Kjellerup

Kjellerup
Town
Hørup Church in Kjellerup
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Coordinates: 56°17′05″N 09°26′00″E
Country	Denmark
Region	Central Denmark (Midtjylland)
Municipality	Silkeborg
Area
• Urban	3.8 km^2 (1.5 sq mi)
Population  (2024)[1]
• Urban	5,177
• Urban density	1,400/km^2 (3,500/sq mi)
• Gender [2]	2,467 males and 2,710 females
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	8620 Kjellerup

Kjellerup is a Danish town with a population of 5,177 (1 January 2024).^[1] It is located 17 km north of Silkeborg and 20 km south of Viborg in Central Jutland.

The town was the seat of the former Kjellerup Municipality.

Notable people

• Ditlev Trappo Saugmand Bjerregaard (1852 in Højbjerg – 1916 in Kjellerup) a businessman, traditional musician and composer of traditional dance music, owned a music shop in Kjellerup
• Søren Malling (born 1964) a Danish actor, raised and lives in Kjellerup ^[3]
• Henrik Vibskov (born 1972 in Kjellerup) a Danish fashion designer
• Henrik Pedersen (born 1975 in Kjellerup) a retired Danish footballer, 398 club caps and 3 for Denmark
• Svend-Allan Sørensen (born 1975) a conceptual artist of figured birds
• Thomas Holm (born 1978) singer-songwriter, born and raised in Kjellerup

References

1. BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
2. BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
3. IMDb Database retrieved 26 May 2020