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Ølgod church
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Ølgod railway station
Ølgod is a railway town with a population of 3,827 (1 January 2020),[1] at the railroad between Esbjerg and Struer, which was the seat of the former Ølgod municipality (Danish, kommune) in Varde municipality in Region of Southern Denmark on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. The municipality covered an area of 247 km², and had a total population of 11,351 (2005). Its last mayor was Erik Buhl Nielsen, who is currently the mayor of Varde Municipality.
On January 1, 2007 Ølgod municipality ceased to exist as the result of Kommunalreformen ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007). It was merged with Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, Helle, and Varde municipalities to form a new Varde municipality.
Notable people
- Mette Magrete Tvistman (1741–1827) the first female clockmaker in Denmark. She had her own workshop in Ølgod from 1787 to 1798
- Jacob Stilling-Andersen (1858 in Ølgod - 1933) a Danish dairy manager and businessman
- Jan Kristiansen (born 1981 in Ølgod) a retired Danish footballer, over 450 club caps
- Lars Møller Madsen (born 1981 in Ølgod) a Danish team handball player
External links
References
- ^ BY3: Population 1st January, by urban areas The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark
- Municipal statistics: NetBorger Kommunefakta, delivered from KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)
- Municipal mergers and neighbors: Eniro new municipalities map