Frederikssund

 

Frederikssund is a station town in North Zealand with 16,337 inhabitants (2020), located by Roskilde Fjord. The city is located in Frederikssund Municipality and belongs to the Capital Region. In 1652, Frederikssund was named after the sitting king, Frederik III, and later received market town rights in 1810. Frederikssund was previously a charging station for Slangerup.

The city is known for the annual Viking Play, which is a large outdoor theater, as well as J.F. Willumsens museum. Connected to Hornsherred via Crown Princess Mary's Bridge and Crown Prince Frederiks Bro, inaugurated in 2019 and 1935. S-train to Copenhagen from 1989. Until the municipal reform of 2007, the city was part of Frederiksborg County.

 

Getting here

By plane
The nearest airport is Kastrup Airport.

By rail
Frederikssund is reached by one of the S-tog (city rail) lines.

By car
Frederikssund is an important road junction.

 

History

Frederikssund was a loading dock for the market town of Slangerup and arose when Frederik II on 14 May 1578 gave the citizens, who according to legend must have been connected to the Isefjord through the cove and later ran past Græse Mølle, a connection that had gradually become blocked, freedom to to store their goods on the hill at Udesundby or, as the place was called, Sundby Ferry. The place was used a lot by Frederik II, as he let a large part of the materials for Frederiksborg Castle be taken to Sundby Færge, from where they were further supplied by the farmers. Later, the town must have been called Falkenberg, but where this name comes from is not known.

Under the dictatorship
The name Frederikssund must originate from the time of Frederik III, when the town was granted customs office rights and market town rights in 1665, and it gradually began to compete with its mother town, Slangerup. Under Christian VI in 1744, the town was assigned to Udesundby church instead of Slangerup church. In 1809, Slangerup, under whose bailiff Frederikssund had been until now, was abolished as a separate market town municipality, and Frederikssund got its own bailiff. From a few hundred inhabitants at the beginning of the 19th century, it grew steadily, a significant expansion was achieved by the union with Udesundby, and the construction of the bridge to Horns Herred in the same year, the improvement of the harbor and finally the construction of a railway have all contributed to its emergence.

The early industrialization
By Law of 12 April 1867, the majority of the village of Udesundby (500 to 600 inhabitants) was placed under Frederikssund city (the boundaries were set by the Ministry of the Interior by decree of 3 August 1867). The other part of Udesundby Parish in Lynge-Frederiksborg Herred, the so-called "Udesundby Landdistrikt", belonged to Frederikssund with regard to the poor and school system, to whose church the inhabitants still applied, but had its own district council in other municipal matters.

In 1868, instead of the ferry connection between Horns Herred and Frederikssund, a pontoon bridge was built over Roskilde Fjord, Crown Prince Frederiks Bro, opened on 3 June 1868.

The Frederikssund Railway was opened on 17 June 1879.

In the second half of the 19th century, the harbor underwent several changes and improvements.

Frederikssund's population was increasing in the late 1800s and early 1900s: 612 in 1850, 679 in 1855, 763 in 1860, 1,306 in 1870, 1,506 in 1880, 1,828 in 1890, 2,302 in 1901, 2,425 in 1 906 and 2,514 in 1911.

Around the middle of the 19th century, Frederikssund had nine brandy distilleries and two tanneries. In 1869, the town had factories and industrial facilities: 4 brandy distilleries, 2 tanneries, 1 cloth factory with wool spinning, dyeing and stamping works. Around the turn of the century, the city of factories and industrial plants had 1 wool spinning mill, 1 sawmill, 1 cooperative pig slaughterhouse, 1 mineral water factory. The town had 2 hotels and several guesthouses.

According to occupations, the population in 1890 was divided into the following groups: 659 lived from crafts and industry, 515 from trade and turnover, 293 from intangible activities, 90 were farmers, 35 fishermen, 11 seafarers, 4 gardeners, 104 lived from other professions, 82 from their means, 29 enjoyed alms, and 6 spent in prison. According to a census in 1906, the population was 2,425, of which 197 supported themselves by non-material activities, 104 by agriculture, forestry and dairying, 37 by fishing, 1,127 by crafts and industry, 547 by trade and more, 209 by transport, 88 were shopkeepers, 64 lived on public support and 52 on other or unspecified business.

The interwar period
Throughout the interwar period, Frederikssund's population grew: in 1921 2,967, in 1925 3,117, in 1930 3,186, in 1935 3,243, in 1940 3,246 inhabitants. But at the same time, there was growth in the suburbs of Oppe Sundby in Oppe Sundby Municipality and Engbæk in Ude Sundby Landdistrikt, where a number of people with work in Frederikssund settled.

At the census in 1930, Frederikssund had 3,186 inhabitants, of which 250 supported themselves by non-material activities, 1,302 by craft and industry, 607 by trade etc., 328 by transport, 159 by agriculture, forestry and fishing, 196 by housework, 287 were out of business and 57 had not stated the source of income.

The post-war period
After the Second World War, Frederikssund continued its population growth. In 1945 there were 3,557 inhabitants in the market town, in 1950 4,143 inhabitants, in 1955 5,213 inhabitants, in 1960 5,722 inhabitants and in 1965 6,805 inhabitants. The suburban municipality Ude Sundby rural district had been so developed that it was incorporated in its entirety on 1 April 1951.

Urban development led to the establishment of an urban development committee, which drew up an urban development plan for the Frederikssund area, including both the market town, the suburban municipality and several rural municipalities.

 

Culture

The city's library is part of the association Frederikssund Libraries.