Ikast

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title: "Ikast" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["municipal-seats-of-the-central-denmark-region", "municipal-seats-of-denmark", "cities-and-towns-in-the-central-denmark-region", "ikast-brande-municipality"] topic_path: "geography" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikast" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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leader_titleMayor
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area_urban_km211.7
population_as_of2025
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Ikast is a Danish town in Central Denmark Region (Region Midtjylland). It is the seat of Ikast-Brande Municipality since 2007. It was the seat of the former Ikast Municipality.

Geography

The town is situated in the middle of Jutland. The town is situated 5 km from Hammerum, which is on the Eastern outskirts of Herning Municipality. Ikast is situated 28 km from Silkeborg, and 69 km away from Aarhus.

Demography

As of 1 January 2024, the population of the town is 16,535.

History

Up until late in the nineteenth century, Ikast was nothing more than a few buildings surrounding the church. During industrialization, Ikast established a strong presence in Denmark as one of the main towns for the textile industry, which was the main industry in the area until the start of globalization, when production jobs were outsourced.

The opening of the railway line in the 1850s led to an increase in population, as the existing part of town surrounding the church, and the new part of town, built around the railway station, grew into each other.

The church was originally a Romanesque church, built in the 13th century. The old church burned down in 1904, and was rebuilt into the new church, which was finished in 1907. The church was expanded several times, with the latest expansion happening in 2005.

Notable people

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  • Emilie Andersen (1895 in Grødde, Ikast – 1970) a Danish historian and archivist.
  • Bo Skovhus (born 1962 in Ikast) a Danish baritone opera singer
  • Kurt Aust (born 1955 in Ikast) pen name of Kurt Østergaard, an author and freelance writer

Sport

References

References

  1. [https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]
  2. "BY3: Population 1st January by urban areas, area and population density". The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]].
  3. "Ikast {{!}} Gyldendal - Den Store Danske".
  4. "Kirkerne".
  5. [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0804796/ IMDb Database] retrieved 23 May 2020

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