| Faxe | |
| Other Name: | Fakse |
| Pushpin Map: | Denmark#Denmark Region Zealand |
| Pushpin Label Position: | right |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Denmark |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Region Sjælland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Faxe |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Established Title: | Established |
| Established Title2: | City charter |
| Established Title3: | Current municipality |
| Established Date3: | 2007-01-01 |
| Area Urban Km2: | 2.73 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Urban Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 4193 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Gender [2] |
| Population Blank1: | 2109 males and 2084 females |
| Timezone: | CET |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Timezone Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
| Coordinates: | 55.2553°N 12.1194°W |
| Elevation M: | 8 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | DK-4640 Faxe |
| Area Code: | (+45) 49 |
Faxe or Fakse is a town on the island of Zealand in eastern Denmark. It is located in Faxe Municipality in Region Zealand. The town is most known for the Faxe Brewery, Royal Unibrew, a relatively large brewery producing a range of beer and soft drinks, soda, energy drinks, Faxe Kondi and many more and so on. On the edge of town lies a big limestone quarry (1 km2), Faxe Quarry owned by Faxe Kalk. A Haribo Licorice (“Haribo Lakrids A/S”) factory was also founded in Faxe in 1935.
The name Faxe is Old Norse and means "horse mane", probably a reference to its location on a long hill. The town is mentioned in 1280. The first church was built in 1440.
For many years the letter x was considered unnatural in Danish and the Fakse spelling was enforced instead of the Old Norse Faxe. When hyphenated, the x still splits into ks (Fak-se).
A narrow gauge railway line between the Faxe Quarry and the harbor in Faxe Ladeplads opened in 1865. In 1879, the Østbanen railway line from Køge to Faxe opened. The two railway lines were connected in 1880. The quarry's narrow gauge railway was shut down many years ago, but one of the trains from the narrow gauge railway line is located in Faxe mini by as the only and the last train from the narrow gauge railway line.[3]
Faxe Church is from the late 15th century. The half-timbered Rasmus Svendsens Skole from 1633 is Denmark's oldest still existing village school. The Jomfruens Egede estate traces its history to 1346.