writer, printer and publisher
  * Jens Poul Andersen (1844 in Huseby, near Annisse – 1935) an inventor, constructed cameras
  * Niels Fennet (born 1944 in Valby, near Helsinge) an engineer and businessman, founded Cabinn Hotels
  * Thor Pedersen (born 1945) politician, member of Helsinge Municipal Council 1974-1986, Mayor 1978-1986, member of Folketinget & Government Minister.
  * Bente Hammer (born 1950) a textile artist and fashion designer, moved to Bornholm in 1987
  * Anders Bircow (born 1951) a Danish actor and comedian
  * Yuko Takada Keller (born 1958) an artist, curator and essayist based in Helsinge since 1997
  * Christian Brøns (born 1977 in Kagerup, near Helsinge) a Danish singer
  
  ### Sport
  
  * Rolf Sørensen (born 1965) a former Danish professional road bicycle racer, silver medallist at the 1996 Summer Olympics, now a cycling commentator and agent
  * Poul-Erik Høyer Larsen (born 1965) a retired Danish badminton player and President of the Badminton World Federation
  * Morten Petersen (born 1978) a Danish retired footballer, over 200 caps for Lyngby Boldklub
  * Nikolaj Markussen (born 1988) a Danish handballer who plays for Bjerringbro-Silkeborg
  * Sandra Toft (born 1989) a Danish handball goalkeeper
  
  ## International relations
  
  ### Twin towns — Sister cities
  
  Helsinge is twinned with:
  
  * Lubsko, Poland
  
  ## Sources
  
  * 1 2 BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  * ↑ BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  * ↑ "Pedersen, Christiern" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 21 (11th ed.). 1911.
  * ↑ IMDb Database retrieved 26 June 2020
  * Ethelberg, Hans. En landsby i vækst. Helsinge Lokalhistoriske Arkiv, 2001. ISBN 87-988681-0-1
  