page_title: Svendborg
section_title: Middle Ages
hierarchical_section_title: Svendborg / History / Middle Ages
caption_attribution_description: Dansk: Svendborg Teater.English: Svendborg Teater (Theatre).
context_page_description: Svendborg is a town on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, and the seat of Svendborg Municipality. With a population of 27,068, 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 is located 195 kilometres southwest of Copenhagen, 183 kilometres south of Aarhus, 44.2 kilometres south of Odense, and 28.5 kilometres east of Faaborg.
  Svendborg is home to “Danmarks Forsorgsmuseum” social history museum and social the “Naturama” natural history museum. The latter holds a wide variety of stuffed animals from whales and bears to birds and Foxes.
  The largest container ship company in the world, A.P. Møller-Mærsk has its origins in Svendborg, in the "Villa Anna".
context_section_description: In 1253, 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 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.
caption: Svendborg Theatre
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