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50-452: Svendborg ( Danish: [ˈsvenˌpɒˀ] ) is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark , and the seat of Svendborg Municipality . With a population of 27,521 (1 January 2024), Svendborg is Funen's second largest city. In 2000 Svendborg was declared "Town of the year" in Denmark, and in 2003 it celebrated its 750th anniversary as a market town . By road, Svendborg

100-743: A further 750 persons employed at a blade manufacturing facility in Windsor, Colorado . Vestas has a nacelle manufacturing facility in Brighton, Colorado . Vestas sold its tower manufacturing facility in Pueblo, Colorado to CS Wind in 2021. Vestas said it decided to build its North American production facilities in Colorado because of the state’s central location, extensive transportation infrastructure and rail system, existing manufacturing base, and skilled workforce. In May 2013, Marika Fredriksson became

150-447: A hill north of the market square was established in the 13th century but was enlarged in the late Middle Ages with a Gothic chancel, transepts and tower. A spire was added in 1768. The oldest section is the red-brick, Romanesque nave. Today the church reflects the comprehensive restoration work undertaken by Ove Petersen in 1884. The altar, pulpit and other artefacts date from the 17th century. Anne Hvide's House ( Anne Hvides Gård ),

200-631: A large collection of stuffed animals and birds in natural surroundings. A recent addition has been an exhibition depicting the world of spiders. Svendborg contains a branch of the Odense University Hospital , Odense Universitetshospital - Svendborg Sygehus. It also contains the Svendborg Museum. Attractions close to Svendborg include Egeskov , the best preserved Renaissance water castle in Europe, Valdemar's Castle on

250-453: A rail tunnel. Two bridges connect Funen to the Danish mainland, Jutland . The Old Little Belt Bridge was constructed in the 1930s, shortly before World War II, for both cars and trains. The New Little Belt Bridge , a suspension bridge, was constructed in the 1970s and is used for cars only. The populations of the major cities and towns on the island are, as of 1 January 2018: Funen was

300-501: A sales slump and an operational loss in 2005, Vestas recovered in 2006 with a 28% market share and increased production although market share slid to between 12.5% and 14%. Vestas began a whistleblower program in 2007, among the first in Denmark. On 1 December 2008 Vestas announced plans to expand its North American headquarters in Portland through construction of a 600,000-square-foot (56,000 m ) new building, but this plan

350-463: A successful test of a stealth wind turbine blade mitigating radar reflection problems for aviation. In December 2010 Vestas were developing the V164 7 MW offshore turbine, with a 164 m rotor diameter. Prototypes of it were manufactured at Lindø (the former Maersk shipyard) due to size, crane and port access requirements. Series production of nacelles for the 32 turbines (256 MW) extension of

400-596: A two-storey, half-timbered building, is one of Svendborg's oldest houses. Anne Hvide, a widow of noble descent, had it built in 1560. It was used as an inn from 1837 to 1867. After being restored, it became the town museum in 1916. It still belongs to Svenborg Museum who use it for exhibitions on the history of Svendborg during the summer months. Naturama, established in April 2005, is a natural history museum enhanced by means of various technological support features including light and sound, film, and expedition scenarios. It has

450-499: A v80 2.0 MW offshore turbine to Windplus, S.A. (a joint-venture company including Energias de Portugal , Repsol , Principle Power, A. Silva Matos, Inovcapital and Portugal Ventures). The system, known as the WindFloat, consists of a semi-submersible type floating foundation, a conventional catenary mooring, and the wind turbine. The successful deployment represents the first offshore multi-megawatt wind turbine to be installed without

500-457: Is Odense , which is connected to the sea by a seldom-used canal . The city's shipyard, Odense Steel Shipyard , has been relocated outside Odense proper. Funen belongs administratively to the Region of Southern Denmark . From 1970 to 2006 the island formed the biggest part of Funen County , which also included the islands of Langeland , Ærø , Tåsinge , and a number of smaller islands. Funen

550-484: Is a Viking Age cemetery located in the northern part of Funen. Excavations at the local site revealed 54 graves containing 59 inhumations and 2 cremation burials. Vestas Vestas Wind Systems A/S is a Danish manufacturer, seller, installer, and servicer of wind turbines that was founded in 1945. The company operates manufacturing plants in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Taiwan, India, Italy, Romania,

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600-409: Is accessed by several channels, feeding through the islands of Tåsinge and Thurø . Svendborg Sund approaches the town from the southwest, along which ferries coming from Ærøskøbing pass the smaller islands of Drejø , Hjortø , and Skarø . Between Tåsinge and Thurø is Thurø Sund, which passes Bregninge forest (Bregninge Skov) on the northeast coast of Tåsinge, approaching the port of Svendborg from

650-516: Is in contrast to Zealand, where, like in Swedish, a reduction to two genders has taken place, and large parts of Jutland, where, like in English, no such distinction is made. For instance in masculine, the indefinite article is "ei" and the ending in the definite form is "-i": ei mar, mar'i, ei post, posti, ei vogn, vogni, ei ovn, ovni, ei kat, katti (a man, the man, a post, the post, a wagon,

700-537: Is linked to Zealand, Denmark's largest island, by the Great Belt Bridge , which carries both trains and cars. The bridge is in reality three bridges; low road and rail bridges connect Funen to the small island of Sprogø in the middle of the Great Belt , and a long road suspension bridge (the second longest in the world at the time of opening) connects Funen the rest of the way to Zealand, paralleled by

750-459: Is located 195 kilometres (121 mi) southwest of Copenhagen , 183 kilometres (114 mi) south of Aarhus , 44.2 kilometres (27.5 mi) south of Odense , and 28.5 kilometres (17.7 mi) east of Faaborg . Svendborg is home to "Danmarks Forsorgsmuseum" social history museum and "Naturama" natural history museum. The latter holds a wide variety of taxidermy from whales and bears to birds and Foxes. The largest container ship company in

800-509: Is the largest educational institute in Southern Funen. Funen Funen ( Danish : Fyn , pronounced [ˈfyˀn] ), is the third-largest island of Denmark , after Zealand and Vendsyssel-Thy , with an area of 3,099.7 square kilometres (1,196.8 sq mi). It is the 165th -largest island in the world. It is located in the central part of the country and has a population of 469,947 as of 2020. Funen's main city

850-488: The 1980s finally closed in 2001, some of the facilities being taken over by Vestas . In recent years, there has been a marked transition from industry into the service sector, the hospital now being one of the principal employers. Tourism has also prospered, especially for those arriving in pleasure boats. The German writer Bertolt Brecht spent the first years of his exile from Nazi Germany in Svendborg. The town provided

900-464: The 7-9 MW Vestas V164 , the most powerful turbine on Earth. In October 2013 Vestas sold its four casting and two machining factories to VTC Partners GmbH. In May 2014, Vestas announced it would be adding hundreds of jobs to its Colorado Windsor and Brighton facilities and following a rough 2012 it called 2013 one of Vestas’s "best years ever". Vestas also added employees in Pueblo and expected

950-512: The 90 MW Burbo Bank Offshore Wind Farm occurs at Lindø, while blades are made at Vestas' Isle of Wight facilities in England. DONG Energy tested a prototype in the sea off Frederikshavn in 2013, at a cost of DKK 240 million. A V164 was installed for testing in Østerild Wind Turbine Test Field in 2014, later uprated to more power. In June 2011, the Vestas supercomputer Firestorm

1000-739: The American market (nearly 3 GW for US out of 7.5 GW worldwide). Vestas intends to build a blade factory in India in 2016. In 2014 and 2015, 26 dishonest employees were detected with the company's whistleblower program (the first in Denmark), and disciplined. In February 2016, Vestas got its largest order of 1,000 MW (278 x 3.6 MW) for the Fosen project near Trondheim in Norway. It costs DKK 11 billion, and should deliver 3.4 TWh per year. In 1Q 2016,

1050-615: The NTK 1500/60. The product was designed by Timothy Jacob Jensen and received the German IF Award and the Red Dot Award. The company's North American headquarters was relocated in 2002 from Palm Springs, California to Portland, Oregon . In 2003, the company merged with the Danish wind turbine manufacturer NEG Micon to create the largest wind turbine manufacturer in the world, under the banner of Vestas Wind Systems. After

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1100-542: The United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Australia, China, Brazil, Poland and the United States, and employs 29,000 people globally. As of 2013 , it is the largest wind turbine company in the world. {{As of|20 ==Historyn/about/profile#!from-1971-1986 |publisher=Vestas |access-date=30 August 2014}}</ref> and produced wind turbines exclusively from 1989. In 1997, the company placed in production

1150-809: The average wind turbine price was 0.83 million Euro per MW, compared to 0.91 a year before. In 2016, Vestas was voted number 7 on the Clean200 list. In 2019, MHI-Vestas received a supply and operations vessel for the Deutsche Bucht Offshore Wind Project , with a further two ships scheduled for other projects. Vestas spent €92 million ($ 128 million), or 1.4% of revenue, on research and development in 2009. It has filed 787 wind turbine patents (227 in 2010) according to United Kingdom Intellectual Property Office (UK-IPO), while General Electric has 666 and Siemens Wind Power has 242. In October 2009, Vestas and QinetiQ claimed

1200-456: The beginning of the 20th century as Svendborg developed into an even more important industrial and educational centre. The food and metallurgy sectors became well established. The port prospered with new facilities, including shipyards such as Svendborg Skibsværft which was established in 1907 on an artificial island. On the educational front, a number of maritime and navigational schools were established. The shipyard, which had employed up to 800 in

1250-631: The birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen , the composer Carl Nielsen , American War of Independence combatant Christian Febiger , pop singer MØ and international footballer Christian Eriksen . The highest natural point on Funen is Frøbjerg Bavnehøj . Fynsk, coloquially known as Funish by local English speakers, but in English most commonly known as the Funen dialects, refers to the variations of Danish spoken on Funen and adjacent islands. Locally, there can be significant variations, even within short distances, for example between neighboring towns. On

1300-418: The city returned to a period of increasing prosperity. The population grew from a mere 1,942 people in 1801 to more than 11,500 in 1901. This development was followed by improvement of the infrastructure, such as rail links with Odense , Faaborg and Nyborg , improvement of the local roads and the establishment of a real harbour suited for extensive trading, since goods could now easily be transported there. In

1350-459: The city was granted market town privileges by King Christopher I . In the Middle Ages , the city was fortified with walls and moats. The defense system also included a few of forts. Most historical facts about the medieval defense system, including the locations of fortifications, are disputed, as little archaeological evidence has been generated. In spite of this, it is a popular theory that

1400-416: The company suggested firing 1,600 out of its 3,000 U.S. workers if the U.S. did not renew the 2.2 cents-per-kilowatt-hour Production Tax Credit , which was extended in 2013. On 13 August 2012, an estimated 90 workers were laid off from the Pueblo facility. In 2013, the tower factory in Pueblo began ramping up to full utilization as orders rebounded from the 2012 slump. Other facilities in Colorado include

1450-460: The company's new Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer after her predecessor Dag Andresen resigned for personal reasons. Her strategy is to lead Vestas back to higher earnings after the important losses faced by the company: from €166 million losses in 2011 and increasing to €963 million in 2012. In September 2013, Vestas made a joint venture for offshore wind turbines with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries creating MHI-Vestas, including

1500-517: The fortification as Swinæburgh. The name is thought to consist of the elements "svin" meaning "pig" and "borg" meaning "fortification". In 1236, the Greyfriars monastery in Svendborg was established. The Greyfriars would be part of the city for the next 300 years, until the Protestant reformation in 1536. The ruins of the monastery were partly excavated beside the railway in 2007. In 1253,

1550-510: The island of Funen, at least four main dialects are typically distinguished: East, North, South, and West Funen dialects, as well as sub-dialects such as the Tåsinge, Ærø, and Langeland dialects. West Funen dialects may further be divided into Northwest and Southwest Funen dialects. The Funen dialects belong to what is referred to as Insular Danish , where the dialects have retained three grammatical genders : masculine, feminine and neuter. This

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1600-525: The islands main port. But it would not last for long. In the following 250 years, the city faced various setbacks in its development, such as plague , a major fire, and the effects of the Swedish wars when Svendborg's ships were destroyed. It was not until the end of the war with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the Industrial Revolution in the early 19th century that

1650-448: The kite-energy-systems project ERC HIGHWIND, a project at KU Leuven dedicated to the research and development of tethered airfoils dedicated to generating energy by airborne wind energy (AWE). In April 2016, Vestas installed a 900 kW quadrotor test wind turbine at Risø , made from 4 recycled 225 kW V29 turbines. The first three months of testing confirmed theoretical models. Vestas has no immediate plans of commercializing

1700-475: The middle of the 19th century an explosion of industrialization happened, and all kinds of factories, from engineering to breweries were established together with modern gas and water systems. In the late 19th century, with industry well established, it was necessary to accommodate the growing population. This led to numerous new schools being founded. Furthermore, a hospital was established in 1871 and expanded in 1891. The rapid increase in population continued at

1750-447: The nearby island of Tåsinge , and Hesselagergård , a historic manor to the north of Svendborg. A branch of UCL University College ( Danish : UCL Erhvervsakademi og Professionshøjskole ) can be found in Svendborg. Svendborg is also the home of Svendborg Gymnasium which is one of the larger upper secondary schools in Denmark with more than 1,000 students and around 100 teachers. Furthermore, it also has Svendborg Erhvervsskole, which

1800-621: The new headquarters building, a renovated historic building , in May 2012. In February 2009, the company announced the production of two new turbine types, the 3-megawatt V112 and 1.8-megawatt V100. The new models were to be available in 2010. In July 2009, Vestas announced its manufacturing operations on the Isle of Wight in England would close due to a lack of UK demand, affecting 525 jobs there and 100 in Southampton. Approximately 25 workers at

1850-417: The prototype. Test results were published in 2019, indicating lower costs. As of 2022, Vestas produces the second highest offshore wind turbine in the world, with a blade of 115 meters and an energy power of 15 MW. In September 2022, Vestas unveiled the tallest onshore tower for a wind farm. The 199-meter structure will allow to reach the zone of stronger and more stable winds. It is supposed to install

1900-640: The sluggish pace of wind farm development in the UK". As part of this gradual shift in production away from Europe and towards China and the US, in October 2010, the company announced it was closing five factories in Denmark and Sweden, with the loss of 3,000 jobs. In November 2010, Vestas shut down the 70-person staff advisory department 'Vestas Excellence', responsible for securing competitiveness, handling suppliers, quality assurance and globalization . In January 2012,

1950-498: The south. From the east, between mainland Funen and the island of Thurø, is the narrow Skårupøre Sund. To the west of Svendborg are several lakes, including Sørup Lake (Sørup Sø), 3.8 kilometres (2.4 mi) northwest of the centre, and Hvidkilde Lake (Hvidkilde Sø), 5.8 kilometres (3.6 mi) northwest of the centre of Svendborg. Several forested areas lie to the north-northwest of Svendborg, including Græsholmene, Løvehave, and Ravnebjerg Skov. The largest container ship company in

2000-596: The three towers in the coat of arms are the three fortifications ("Skattertårnet", "Kyseborg" and a third one unnamed). Thanks to its seafarers, in the late Middle Ages Svendborg became one of the most important trading centres in Scandinavia. During the time of the Protestant reformation and the Count's Feud in the 1530s, the citizens of Svendborg joined forces with the King . Ørkild Castle, located just east of Svendborg,

2050-412: The title of a collection of Brecht's poems "Svendborger Gedichte" (Svendborg Poems). Svendborg lies on the south coast of Funen. By road, Svendborg is located 195 kilometres (121 mi) southwest of Copenhagen , 44.2 kilometres (27.5 mi) south of Odense , 85.8 kilometres (53.3 mi) southeast of Middelfart , and 28.5 kilometres (17.7 mi) south-southeast of Faaborg . The Port of Svendborg

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2100-467: The tower facility to eventually top 500. Vestas stated that it expected to have 2800 employees in Colorado by the end of 2014. As of 2016 , Vestas has a US nacelle production capacity of 2.6 GW. In March 2015, Vestas announced it would be upping jobs by 400 at its blade manufacturing facility in Windsor and stated "We had a very successful 2014". In 2015 almost half of all Vestas turbines were going to

2150-615: The use of any heavy-lift or specialized offshore construction equipment. In 2012, Vestas scaled back and closed some of its R&D offices in Houston, Marlborough, Louisville, China, Singapore and Denmark. In August 2013, Vestas started operating its 20 MW test bench for nacelles in Aarhus. On 5 September 2013, Chris Spruce, Vestas Senior Product Engineer, served as member of the Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) for

2200-405: The wagon, an oven, the oven, a cat, the cat). These articles and endings are usually unstressed . In 2018, on the hill Munkebo Bakke , located in north eastern Funen, have archaeologists found an exceedingly large Viking hall that dates back more than 1,000 years, to around 825 – 1,000 CE. According to the Funen museum experts, this Viking hall is larger than any found on Funen before. Galgedil

2250-568: The wind turbine factory on the island occupied the administration offices in protest on 20 July 2009, demanding nationalisation to save their jobs. In August 2009 Vestas hired more than 5,000 extra workers for its new factories in China , the United States , and Spain . The company said it was "expanding heavily in China and the US because these markets were growing the fastest, in contrast to

2300-492: The world, A.P. Møller-Mærsk has its origins in Svendborg, in the "Villa Anna". In the light of archaeological discoveries, Svendborg appears to have been established in the first half of the 12th century or even earlier. Located at the head of a bay, the natural harbour encouraged seafaring and trade. The first recorded mention of Svendborg occurred in 1229 in a deed of gift by Valdemar the Victorious , where he refers to

2350-587: The world, A.P. Møller-Mærsk has its origins in Svendborg, in the "Villa Anna". The company remained in the hands of Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller until his death in 2012 at the age of 98. The Mac Baren tobacco factory was established in Svendborg in 1887, under the name Harald Halberg Tobaks and Cigarfabrik. The company was renamed the Mac Baren Tobacco Company in 1995. The company employs 140 people, and exports tobacco products to 70 countries. Vor Frue Kirke (Church of Our Lady) located on

2400-536: Was mothballed in 2009 due to the economic recession , and in August 2010 the company announced a revised plan, scaled back in size, to expand its Portland headquarters by renovating an existing-but-vacant 172,000 sq ft (16,000 m ) building. At that time, Vestas employed about 400 in Portland and committed to add at least 100 more employees there within five years; the new building will have space for up to 600 workers. The company moved its Portland offices to

2450-491: Was number 53 on the TOP500 -list of the world's most powerful computers calculating worldwide weather in a 3x3 km grid, and it delivers daily weather reports to the newspaper Ekstra Bladet and similar purposes. In 2012, Vestas donated the older 1344- core supercomputer from 2008 to Aalborg University . In October 2011, Vestas participated in the deployment of a floating wind turbine offshore of Portugal. Vestas supplied

2500-464: Was property of the bishop of Odense , who was less than popular among the citizens of the city. The tension resulted in the castle being seized and burned down by an angry mob in collaboration with the King's forces. The King's forces would later, after ending their north-going campaign on Funen, return to pillage and plunder Svendborg. After 1536, Svendborg went through a brief period of progress becoming

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