page_title: Port of Skagen
section_title: Early history and background
hierarchical_section_title: Port of Skagen / History / Early history and background
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Skagen havn
context_page_description: The Port of Skagen, also Skagen Harbour, is located in Skagen, northern Denmark. The country's leading fishing port consists of an industrial harbour that supports the area's fishing industry as well as facilities for cruise ships. It also has a shipyard and fish-processing facilities. The harbour's marina is open to visitors during the summer months.
  The fishing harbour was built between 1904 and 1907, with inner and outer sections established under the supervision of hydraulic engineer Palle Bruun. The official inauguration was on 20 November 1907. The distinctive warehouses next to the harbour were designed by Thorvald Bindesbøll, and opened in May 1908. In 1932, on the occasion of the harbour's 25th anniversary, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's statue of the fisherman and lifeboatman was unveiled. The harbour was expanded to the east between 1935 and 1938, and in the 1950s an 11 million krone expansion took place to the west, increasing the off-shore area by 70,000 square metres and the on-shore area by 90,000 square metres.
context_section_description: After years of discussion between Skagen's fishermen and the authorities, a commission was finally established in the 1880s, leading to an early proposal for a harbour by Customs Inspector Holm that was not accepted. Under pressure from the fishermen, the Minister of the Interior called on an engineer by the name of Berg to prepare a new proposal in 1888. This led to parliamentary approval on 23 April 1903, followed by a call for tenders on 26 January 1904. On the basis of a bid from Gunnarson & Søn og Elzelingen, work was initiated  in February 1904 on Skagen's Sønderstand (south shore) just outside the town. The work was supervised by the hydraulic engineer Palle Bruun who had reported on harbours in the Faroe Islands.
  The design consisted of two breakwaters some 500 m (1,600 ft) apart that stretched out to sea. With their outer extensions providing an entrance some 60 m (200 ft) wide, the harbour covered an area of almost 160,000 m² (1,700,000 sq ft). The basin was divided by two cross piers, creating an outer harbour and an inner harbour with an entrance 40 m (130 ft) wide. A harbour-master's house, fish warehouse and a customs office were built in parallel. On 19 November 1907, King Frederik VIII ceremonially opened the port in the presence of the Skagen Painters, who had decorated the facilities with flags. Carl Locher had designed an impressive gateway of honour.
  In May 1908, four fish warehouses on the quayside designed by Thorvald Bindesbøll were opened. In 1932, on the occasion of the harbour's 25th anniversary, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen's statue of the fisherman and lifeboatman was unveiled. In 1935, Johannes Friis-Skotte, Minister for Transport, announced that the government were funding a 900,000 kr project to expand the harbour towards the east, involving a 100 metres (330 ft) by 200 metres (660 ft) basin with a depth of 4.5 metres (15 ft), designed to facilitate fisherman during the process of unloading. As a result, between 1935 and 1938 the harbour was expanded towards the east, and a new auction room was added in 1938, 100 metres (330 ft) in length and 12 metres (39 ft) wide, with skylights and seven phone booths.
caption: Skagen wharf
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