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3 unusual facts about Viborg


Jørgen Sadolin

We first hear of him on December 1, 1525, when Frederick I permitted him to settle at Viborg to teach young persons of the poorer classes "whatever might be profitable."

Olaf Wieghorst

Olaf Wieghorst (April 30, 1899, Viborg, Denmark – April 27, 1988, California, United States) was a painter of the American West in the vein of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell.

Viborg, Denmark

The cathedral is famous for its many paintings by Danish painter Joakim Skovgaard, which depict stories from the Bible.


Arkadiusz Onyszko

In 1998 he moved to Viborg FF from Widzew Łódź and established himself as Viborg's number one goalkeeper.

Battle of Grathe Heath

Both Canute and Sweyn were hailed as kings at the Landsting in Viborg in 1154.

Bjørn Nørgaard

They include the widely acclaimed Human Wall (1982), now to be displayed at the Horsens Art Museum, the Hans Tausen monument (2004) in Viborg, and the 26 metre high Thor's Tower (1986) in Høje Taastrup.

Fief of Viborg

However the fief of Viborg castle and its county, was not formally hereditary, though almost all appointees were from certain families, related to the Bonde-Bååt-Haak family that also between 1350s and 1390s held the Swedish titular version of the earldom of Orkney.

FK Viborg

FK Viborg was founded in 2002 as a superstructure on Viborg FF, Overlund GF, Viborg B67, Viborg Søndermarken IK, Viborg Nørremarken and Houlkær IF's best youth teams.

Ivan III of Russia

In the Russo-Swedish War (1495–1497) Ivan III unsuccessfully attempted to conquer Viborg from Sweden but this attempt was checked by the Swedish garrison in Viborg Castle led by Lord Knut Posse.

Iver Rosenkrantz

With Frederick IV relying increasingly on his Queen Anne Sophie Reventlow, and with Rozenkrantz critical of the Danish aristocracy, he was stripped of his titles and appointed governor of Viborg, thereby removing him from central government, but he remained on good terms with the King's siblings.

Lene Lund Høy Karlsen

In the 2007/08 season Karlsen got a competitor for the line place when the German line player Anja Althaus came to Viborg HK from her former club, German Trier.

Súni Olsen

After a disappointing season at Viborg FF, he left Denmark and went back to the Faroe Islands at B36 Tórshavn.

The Pirate Bay raid

Mikael Viborg, the legal advisor to The Pirate Bay, was arrested at his apartment, brought in for questioning, forced to submit a DNA sample and had his electronic equipment seized.

Ulrik Wilbek

He was reappointed as coach for Viborg HK's elite women, and again he showed his excellence: The team became national champions for four consecutive years and reached the final in the 2001 EHF Champions League.

Viborg Cathedral

At some point relics of St Willehad, the Archbishop of Bremen in the 780's were brought to Viborg and placed in St Kjeld's chapel.


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