| Official Name: | Kerteminde |
| Nickname: | Kerteminde Haven ved Havet / The Garden by the Sea / Der Garten am Meer |
| Settlement Type: | Town |
| Pushpin Map: | Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Denmark |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | Southern Denmark |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Kerteminde |
| Area Urban Km2: | 3.42 |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Urban: | 6044 |
| Population Density Urban Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Gender [1] |
| Population Blank1: | 2787 males and 3257 females |
| Population Demonym: | Kerteminder |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 55.45°N 50°W |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | DK-5300 Kerteminde |
Kerteminde (nickname: Min Amandas by, i.e. My Amanda's town), is a town in central Denmark, located in Kerteminde Municipality on the island of Funen. The town has a population of 6,044 (1 January 2024).[2] It is a small harbor town surrounded by farms. Kerteminde contains a fish restaurant, Rudolf Mathis, the Viking museum Ladby, and the research and exhibition institution for fish and porpoises Fjord & Bælt.
Kerteminde is part of the Kerteminde-Drigstrup Parish, which was created on December 1, 2013 by merging the two parishes. Kerteminde Parish was quite small,[3] so in the 1920s Kerteminde grew beyond the parish boundaries and gained a suburb on Over Kærby Mark in Drigstrup Parish.
Kerteminde's parish church, Sankt Laurentii Kirke, is located in the town. The town is also home to Emmauskirken, which is owned by Kerteminde-Dalby Valgmenighed, which also has Bethlehemskirken in Dalby.
Kerteminde Byskole has 466 students in grades 0-9.[4] Kerteminde Efterskole is a Grundtvig-Kold school with 23 employees.[5]
The town has 4 daycare centers: Balders Hus with daycare and kindergarten for 78 children, Fjordvang kindergarten for 53 children, Nymarken kindergarten for 62 children and the private daycare and kindergarten Mølleløkken for 51 children.[6]
Kerteminde Idrætscenter consists of two sports halls at the town's stadium.
The town's name (1412 Kiertheminde, 1430 Kirtimynnæ) comes from the old name for Kerteminde Fjord, Kirta, followed by the Old Danish word minni, 'mynni 'mouth'.[7]
See also: List of twin towns and sister cities in Denmark.
Kerteminde is twinned with:
Forsand, Norway
Loksa, Estonia
Lempäälä, Finland Øvre Eiker, Norway
Rožnov pod Radhoštěm, Czech Republic
Ulricehamn, Sweden