Living in Frederikshavn
In Frederikshavn, the median rent tenants pay is €722 a month (2026) and unemployment is 3.1% (2025).
The city covered 652.8 km² in 2026. Population density was 88 people per km² in 2026. The unemployment rate was 3.1% in November 2025. The nearest airport was BYR, 33.2 km away in June 2026.
Which Denmark-wide rules apply when you move to Frederikshavn?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited | 40 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | Norlys fixed broadband5Official · national market |
| Mobile plan, 10 GB | 19.93 EUR/month | 30 Sept 2026 | 3 mobile internet 10GB1Official · national market |
| Average net rent (nettokalt) | 9.86 EUR/m²/month | 1 Jan 2026 | Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 20263Official · regional context |
| Median monthly rent | 722.2 EUR/month | 1 Jan 2026 | Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 20263Official |
Is Frederikshavn a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Work and income
What is the unemployment rate in Frederikshavn?
The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force8
Frederikshavn 3.1%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average gross earnings | 6,192 EUR/month | 31 Dec 2024 | LONS30 Earnings by region, sector, salary, salary earners, components, sex and time2Official · regional context |
| Gigabit broadband availability | 100 % | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Denmark (Statbank)10Official |
| Unemployment rate | 3.1 %country median 2.5% | 30 Nov 2025 | StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force8Official |
What does a salary buy in Frederikshavn?
Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.
RentInternetMobileLeft over
Line-by-line breakdown and sources
| Each month | € |
|---|---|
| Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08. | €3,973 |
| Rent, 60 m²€9.86/m² · official · Landsbyggefonden Huslejestatistik 2026 · 2026-01-01 | − €592 |
| Internet€40 · official · Norlys fixed broadband · 2026-09-30 | − €40 |
| Mobile plan€20 · official · 3 mobile internet 10GB · 2026-09-30 | − €20 |
| Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities | — |
| Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish | €3,321 |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Frederikshavn. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
Jobnet Denmark — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Frederikshavn. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Safety
How safe is Frederikshavn?
Police recorded about 5,908 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source.
- Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents: 5,908 offences per 100,000 · StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types9
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents | 5,908 offences per 100,000country median 5,709 | 31 Dec 2025 | StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types9Official |
| Months covered by crime statistics | 12 months/year | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Denmark STRAF11 (reported offences)14Official |
Mobility and administration
Car density was 536 vehicles per 1,000 residents at the start of 2026.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Frederikshavn. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Danish language training for adult foreign nationals — State Language Course
Danish municipalities and language centres
For adult foreign nationals, newly arrived residents.
Climate and air quality
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly extreme high temperature | Jan 9.99 · Feb 9.16 · Mar 11.07 · Apr 16 · May 23 · Jun 24.4 · Jul 26.27 · Aug 24.69 · Sep 21.77 · Oct 17.31 · Nov 14.61 · Dec 11.43 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official |
| Monthly extreme low temperature | Jan -9.43 · Feb -8.71 · Mar -6.62 · Apr -0.14 · May 3.94 · Jun 8.36 · Jul 12.04 · Aug 11.69 · Sep 8.01 · Oct 1.34 · Nov -4.69 · Dec -7.72 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 2.05 · Feb 1.39 · Mar 2.84 · Apr 6.7 · May 11.1 · Jun 14.79 · Jul 17.26 · Aug 17.34 · Sep 14.5 · Oct 10.31 · Nov 6.74 · Dec 3.8 °C | 31 Dec 2001 | NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center4Official |
Population and city profile
How many people live in Frederikshavn?
The published population was 57,882 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.13
By nationality
National passport91.2%
Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cars per 1,000 residents | 536 cars/1000 residents | 1 Jan 2026 | Derived stock density from DST BIL54 passenger-car stock and DST FOLK1A population. BIL54 is stock of passenger cars, not registrations, trips or ownership-only subset.2Official |
| City area | 652.8 km² | 1 Jan 2026 | DST ARE207 Area 1 January; area based on the SDFE land register. Registered area is used; some lakes are excluded according to the table footnote.2Official |
| Foreign residents | 5,119 people | 1 Jan 2026 | DST FOLK1D: population at the first day of the quarter, total sex, total age, STATSB=UDLAND (Foreign citizen). This is citizenship, not foreign-born or foreign-origin population.2Official |
| Population density | 88 people/km² | 1 Jan 2026 | Derived municipality density from DST population and ARE207 registered municipal area.2Official |
| Female residents | 28,478 people | 7 Aug 2026 | Statistics Denmark (Statbank)11Official |
| Male residents | 29,045 people | 7 Aug 2026 | Statistics Denmark (Statbank)11Official |
| Population | 57,882 people | 1 Jan 2025 | Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes.13Official |
| Population covered by crime statistics | 57,882 people | 31 Dec 2025 | Statistics Denmark FOLK1A (population on the first day of the quarter)12Official |
International community in Frederikshavn
Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.
Citizenship
Population at the first day of the quarter; total age and sex; Statistics Denmark FOLK1B · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 57,428 | 100.0% |
| Denmark | 52,191 | 90.9% |
| Romania | 1,310 | 2.3% |
| Ukraine | 565 | 1.0% |
| Poland | 473 | 0.8% |
| Myanmar | 292 | 0.5% |
| Syria | 266 | 0.5% |
| Norway | 252 | 0.4% |
| Germany | 179 | 0.3% |
| Sweden | 167 | 0.3% |
| Eritrea | 143 | 0.2% |
Show 98 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 121 | 0.2% |
| Thailand | 117 | 0.2% |
| Lithuania | 100 | 0.2% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 82 | 0.1% |
| Netherlands | 80 | 0.1% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 80 | 0.1% |
| Vietnam | 63 | 0.1% |
| Turkey | 56 | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 54 | 0.1% |
| Iran | 44 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 43 | 0.1% |
| Uganda | 35 | 0.1% |
| Italy | 34 | 0.1% |
| USA | 34 | 0.1% |
| Afghanistan | 33 | 0.1% |
| Serbia | 33 | 0.1% |
| Iraq | 32 | 0.1% |
| China | 32 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 29 | 0.1% |
| Croatia | 29 | 0.1% |
| Iceland | 28 | 0.0% |
| India | 27 | 0.0% |
| Russia | 27 | 0.0% |
| Kosovo | 25 | 0.0% |
| Stateless | 24 | 0.0% |
| Bulgaria | 22 | 0.0% |
| Spain | 14 | 0.0% |
| Kenya | 14 | 0.0% |
| Brazil | 13 | 0.0% |
| Czech Republic | 13 | 0.0% |
| Portugal | 12 | 0.0% |
| Cambodia | 12 | 0.0% |
| Sri Lanka | 12 | 0.0% |
| Greece | 10 | 0.0% |
| Sudan | 10 | 0.0% |
| Finland | 9 | 0.0% |
| Ireland | 9 | 0.0% |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 0.0% |
| Tanzania | 9 | 0.0% |
| Austria | 8 | 0.0% |
| Colombia | 8 | 0.0% |
| Belgium | 7 | 0.0% |
| France | 7 | 0.0% |
| South Africa | 7 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 7 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 6 | 0.0% |
| Indonesia | 6 | 0.0% |
| Estonia | 6 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 5 | 0.0% |
| Tunisia | 5 | 0.0% |
| Chile | 5 | 0.0% |
| Peru | 5 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 5 | 0.0% |
| Slovakia | 5 | 0.0% |
| Switzerland | 4 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 4 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 4 | 0.0% |
| Gambia, The | 3 | 0.0% |
| South Sudan | 3 | 0.0% |
| South Korea | 3 | 0.0% |
| Moldova | 3 | 0.0% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0.0% |
| Burundi | 2 | 0.0% |
| Morocco | 2 | 0.0% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0.0% |
| Bolivia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 2 | 0.0% |
| Nepal | 2 | 0.0% |
| Algeria | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ghana | 1 | 0.0% |
| Libya | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mozambique | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mauritius | 1 | 0.0% |
| Egypt | 1 | 0.0% |
| Congo, Republic | 1 | 0.0% |
| Rwanda | 1 | 0.0% |
| Somalia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Togo | 1 | 0.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guatemala | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jamaica | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 0.0% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Japan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Jordan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Laos | 1 | 0.0% |
| Lebanon | 1 | 0.0% |
| Maldives | 1 | 0.0% |
| Malaysia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 0.0% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0.0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 0.0% |
| Armenia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Montenegro | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source2
Ancestry or ethnicity
Population at the first day of the quarter; total age and sex; ancestry category: Total · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 57,428 | 100.0% |
| Denmark | 51,342 | 89.4% |
| Romania | 1,322 | 2.3% |
| Ukraine | 561 | 1.0% |
| Poland | 499 | 0.9% |
| Myanmar | 342 | 0.6% |
| Syria | 303 | 0.5% |
| Norway | 260 | 0.5% |
| Germany | 217 | 0.4% |
| Sweden | 177 | 0.3% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 175 | 0.3% |
Show 116 more groups
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 150 | 0.3% |
| Eritrea | 140 | 0.2% |
| Philippines | 138 | 0.2% |
| Vietnam | 118 | 0.2% |
| Turkey | 109 | 0.2% |
| Lithuania | 105 | 0.2% |
| Netherlands | 87 | 0.2% |
| Iraq | 87 | 0.2% |
| Sri Lanka | 83 | 0.1% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 80 | 0.1% |
| Iran | 75 | 0.1% |
| United Kingdom | 70 | 0.1% |
| Hungary | 48 | 0.1% |
| Uganda | 45 | 0.1% |
| China | 43 | 0.1% |
| Russia | 40 | 0.1% |
| Afghanistan | 39 | 0.1% |
| USA | 37 | 0.1% |
| Serbia | 37 | 0.1% |
| Iceland | 36 | 0.1% |
| India | 32 | 0.1% |
| Latvia | 32 | 0.1% |
| Italy | 30 | 0.1% |
| Kosovo | 29 | 0.1% |
| Sudan | 25 | 0.0% |
| Croatia | 25 | 0.0% |
| Bulgaria | 24 | 0.0% |
| Lebanon | 24 | 0.0% |
| Yugoslavia | 23 | 0.0% |
| Finland | 17 | 0.0% |
| Kenya | 16 | 0.0% |
| Brazil | 16 | 0.0% |
| Peru | 14 | 0.0% |
| Moldova | 13 | 0.0% |
| Morocco | 12 | 0.0% |
| South Africa | 12 | 0.0% |
| Tunisia | 12 | 0.0% |
| Colombia | 12 | 0.0% |
| Cambodia | 12 | 0.0% |
| Spain | 11 | 0.0% |
| Tanzania | 11 | 0.0% |
| Czech Republic | 11 | 0.0% |
| Austria | 10 | 0.0% |
| France | 9 | 0.0% |
| Portugal | 9 | 0.0% |
| Canada | 9 | 0.0% |
| Albania | 8 | 0.0% |
| Belgium | 8 | 0.0% |
| Chile | 8 | 0.0% |
| Estonia | 8 | 0.0% |
| Somalia | 7 | 0.0% |
| Argentina | 7 | 0.0% |
| Republic of North Macedonia | 7 | 0.0% |
| Greece | 6 | 0.0% |
| Ethiopia | 6 | 0.0% |
| Mexico | 6 | 0.0% |
| Indonesia | 6 | 0.0% |
| Ireland | 5 | 0.0% |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0.0% |
| South Korea | 5 | 0.0% |
| Australia | 5 | 0.0% |
| Belarus | 5 | 0.0% |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 0.0% |
| Yugoslavia, Federal Republic | 5 | 0.0% |
| Slovakia | 5 | 0.0% |
| Soviet Union | 4 | 0.0% |
| Mozambique | 4 | 0.0% |
| Japan | 4 | 0.0% |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 0.0% |
| Burundi | 3 | 0.0% |
| Gambia, The | 3 | 0.0% |
| Ghana | 3 | 0.0% |
| South Sudan | 3 | 0.0% |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0.0% |
| Israel | 3 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 3 | 0.0% |
| Montenegro | 3 | 0.0% |
| Not stated | 3 | 0.0% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0.0% |
| Algeria | 2 | 0.0% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0.0% |
| Egypt | 2 | 0.0% |
| Bolivia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 2 | 0.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 0.0% |
| Jamaica | 2 | 0.0% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0.0% |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Nepal | 2 | 0.0% |
| Pakistan | 2 | 0.0% |
| Armenia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Tajikistan | 2 | 0.0% |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 0.0% |
| Angola | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mali | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mauritius | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 0.0% |
| Togo | 1 | 0.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0.0% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guatemala | 1 | 0.0% |
| Honduras | 1 | 0.0% |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0.0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 0.0% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Laos | 1 | 0.0% |
| Maldives | 1 | 0.0% |
| Tonga | 1 | 0.0% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0.0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 0.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source2
Ancestry or ethnicity
Population at the first day of the quarter; total age and sex; ancestry category: Immigrants · 2026Q3 (2026-07-01)
| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 5,194 | 100.0% |
| Romania | 1,150 | 22.1% |
| Ukraine | 524 | 10.1% |
| Poland | 464 | 8.9% |
| Norway | 250 | 4.8% |
| Syria | 247 | 4.8% |
| Myanmar | 208 | 4.0% |
| Germany | 199 | 3.8% |
| Sweden | 167 | 3.2% |
| Thailand | 140 | 2.7% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 136 | 2.6% |
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| Published group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 132 | 2.5% |
| Vietnam | 95 | 1.8% |
| Lithuania | 94 | 1.8% |
| Eritrea | 91 | 1.8% |
| Netherlands | 80 | 1.5% |
| Turkey | 67 | 1.3% |
| Iraq | 67 | 1.3% |
| United Kingdom | 66 | 1.3% |
| Iran | 59 | 1.1% |
| Sri Lanka | 58 | 1.1% |
| Congo, Democratic Republic | 51 | 1.0% |
| Hungary | 42 | 0.8% |
| Uganda | 40 | 0.8% |
| China | 38 | 0.7% |
| Russia | 38 | 0.7% |
| USA | 37 | 0.7% |
| Iceland | 34 | 0.7% |
| Afghanistan | 32 | 0.6% |
| Italy | 28 | 0.5% |
| India | 27 | 0.5% |
| Latvia | 26 | 0.5% |
| Croatia | 25 | 0.5% |
| Bulgaria | 23 | 0.4% |
| Serbia | 21 | 0.4% |
| Sudan | 19 | 0.4% |
| Finland | 16 | 0.3% |
| Kenya | 16 | 0.3% |
| Brazil | 16 | 0.3% |
| Yugoslavia | 15 | 0.3% |
| Peru | 14 | 0.3% |
| Kosovo | 14 | 0.3% |
| South Africa | 12 | 0.2% |
| Spain | 11 | 0.2% |
| Tanzania | 11 | 0.2% |
| Colombia | 11 | 0.2% |
| Lebanon | 11 | 0.2% |
| Moldova | 11 | 0.2% |
| Austria | 10 | 0.2% |
| Cambodia | 10 | 0.2% |
| Czech Republic | 10 | 0.2% |
| France | 9 | 0.2% |
| Belgium | 8 | 0.2% |
| Portugal | 8 | 0.2% |
| Morocco | 8 | 0.2% |
| Canada | 8 | 0.2% |
| Chile | 8 | 0.2% |
| Estonia | 8 | 0.2% |
| Argentina | 7 | 0.1% |
| Albania | 6 | 0.1% |
| Greece | 6 | 0.1% |
| Ethiopia | 6 | 0.1% |
| Tunisia | 6 | 0.1% |
| Mexico | 6 | 0.1% |
| Republic of North Macedonia | 6 | 0.1% |
| Ireland | 5 | 0.1% |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0.1% |
| South Korea | 5 | 0.1% |
| Australia | 5 | 0.1% |
| Belarus | 5 | 0.1% |
| Yugoslavia, Federal Republic | 5 | 0.1% |
| Soviet Union | 4 | 0.1% |
| Mozambique | 4 | 0.1% |
| Japan | 4 | 0.1% |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 0.1% |
| Slovakia | 4 | 0.1% |
| Czechoslovakia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Burundi | 3 | 0.1% |
| Ghana | 3 | 0.1% |
| Somalia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Venezuela | 3 | 0.1% |
| Indonesia | 3 | 0.1% |
| Israel | 3 | 0.1% |
| Montenegro | 3 | 0.1% |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 0.0% |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 2 | 0.0% |
| Algeria | 2 | 0.0% |
| Gambia, The | 2 | 0.0% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 0.0% |
| South Sudan | 2 | 0.0% |
| Egypt | 2 | 0.0% |
| Bolivia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Cuba | 2 | 0.0% |
| Dominican Republic | 2 | 0.0% |
| Jamaica | 2 | 0.0% |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Nepal | 2 | 0.0% |
| Armenia | 2 | 0.0% |
| Tajikistan | 2 | 0.0% |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 0.0% |
| Angola | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mali | 1 | 0.0% |
| Mauritius | 1 | 0.0% |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 0.0% |
| Togo | 1 | 0.0% |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 0.0% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 0.0% |
| Guatemala | 1 | 0.0% |
| Honduras | 1 | 0.0% |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0.0% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 0.0% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 0.0% |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 0.0% |
| Cyprus | 1 | 0.0% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Laos | 1 | 0.0% |
| Maldives | 1 | 0.0% |
| Pakistan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Tonga | 1 | 0.0% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 0.0% |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 0.0% |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 0.0% |
| Georgia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0.0% |
| Not stated | 1 | 0.0% |
Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source2
Additional context
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| English-language portal | https://www.nyidanmark.dk/ url | 27 Aug 2026 | nyidanmark.dk — Danish immigration portal (English)6Official |
Alternatives for people set on Frederikshavn
Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.
Hjørring as a Frederikshavn alternative in the same region
25 km away, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 1.
- Unemployment: 2.7% Hjørring vs 3.1% Frederikshavn−13%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 5,175 Hjørring vs 5,908 Frederikshavn−12%
- Nearest airport: 41.8 km Hjørring vs 33.2 km Frederikshavn+26%
- Residents: 63,311 Hjørring vs 57,882 Frederikshavn+9%
- Rent: €9.86/m² Hjørring vs €9.86/m² Frederikshavnsame level
Ringkøbing-Skjern as a Frederikshavn alternative in the same country
A move, not a commute, at 200 km, better on 2 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 2.
- Unemployment: 1.7% Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 3.1% Frederikshavn−45%
- Recorded crime, per 100k: 3,901 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 5,908 Frederikshavn−34%
- Nearest airport: 57.4 km Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 33.2 km Frederikshavn+73%
- Rent: €10.39/m² Ringkøbing-Skjern vs €9.86/m² Frederikshavn+5%
- Residents: 55,582 Ringkøbing-Skjern vs 57,882 Frederikshavn−4%
Cities near Frederikshavn
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
- Rent
- 702.9 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2026-01-01
Alternative cities in Denmark
Other cities in Denmark to compare with Frederikshavn, nearest in population first.
How does Frederikshavn compare?
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Frederikshavn in rankings
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Frederikshavn under the national coverage rules.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideSchool for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 6 to 16, and public school is free. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: sprogstimulation (compulsory language stimulation for bilingual children) + supplementary Danish instruction. How to enrol a child (uvm.dk).
A country-wide rule for Denmark; Frederikshavn's school authority applies it locally.
Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.
Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
How many people live in Frederikshavn?
The published population was 57,882 people in 2025. Source: Statistics Denmark official Population 1 January by municipality, age and sex; summed over all ages and sexes..
How safe is Frederikshavn?
Police recorded about 5,908 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: StatBank Denmark STRAF11 — reported criminal offences, municipality, all offence types.
What is the unemployment rate in Frederikshavn?
The unemployment rate is 3.1 % (November 2025). Source: StatBank Denmark AUP02 — unemployed in per cent of the labour force.
How many foreign residents live in Frederikshavn?
5,119 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: DST FOLK1D: population at the first day of the quarter, total sex, total age, STATSB=UDLAND (Foreign citizen). This is citizenship, not foreign-born or foreign-origin population..
Is Frederikshavn a good place to live?
Frederikshavn may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
Which cities are near Frederikshavn?
Sæby, Hjørring are near Frederikshavn. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
How many people are in the Denmark citizenship group in Frederikshavn?
The official citizenship distribution records 52,191 people (90.9%) in the source-defined population for 2026Q3 (2026-07-01). This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Frederikshavn, Denmark: population, rent, salary, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 030200c37565dad6e8b2b7d61e4dd7f6]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/frederikshavn/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_frederikshavn-denmark-population-rent-salary-jobs_37d2e3403f8f,
author = {ImmigrationDB},
title = {Frederikshavn, Denmark: population, rent, salary, jobs},
publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
year = {2026},
date = {2026-10-16},
version = {030200c37565dad6e8b2b7d61e4dd7f6},
url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/frederikshavn/},
note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}Markdown citation
[Frederikshavn, Denmark: population, rent, salary, jobs](https://immigrationdb.com/cities/dk/frederikshavn/) — ImmigrationDB; ImmigrationDB; version 030200c37565dad6e8b2b7d61e4dd7f6; retrieved 2026-10-16; built 2026-10-16.This citation identifies the ImmigrationDB compilation/page. Underlying source publishers and datasets retain their own terms; inspect the Sources section and cite those records separately. View the underlying source records.
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