List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark

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This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark. Except for the island of Bornholm, Denmark is located at the transition between North Sea and Baltic Sea which includes the Skagerrak and Kattegat waters.

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Lighthouses

NameImageWater bodyRegionLocation
Coordinates		Year
built		Notes
Bovbjerg Lighthouse  [ da; de ] Bovbjerg1.JPG North Sea Central Denmark Ferring, Lemvig Municipality
56°30′47″N08°07′10″E / 56.51306°N 8.11944°E / 56.51306; 8.11944 		1877 [1]
Lodbjerg Lighthouse  [ da ] Lodbjerg Fyr Leuchtturm.jpg North Sea North Denmark Lodbjerg, Thy
56°49′24″N08°15′45″E / 56.82333°N 8.26250°E / 56.82333; 8.26250 		1883 [2]
Vesborg Lighthouse Vesborg Fyr (Samso, Danmark).JPG Kattegat Central Denmark Vesborg, Samsø island
55°46′10″N10°33′05″E / 55.76944°N 10.55139°E / 55.76944; 10.55139 		1858 [3]
Hanstholm Lighthouse  [ da; de; no ] Hanstholm Fyr set fra nordvest.jpg North Sea/
Skagerrak 		North Denmark Hanstholm, Thy
57°06′45″N08°35′56″E / 57.11250°N 8.59889°E / 57.11250; 8.59889 		1843 [3]
Hjelm Lighthouse Hjelm Light.png Kattegat Central Denmark Hjelm island
56°08′00″N10°48′20″E / 56.13333°N 10.80556°E / 56.13333; 10.80556 		1856 [3]
Fornæs Lighthouse DNK - Fornaes 001.jpg Kattegat Central Denmark Norddjurs Municipality
56°26′36.3″N10°57′26.3″E / 56.443417°N 10.957306°E / 56.443417; 10.957306 		1839 [3]
Skagen Lighthouse Skagen fyr-crop.jpg Skagerrak North Denmark Skagen
57°44′08″N10°37′49″E / 57.73556°N 10.63028°E / 57.73556; 10.63028 		1858 [4]
Skagen's Vippefyr Bascule-ight-Skagen.jpg Skagerrak North Denmark Skagen
57°43′36″N10°36′29″E / 57.72667°N 10.60806°E / 57.72667; 10.60806 		1627 [5]
Skagen's White Lighthouse Skagen Hvide Fyr.jpg Skagerrak North Denmark Skagen
57°43′45″N10°36′24″E / 57.72917°N 10.60667°E / 57.72917; 10.60667 		1747 [6]
Hirtshals Lighthouse  [ da; de; sv ] Hirtshals Fyr Dec 2011 ubt.JPG Skagerrak North Denmark Hirtshals 1863 [7]
Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse Rubjerg Knude and the sea.jpg Skagerrak North Denmark Lønstrup
57°26′58″N09°46′31″E / 57.44944°N 9.77528°E / 57.44944; 9.77528 		1900 [8]
Christiansø Lighthouse Christiansoe.jpg Baltic Sea Bornholm Christiansø
55°19′27″N15°11′29″E / 55.32417°N 15.19139°E / 55.32417; 15.19139 		1798
Dueodde Lighthouse Dueodde Fyr.jpg Baltic Sea Bornholm Dueodde
54°59′30″N15°04′28″E / 54.99167°N 15.07444°E / 54.99167; 15.07444 		1962 [9]
Hammeren Lighthouse Bornholm - Hammeren Fyr.jpg Baltic Sea Bornholm Hammeren
55°17′11″N14°45′55″E / 55.28639°N 14.76528°E / 55.28639; 14.76528 		1802 [9]
Hammer Odde Lighthouse Bornholm - Hammeren - Hammerodde Fyr.jpg Baltic Sea Bornholm Hammeren
55°17′52″N14°46′19″E / 55.29778°N 14.77194°E / 55.29778; 14.77194 		1885 [9]
Rønne Lighthouse Ronne, Bornholm (2012-07-03), by Klugschnacker in Wikipedia (4).JPG Baltic Sea Bornholm Rønne
55°05′58″N14°41′46″E / 55.09944°N 14.69611°E / 55.09944; 14.69611 		1880 [9]
Svaneke Lighthouse Svaneke Fyr.jpg Baltic Sea Bornholm Svaneke
55°07′54″N15°09′10″E / 55.13167°N 15.15278°E / 55.13167; 15.15278 		1919 [9]
Blåvandshuk Lighthouse
Blavandshuk - Leuchtturm9.jpg
North Sea Central Denmark Varde Municipality 1900 [10]
Lightvessel Gedser Rev Fyrskib XVII Gedser Rev, c. 1948.jpg Northern Bay of Mecklenburg Zealand Offshore south of Gedser Odde 1895Registered as Lightvessel No. XVII (Danish : Fyrskib XVII Gedser Rev) this ship served on the Gedser Rev position until 1972. It is now a museum ship owned by the National Museum of Denmark.
Lågemade Lighthouse  [ da; de ] Lagemade Fyr ved Egernsund.jpg Flensburg Firth Southern Denmark
54°54′6.6″N9°36′51.7″E / 54.901833°N 9.614361°E / 54.901833; 9.614361 		1896Built in 1896 when the area belonged to Germany, this lighthouse provides the front light for a range of leading lights. [11]
Lightvessel I North Sea Southern Denmark Horns Rev west off Esbjerg 1913This wooden ship was deactivated in 1980 and decommissioned in 1988. It is now a museum ship owned by a private foundation in Esbjerg. [7]
Lightvessel XI Lightship XI Drogden, Copenhagen.jpg VariousVariousOffshore1878
Lightvessel XXI VariousVariousOffshore1911Built in 1911, this wooden ship was mainly used at Horns Rev off the North Sea coast of Denmark. It was moored at Læsø island from 1945 to 1969 and had its final position at the Skagens Rev reef off Skagen Odde. The ship was decommissioned in 1988. As of 2006, it was used as a floating café in Ebeltoft. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Bovbjerg Fyr – Fyrtårnet". Bovbjerg Fyr (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ↑ "Lodbjerg Fyr". Nationalpark Thy (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Danish Lighthouse List 2013 Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Danish Maritime Authority
  4. 1 2 Rowlett, Russ (15 November 2013). "Lighthouses of Denmark: Northeast Jylland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  5. ↑ "Skagens vippefyr" Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine , Museet for Søfart. (in Danish) Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  6. ↑ "Det Hvide Fyr i Skagen", Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Retrieved 9 November 2013.
  7. 1 2 Rowlett, Russ (24 February 2014). "Lighthouses of Denmark: West Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  8. ↑ "The lighthouse's history", Rudbjerg Knude. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 Rowlett, Russ (21 December 2013). "Lighthouses of Denmark: Bornholm". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  10. ↑ "Blåvandshuk Fyr - Danmarks vestligste punkt". Vardemuseerne (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-01-29.
  11. ↑ Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Denmark: Southeast Jylland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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