Sorø

Local nameSorø
LocationDanmark

Sorø is a town in Sorø municipality in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. The population is 8,035. The municipal council and the regional council are located in Sorø.

Sorø was founded in 1161 by Bishop Absalon, later the founder of Copenhagen, and is the site of Sorø Academy. The Academy is an educational institution built in 1140. Also built that year was Sorø Klosterkirke, the church where Bishop Absalon and Margaret I of Denmark were buried.

Many people live in Sorø, but work either in the greater Copenhagen metropolitan area or in the town of Roskilde.

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Map of Sorø in Denmark… @ Fotolitograferede i Generalstabens Topografiske Afdeling

More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorø

Coordinates 55°26'11.696" N 11°33'46.57" E

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