Hundstrup

Hundstrup
Town
Hundstrup Location in the Region of Southern Denmark
Coordinates: 55°6′12″N10°25′54″E / 55.10333°N 10.43167°E / 55.10333; 10.43167
Country	Denmark
Region	Southern Denmark
Municipality	Svendborg
Population  (2025) [1]
• Total	239
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Hundstrup is a small town located on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, in Svendborg Municipality. It is four kilometers north of Vester Skerninge and 14 kilometers northwest of Svendborg.

The apple variety Filippa originated in Hundstrup. ^[2]

Den Selvforsynende Landsby

Den Selvforsynende Landsby (English: "The Self-sufficient Village") is an ecovillage situated in Hundstrup. The village was founded in 2002 with the intention of creating a community using permaculture techniques and the project began in 2004 when farmland outside of Hundstrup was purchased. As of 2014, the village has a population of about 65. ^[3]

References

1. BY1: Population 1. January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
2. Flemming Thorninger. "Filippa Apple". sonneruplund.dk. Retrieved 9 April 2020.
3. Mälgand, Miina; et al. (November 2014). "Environmental awareness, the Transition Movement, and place: Den Selvforsynende Landsby, a Danish Transition initiative". Geoforum . 57: 40–47. doi:10.1016/j.geoforum.2014.08.009.