Hirsholmene

Hirsholmene is a collection of ten small Danish islands inside the Kattegat; Hirsholm, Graesholm, Lilleholm, Tyvholm, Kolpen and Deget, located about 7 km to the northeast of Frederikshavn. Noted for their superb hen populations, the islands had been a Danish nature reserve since 1938. Only Hirsholm is inhabited, with a small settlement dating from the sixteenth century, and a lighthouse from 1886. The island was the summer time retreat for the cited Danish writer Dines Skafte Jespersen who wrote the kid's e book collection known as Troldepus in addition to different works.

He also wrote 3 autobiographical works, such as one about his year dwelling and running at the island, known as Himmel, hav og en o. Hirsholmene has been an international Ramsar region considering that 2 September 1977. Today it has number 147 and encompass 3,714 ha. A Ramsar site is a wetland web site exact to be of worldwide importance under the Ramsar Convention.