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Hvalsey Church (Danish: Hvalsø Kirke; Old Norse: Hvalseyjarfjarðarkirkja) was a Catholic church in the abandoned Greenlandic Norse settlement of Hvalsey (now modern-day Qaqortoq). The best preserved Norse ruins in Greenland, the church was also the location of the last written record of the Greenlandic Norse, a wedding in September 1408.
The town of Hvalsø. The town of Hvalsø (officially called Kirke Hvalsø) is located almost equidistant from the larger towns of Roskilde to the northeast, Ringsted to the south, and Holbæk to the northwest. On 1 January 2023 the town has a population of 4,340.
- 2.4 km² (0.9 sq mi)
- Lejre
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Kirke Hvalsø (eller bare Hvalsø) er en dansk stationsby på Midtsjælland med 4.340 indbyggere (2023), beliggende 35 km syd for Frederikssund, 23 km nord for Ringsted, 21 km sydvest for Roskilde og 19 km sydøst for Holbæk. Byen hører til Lejre Kommune i Region Sjælland. Den er kommunens største by og har kommunens rådhus.
- Tadre Mølle
- Danmark
Hvalsey ("Whale Island"; Greenlandic Qaqortukulooq) is located near Qaqortoq, Greenland and is the site of Greenland's largest, best-preserved Norse ruins in the area known as the Eastern Settlement ( Eystribyggð ). In 2017, it was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List and part of the Kujataa Greenland site.
- Norsemen
- Close to Qaqortoq, Greenland
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- Greenland
Lejre Municipality. Lejre municipality has an area of 240 km 2 and a total population of ca. 26,989 (2014),and the municipal seat is Kirke Hvalsø . History. Lejre's role in Danish history can be compared to that of Gamla Uppsala in Sweden.
- DK-4320 Lejre
- Lejre Municipality
Contents. 1 History. 2 Places. 2.1 Place Names. 2.2 Surrounding Parishes. 3 Resources. 3.1 Cemeteries. 3.2 Census. 3.3 Church Records. 3.4 Civil Registration. 3.5 Land and Property. 3.6 Probate Records. 3.7 Taxation. 4 Repositories. 4.1 Archives. 4.2 Libraries. 4.3 Societies. 5 Research Helps. 6 References. History edit source. Places edit source.
Hvalsø og Særløse Kirker er en del af Lejre Provsti. Hvalsø Kirke er placeret midt i Hvalsø by. Historien om Hvalsø Kirke rummer gamle sagn og gode historier. Særløse Kirke er placeret på bakken midt i Særløse by. Der er 4.022 medlemmer af Folkekirken under Hvalsø og Særløse Kirker.
