Vester Skerninge

Vester Skerninge
Town
Vester Skerninge Church
Vester Skerninge Location in the Region of Southern Denmark
Coordinates: 55°4′27″N10°27′29″E / 55.07417°N 10.45806°E / 55.07417; 10.45806
Country	Denmark
Region	Southern Denmark
Municipality	Svendborg
Area
• Urban	0.92 km2 (0.36 sq mi)
Population  (2025) [1]
•  Urban	1,105
• Urban density	1,200/km2 (3,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)

Vester Skerninge is a town located on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, in Svendborg Municipality.

The town was the seat of Egebjerg Municipality prior to the municipal reform in 2007, when it merged into the Svendborg Municipality.^{[ citation needed ]}

Notable people

• Frederik Christian von Haven (1728 in Vester Skerninge – 1763 in Yemen) was a Danish philologist and theologian who took part in (and died on) the Danish expedition to Yemen, which began in 1761^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark