Birkende

Birkende
Village
Birkende Location in the Region of Southern Denmark
Coordinates: 55°23′00″N10°35′00″E / 55.38333°N 10.58333°E / 55.38333; 10.58333
Country	Denmark
Region	Southern Denmark (Syddanmark)
Municipality	Kerteminde
Elevation [1]	131 ft (40 m)
Population  (2025)
• Total	680

Birkende is a village with a population of 680 (1 January 2025) ^[2] located in the Kerteminde municipality, on the island of Funen in central Denmark.

Birkende's local football team is Birkende BK.

Notable people

• Hans Tausen (1494 Birkende – 1561), the leading Lutheran theologian of the Danish Reformation. He served as the Bishop of Ribe. There is a monument to him in the town centre. ^[3]

References

1. "Denamrks - Places beginning with Binderup - Binderup to Bisserup". Index Mundi.
2. BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
3. Bain, Robert Nisbet (1911). "Tausen, Hans"  . Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 26 (11th ed.). p. 456.