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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

Name	Image	Water body	Region	Location Coordinates	Year built	Notes
Bovbjerg Lighthouse [da; de]		North Sea	Central Denmark	Ferring, Lemvig Municipality 56°30′47″N 08°07′10″E / 56.51306°N 8.11944°E / 56.51306; 8.11944	1877
Lodbjerg Lighthouse [da]		North Sea	North Denmark	Lodbjerg, Thy 56°49′24″N 08°15′45″E / 56.82333°N 8.26250°E / 56.82333; 8.26250	1883
Vesborg Lighthouse		Kattegat	Central Denmark	Vesborg, Samsø island 55°46′10″N 10°33′05″E / 55.76944°N 10.55139°E / 55.76944; 10.55139	1858
Hanstholm Lighthouse [da; de; no]		North Sea/ Skagerrak	North Denmark	Hanstholm, Thy 57°06′45″N 08°35′56″E / 57.11250°N 8.59889°E / 57.11250; 8.59889	1843
Hjelm Lighthouse		Kattegat	Central Denmark	Hjelm island 56°08′00″N 10°48′20″E / 56.13333°N 10.80556°E / 56.13333; 10.80556	1856
Fornæs Lighthouse		Kattegat	Central Denmark	Norddjurs Municipality 56°26′36.3″N 10°57′26.3″E / 56.443417°N 10.957306°E / 56.443417; 10.957306	1839
Skagen Lighthouse		Skagerrak	North Denmark	Skagen 57°44′08″N 10°37′49″E / 57.73556°N 10.63028°E / 57.73556; 10.63028	1858
Skagen's Vippefyr		Skagerrak	North Denmark	Skagen 57°43′36″N 10°36′29″E / 57.72667°N 10.60806°E / 57.72667; 10.60806	1627
Skagen's White Lighthouse		Skagerrak	North Denmark	Skagen 57°43′45″N 10°36′24″E / 57.72917°N 10.60667°E / 57.72917; 10.60667	1747
Hirtshals Lighthouse [da; de; sv]		Skagerrak	North Denmark	Hirtshals	1863
Rubjerg Knude Lighthouse		Skagerrak	North Denmark	Lønstrup 57°26′58″N 09°46′31″E / 57.44944°N 9.77528°E / 57.44944; 9.77528	1900
Christiansø Lighthouse		Baltic Sea	Bornholm	Christiansø 55°19′27″N 15°11′29″E / 55.32417°N 15.19139°E / 55.32417; 15.19139	1798
Dueodde Lighthouse		Baltic Sea	Bornholm	Dueodde 54°59′30″N 15°04′28″E / 54.99167°N 15.07444°E / 54.99167; 15.07444	1962
Hammeren Lighthouse		Baltic Sea	Bornholm	Hammeren 55°17′11″N 14°45′55″E / 55.28639°N 14.76528°E / 55.28639; 14.76528	1802
Hammer Odde Lighthouse		Baltic Sea	Bornholm	Hammeren 55°17′52″N 14°46′19″E / 55.29778°N 14.77194°E / 55.29778; 14.77194	1885
Rønne Lighthouse		Baltic Sea	Bornholm	Rønne 55°05′58″N 14°41′46″E / 55.09944°N 14.69611°E / 55.09944; 14.69611	1880
Svaneke Lighthouse		Baltic Sea	Bornholm	Svaneke 55°07′54″N 15°09′10″E / 55.13167°N 15.15278°E / 55.13167; 15.15278	1919
Blåvandshuk Lighthouse		North Sea	Central Denmark	Varde Municipality	1900
Lightvessel Gedser Rev		Northern Bay of Mecklenburg	Zealand	Offshore south of Gedser Odde	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.
Lågemade Lighthouse [da; de]		Flensburg Firth	Southern Denmark	54°54′6.6″N 9°36′51.7″E / 54.901833°N 9.614361°E / 54.901833; 9.614361	1896	Built in 1896 when the area belonged to Germany, this lighthouse provides the front light for a range of leading lights.
Lightvessel I		North Sea	Southern Denmark	Horns Rev west off Esbjerg	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 XI		Various	Various	Offshore	1878
Lightvessel XXI		Various	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.

See also

• List of lighthouses in the Faroe Islands
• Lists of lighthouses and lightvessels

References

1. "Bovbjerg Fyr – Fyrtårnet". Bovbjerg Fyr (in Danish). Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
2. "Lodbjerg Fyr". Nationalpark Thy (in Danish). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
3. ^ Danish Lighthouse List 2013 Archived 2013-12-03 at the Wayback Machine Danish Maritime Authority
4. ^ Rowlett, Russ (15 November 2013). "Lighthouses of Denmark: Northeast Jylland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
5. "Skagens vippefyr" Archived 2015-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, Museet for Søfart. (in Danish) Retrieved 11 November 2013.
6. "Det Hvide Fyr i Skagen", Den Store Danske. (in Danish) Retrieved 9 November 2013.
7. ^ Rowlett, Russ (24 February 2014). "Lighthouses of Denmark: West Coast". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
8. "The lighthouse's history", Rudbjerg Knude. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
9. ^ Rowlett, Russ (21 December 2013). "Lighthouses of Denmark: Bornholm". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 1 September 2014.
10. "Blåvandshuk Fyr - Danmarks vestligste punkt". Vardemuseerne (in Danish). Retrieved 2023-01-29.
11. Rowlett, Russ. "Lighthouses of Denmark: Southeast Jylland". The Lighthouse Directory. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

External links

• Leuchtturm net's collection of photographs of Danish lighthouses and lightvessels
• Rowlett, Russ. "The Lighthouse Directory". University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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