List of lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark

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This is a list of lighthouses and lightvessels in Denmark. Except for the island of Bornholm, Denmark is located at the transition between North Sea and Baltic Sea which includes the Skagerrak and Kattegat waters.

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Name Image Water body Region Location
Coordinates		 Year
built		 Notes
Bovbjerg Lighthouse [da; de]North SeaCentral DenmarkFerring, Lemvig Municipality
56°30′47″N 08°07′10″E		1877[1]
Lodbjerg Lighthouse [da]North SeaNorth DenmarkLodbjerg, Thy
56°49′24″N 08°15′45″E		1883[2]
Vesborg LighthouseKattegatCentral DenmarkVesborg, Samsø island
55°46′10″N 10°33′05″E		1858[3]
Hanstholm Lighthouse [da; de; no]North Sea/
Skagerrak		North DenmarkHanstholm, Thy
57°06′45″N 08°35′56″E		1843[3]
Hjelm LighthouseKattegatCentral DenmarkHjelm island
56°08′00″N 10°48′20″E		1856[3]
Fornæs LighthouseKattegatCentral DenmarkNorddjurs Municipality
56°26′36.3″N 10°57′26.3″E		1839[3]
Skagen LighthouseSkagerrakNorth DenmarkSkagen
57°44′08″N 10°37′49″E		1858[4]
Skagen's VippefyrSkagerrakNorth DenmarkSkagen
57°43′36″N 10°36′29″E		1627[5]
Skagen's White LighthouseSkagerrakNorth DenmarkSkagen
57°43′45″N 10°36′24″E		1747[6]
Hirtshals Lighthouse [da; de; sv]SkagerrakNorth DenmarkHirtshals1863[7]
Rubjerg Knude LighthouseSkagerrakNorth DenmarkLønstrup
57°26′58″N 09°46′31″E		1900[8]
Christiansø LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmChristiansø
55°19′27″N 15°11′29″E		1798
Dueodde LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmDueodde
54°59′30″N 15°04′28″E		1962[9]
Hammeren LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmHammeren
55°17′11″N 14°45′55″E		1802[9]
Hammer Odde LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmHammeren
55°17′52″N 14°46′19″E		1885[9]
Rønne LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmRønne
55°05′58″N 14°41′46″E		1880[9]
Svaneke LighthouseBaltic SeaBornholmSvaneke
55°07′54″N 15°09′10″E		1919[9]
Blåvandshuk Lighthouse
North Sea Central Denmark Varde Municipality 1900 [10]
Lightvessel Gedser RevNorthern Bay of MecklenburgZealandOffshore south of Gedser Odde1895Registered as Lightvessel No. XVII (Danish: Fyrskib XVII Gedser Rev) this ship served on the Gedser Rev position until 1972. It is now a museum ship owned by the National Museum of Denmark.
Lågemade Lighthouse [da; de]Flensburg FirthSouthern Denmark
54°54′6.6″N 9°36′51.7″E		1896Built in 1896 when the area belonged to Germany, this lighthouse provides the front light for a range of leading lights.[11]
Lightvessel INorth SeaSouthern DenmarkHorns Rev west off Esbjerg1913This wooden ship was deactivated in 1980 and decommissioned in 1988. It is now a museum ship owned by a private foundation in Esbjerg.[7]
Lightvessel XIVariousVariousOffshore1878
Lightvessel XXIVariousVariousOffshore1911Built in 1911, this wooden ship was mainly used at Horns Rev off the North Sea coast of Denmark. It was moored at Læsø island from 1945 to 1969 and had its final position at the Skagens Rev reef off Skagen Odde. The ship was decommissioned in 1988. As of 2006, it was used as a floating café in Ebeltoft.[4]
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