Vojens

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::summary Town in Denmark ::

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Field	Value
settlement_type	Town
name	Vojens
image_skyline	Vojens.jpeg
image_caption	Vojens railway station
pushpin_map	Denmark#Denmark Region of Southern Denmark
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Denmark
{{coord	55
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Denmark
subdivision_type1	Region
subdivision_name1	Southern Denmark
subdivision_type2	Municipality
subdivision_name2	Haderslev Municipality
area_urban_km2	6.41
population_as_of	2025
population_footnotes
population_urban	7424
population_density_urban_km2	auto
population_blank1_title	Gender
population_blank1	3692 males and 3732 females
timezone1	CET
utc_offset1	+1
timezone1_DST	CEST
utc_offset1_DST	+2
postal_code_type	Postal code
postal_code	DK-6500 Vojens
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**Vojens ** () is a railway town in Denmark with a population of 7,424 (1 January 2025). It was the main town of the now abolished Vojens Municipality, now the second largest town of Haderslev Municipality in Region of Southern Denmark.

Vojens is located 41 km east of Ribe, 33 km south of Vejen, 29 km north of Aabenraa and 14 km west of Haderslev.

Church

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Vojens Church is a reunion-church, from the beginning of the 1920s and was inaugurated on 6 September 1925. The church yard is older than the church and it was taken in use on 28 January 1878. In the middle of the churchyard, lies "the red chapel", which was built a few years after the churchyard was established and the chapel was taken in use in 1883.

Transportation

Vojens is served by Vojens Airport and Vojens station on the Fredericia–Padborg railway line.

Sport

Speedway

Main article: Vojens Speedway Center

Main article: Sønderjylland Elite Speedway

Vojens has a rich history in motorcycle speedway and hosted the World Final on two occasions (1988 and 1994) at the Vojens Speedway Center. The Speedway Center is part-owned by Denmark's first triple World Champion Ole Olsen, and has also hosted the Speedway Grand Prix of Denmark as part of the Speedway Grand Prix from 1995 to 2002 after which the SGP series moved the Danish GP to the Parken Stadium in Copenhagen.

The Vojens Speedway Center also hosted the Speedway World Team Cup final in 1983, 1986 (as Round 2 of a 3 Round Final), 1991 and 1998. The World Team Cup was replaced with the Speedway World Cup following 2000 and the Speedway Center hosted the 2003, 2008, 2010 and 2015 finals. Also held were the 1979 Speedway World Pairs Championship and the 1977 Under-21 European Championship. The Under-21 championship became the World Under-21 Championship in 1988 and Vojens hosted the 1999 Under-21 World Final.

Climate

| width = auto | metric first = yes | single line = yes | location = Vojens Airport (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1961–2000) | Jan record high C = 11.2 | Feb record high C = 12.7 | Mar record high C = 19.7 | Apr record high C = 25.7 | May record high C = 27.0 | Jun record high C = 30.3 | Jul record high C = 31.6 | Aug record high C = 33.3 | Sep record high C = 27.2 | Oct record high C = 24.0 | Nov record high C = 17.3 | Dec record high C = 11.9 | year record high C = | Jan high C = 3.5 | Feb high C = 4.0 | Mar high C = 6.9 | Apr high C = 12.0 | May high C = 16.1 | Jun high C = 18.7 | Jul high C = 21.1 | Aug high C = 21.2 | Sep high C = 17.4 | Oct high C = 12.6 | Nov high C = 7.7 | Dec high C = 4.6 | year high C = | Jan mean C = 1.2 | Feb mean C = 1.5 | Mar mean C = 3.4 | Apr mean C = 7.7 | May mean C = 11.3 | Jun mean C = 14.2 | Jul mean C = 16.4 | Aug mean C = 16.5 | Sep mean C = 13.4 | Oct mean C = 9.3 | Nov mean C = 5.1 | Dec mean C = 2.2 | year mean C = | Jan low C = -1.1 | Feb low C = -1.0 | Mar low C = 0.0 | Apr low C = 3.4 | May low C = 6.5 | Jun low C = 9.8 | Jul low C = 11.8 | Aug low C = 11.8 | Sep low C = 9.4 | Oct low C = 6.0 | Nov low C = 2.5 | Dec low C = -0.1 | year low C = | Jan record low C = -21.0 | Feb record low C = -24.0 | Mar record low C = -16.0 | Apr record low C = -7.5 | May record low C = -4.2 | Jun record low C = -0.2 | Jul record low C = 2.8 | Aug record low C = 1.2 | Sep record low C = -2.3 | Oct record low C = -7.3 | Nov record low C = -19.0 | Dec record low C = -21.0 | year record low C = | precipitation colour = green | Jan precipitation mm = 69.6 | Feb precipitation mm = 46.8 | Mar precipitation mm = 56.3 | Apr precipitation mm = 42.5 | May precipitation mm = 52.7 | Jun precipitation mm = 68.7 | Jul precipitation mm = 71.2 | Aug precipitation mm = 75.3 | Sep precipitation mm = 87.1 | Oct precipitation mm = 93.9 | Nov precipitation mm = 87.8 | Dec precipitation mm = 77.5 | year precipitation mm = 829.3 | unit precipitation days = 0.1 mm | Jan precipitation days = 19.1 | Feb precipitation days = 14.4 | Mar precipitation days = 17.1 | Apr precipitation days = 14.0 | May precipitation days = 12.7 | Jun precipitation days = 13.7 | Jul precipitation days = 15.1 | Aug precipitation days = 14.7 | Sep precipitation days = 16.9 | Oct precipitation days = 18.0 | Nov precipitation days = 19.8 | Dec precipitation days = 19.9 | year precipitation days = 195.3 | Jan snow days = 6.5 | Feb snow days = 5.8 | Mar snow days = 5.1 | Apr snow days = 1.7 | May snow days = 0.1 | Jun snow days = 0.0 | Jul snow days = 0.0 | Aug snow days = 0.0 | Sep snow days = 0.0 | Oct snow days = 0.1 | Nov snow days = 2.2 | Dec snow days = 5.2 | year snow days = 26.7 | source 1 = DMI (precipitation and snow 1971–2000) |source 2 = IEM{{cite web |url=https://www.mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/sites/monthlysum.php?station=EKSP&network=DK__ASOS |title= [EKSP] Skrydstrup [1972-] Monthly Summaries |publisher=The Iowa Environmental Mesonet |access-date=11 July 2025}}

Notable people

Hans Christian Schmidt (born 1953) a Danish politician and former Minister of Transport. A teacher by profession, he was the Danish Minister of Food from 2004 to 2007. Before that, he was the Minister for the Environment from 2001. He is a member of Venstre (the Danish Liberal Party). He is a longtime resident of the town of Vojens.
George Galbraith (born 1955) a Canadian-born Danish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played for Vojens IK and in the World Championships with the Denmark men's national ice hockey team in 1986 and 1994
Kurt Thiim (born 1956 in Vojens) a Danish race car driver, he raced in single-seaters from 1978 to 1984
Kim Lykkeskov (born 1983 in Vojens) a Danish professional ice hockey player who participated at the 2010 IIHF World Championship

References

[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]
[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]
"Danish Climatological Normals 1971–2000 for selected stations". [[Danish Meteorological Institute]].
"Observed Air Temperature, Humidity, Pressure, Cloud Cover and Weather in Denmark with Climatological Standard Normals, 1961–90". [[Danish Meteorological Institute]].

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