List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark explained

This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark. Except for the island of Bornholm, Denmark is located at the transition between North Sea and Baltic Sea which includes the Skagerrak and Kattegat waters.

Lighthouses

NameImageWater bodyRegionLocation
Coordinates
Year
built
Notes
Ferring, Lemvig Municipality
56.5131°N 8.1194°W
1877 [1]
Lodbjerg, Thy
56.8233°N 8.2625°W
1883 [2]
Vesborg LighthouseVesborg, Samsø island
55.7694°N 10.5514°W
1858 [3]
Hanstholm, Thy
57.1125°N 8.5989°W
1843
Hjelm LighthouseHjelm island
56.1333°N 10.8056°W
1856
Norddjurs Municipality
56.4434°N 10.9573°W
1839
Skagen
57.7356°N 10.6303°W
1858 [4]
Skagen
57.7267°N 10.6081°W
1627 [5]
Skagen
57.7292°N 10.6067°W
1747 [6]
1863 [7]
Lønstrup
57.4494°N 9.7753°W
1900 [8]
Christiansø
55.3242°N 15.1914°W
1798
Dueodde
54.9917°N 15.0744°W
1962 [9]
Hammeren
55.2864°N 14.7653°W
1802
Hammeren
55.2978°N 14.7719°W
1885
Rønne
55.0994°N 14.6961°W
1880
Svaneke
55.1317°N 15.1528°W
1919
Blåvandshuk LighthouseNorth SeaCentral DenmarkVarde Municipality1900[10]
1895 Registered as Lightvessel No. XVII (Danish: Fyrskib XVII Gedser Rev) this ship served on the Gedser Rev position until 1972. It is now a museum ship owned by the National Museum of Denmark.

54.9018°N 9.6144°W
1896 Built in 1896 when the area belonged to Germany, this lighthouse provides the front light for a range of leading lights.
1913 This wooden ship was deactivated in 1980 and decommissioned in 1988. It is now a museum ship owned by a private foundation in Esbjerg.
Lightvessel XIVarious Various Offshore 1878
Lightvessel XXIVarious Various Offshore 1911 Built in 1911, this wooden ship was mainly used at Horns Rev off the North Sea coast of Denmark. It was moored at Læsø island from 1945 to 1969 and had its final position at the Skagens Rev reef off Skagen Odde. The ship was decommissioned in 1988. As of 2006, it was used as a floating café in Ebeltoft.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bovbjerg Fyr – Fyrtårnet . Bovbjerg Fyr . 16 June 2020 . da . 16 June 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200616143444/http://www.bovbjergfyr.dk/omos/fyrtaarnet.html . dead .
  2. Web site: Lodbjerg Fyr . Nationalpark Thy . 15 June 2020 . da.
  3. http://www.soefartsstyrelsen.dk/SiteCollectionDocuments/Publikationer/Navigation/DanskFyrliste.pdf Danish Lighthouse List 2013
  4. 15 November 2013 . 1 September 2014.
  5. http://mfs.dk/da/soeg-i-soefartshistorien/digitale-udstillinger/navigation-og-verdensbilleder/hjaelpen-fra-kysten/skagens-vippefyr "Skagens vippefyr"
  6. http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Danmarks_geografi_og_historie/Danmarks_geografi/Jylland/Jylland_-_fyr/Det_Hvide_Fyr_i_Skagen "Det Hvide Fyr i Skagen"
  7. 24 February 2014 . 1 September 2014.
  8. http://rubjergknude.dk/engelsk/net-exhibit/explore-rubjerg/the-lighthouse/the-lighthouses-history/ "The lighthouse's history"
  9. 1 September 2014 . 21 December 2013.
  10. Web site: Blåvandshuk Fyr - Danmarks vestligste punkt . 2023-01-29 . Vardemuseerne . da-DK.