Fejø is a Danish island in the Smålandsfarvandet (German: Småland
fairway) north of the island of Lolland. The island, with a maximum
height of 13 m, is 7.5 km wide with an area of 16 km² and is
connected to the neighboring island of Skalø by a causeway. Both
islands have a total of 448 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2022) The
islands form their own parish Fejø Sogn, which originally belonged
to Harde Fuglse Herred in Maribo Amt, from 1970 then to Ravnsborg
Municipality in what was then Storstrøms Amt and since the Municipal
reform as of 1 January 2007 to Lolland Municipality in the Region of
Zealand.
Fejø belongs to the Association of Danish Small
Islands. Neighboring are the islands of Askø, Femø and Lilleø. The
island's marina is a popular destination for many leisure skippers,
especially in the summer months.
There is an hourly ferry
service to Collaræs, the crossing takes 15 minutes.
The treasure trove
In 2015 amateur archaeologists found eight
drinking cups (two of them fragmented) from the Viking Age on Fejø,
which are probably connected to the 9.7 cm high Fejøbægeret of five
silver cups from 1872. The composition of the find with a large
silver cup and a number of small drinking cups is known. In Denmark
there are similar finds in Lejre and Ribe.