Nykøbing Mors

Nykøbing Mors is the largest town on the Danish Limfjord island of Mors. The town received its charter in 1299 and has a population of 9,134 (1 January 2020).[1] It is located in Morsø municipality and belongs to Region Nordjylland.

Not to be confused with Nykøbing Falster or Nykøbing Sjælland.

Seal of Nykøbing Mors (1556)
Søren Larsen, 2007
Nykøbing Mors

Nykøbing was the place of birth of Danish-Norwegian author Aksel Sandemose and the reputed inspiration for the fictional town of Jante, associated with the Jante Law, in Sandemose's novel A Fugitive Crosses His Tracks.

Nykøbing was the seat of the former Dueholm monastery, now part of the Morsland Historical Museum.

Søren Larsen and Sons had a shipyard in Nykøbing Mors. There, the tallship, Søren Larsen was built in 1949. It is a brigantine Her current homeport is Sydney, Australia.

Sport

Located just outside the village on a spit is Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club Ground. The ground has in the past held Women's One Day Internationals, including matches for the now defunct Denmark women's team.[2]

Notable people
See also: Mors (island) § Notable_people
Mads Christian Holm, 1891
Aksel Sandemose, 1934

Sport
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gollark: Weren't schools mostly closed *before* for a while? Are they doing it more so now?
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References
  1. BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
  2. "Ground profile: Nykøbing Mors Cricket Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
  3. IMDb Database retrieved 27 April 2020

This article is a translation of the corresponding article on the Danish Wikipedia, accessed on 25 April 2007.

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