Faaborg (Funen Island Denmark)

Faaborg is a port town on Denmark's Funen Island (Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality) with population around 7,000. Funen is sized approx 3100 km2 (1197 mi2), with Odense being its largest city/principal port followed by (ranked by population) Svendborg, Nyborg, Middelfart, Faaborg, Assens, Kerteminde, Ringe, Otterup, and Bogense.

The road distance between Faaborg and Odense is 45 km/28 mi (to the north via Route 43), Svendborg is approx 28 km/17 mi (to the east via Route 44), Nyborg is approx 59 km/37 mi (to the north-east via highway E20 and Route 43), Middelfart is approx 80 km/50 mi (to the north-northwest via Route 43 and highway E20), Assens is approx 34 km/21 mi (to the northwest via Routes 329 and 323).

Faaborg Harbour Port's locode is DKFAA.

The settlement (as Foburgh/translated Fox Castle) received Kobstad/"market town" status in the 13th-century, granted by King Valdemar II Valdemarsen/The Victorious (1170-1241). In the late-15th-century was established a monastery which eventually acquired most of the town's property. Faaborg was developed as a trading port in the 16th-17th centuries and in the 18th century became a large port serving corn export (to Norway) and trade with Hertugdommet Slesvig (Duchy of Schleswig/1058-1866) and Hertugdommet Holsten (Duchy of Holstein/1474-1866).

In the 19th century, Faaborg's trade with Norway was largely replaced with the UK, and shipping routes linking to China and Australia were opened and the town's population grew fourfold (to ~4000, mostly immigrants from Schleswig and Holstein). The town's largest employer was Dansk Vin- og Konservesfabrik (wine and canning factory). The harbor was enlarged to accommodate the bigger steamships. Cargo and passenger shipping lines linked directly to Copenhagen (Denmark's capital) while a railway line (1882-opened) linked to other Funen towns.