Svendborg

Svendborg is a city at the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 26,672, Svendborg is Funen's second largest city. In 2000 Svendborg turned into d Town of the yr in Denmark, and in 2003 it celebrated its 750th anniversary as a market metropolis.

By avenue, Svendborg is placed 195 kilometres southwest of Copenhagen, 183 kilometres south of Aarhus, 44.2 kilometres south of Odense, and 28.5 kilometres east of Faaborg. In the mild of archaeological discoveries, Svendborg appears to had been set up inside the first third of the 12th century or even earlier. Located at the head of a bay, the herbal harbour encouraged seafaring and exchange. The first recorded point out of Svendborg happened in 1229 in a deed of gift via Valdemar the Victorious, wherein he refers to the fortification as Swinaeburgh. The name is thought to include the elements svin that means pig and borg which means fortification.