Grenaa or Grenå is a town in central Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 with a population of 14,308 (1 January 2011). The town centre is about 2 km west of the east coast of the Djursland

Djursland

Djursland is a Danish peninsula located on the east coast of the larger Jutland peninsula. Other minor peninsulas are also found stretching out from Djursland, such as Skødshoved and Helgenæs.Djursland is also Jyllands only round church in Thorsager....

 peninsula in Jutland

Jutland

Jutland , historically also called Cimbria, is the name of the peninsula that juts out in Northern Europe toward the rest of Scandinavia, forming the mainland part of Denmark. It has the North Sea to its west, Kattegat and Skagerrak to its north, the Baltic Sea to its east, and the Danish–German...

's Region Midtjylland

Region Midtjylland

Central Denmark Region or Central Jutland Region is an administrative region of Denmark established on January 1, 2007 as part of the 2007 Danish Municipal Reform, which replaced the traditional counties with five larger regions. At the same time, smaller municipalities were merged into larger...

. The town is the municipal seat and the largest town in Norddjurs Municipality

Norddjurs municipality

Norddjurs is a municipality in Region Midtjylland in Denmark. It covers an area of 661 km² and a total population of 38,581 ....

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Grenå is a seaport, with ferry connections to the Danish island of Anholt

Anholt (Denmark)

Anholt is a Danish island in the Kattegat, midway between Jutland and Sweden, with 171 permanent residents as of 1 January 2010. It is seven miles long and about four miles wide at its widest and covers an area of 21,75 km². Anholt is part of Norddjurs municipality in Region Midtjylland...

 and to the Swedish town of Varberg

Varberg

Varberg is a locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden with 26,041 inhabitants in 2005.Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their 'typical west coast' sandy beaches. In Varberg the coast changes from wide sandy beaches to rocky terrain that continues north into...

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Notable Persons from Grenaa

• Sharin Foo - the vocalist, bassist and guitarist of The Raveonettes
  The Raveonettes
  The Raveonettes are a Danish indie rock duo, consisting of Sune Rose Wagner on guitar, instruments, and vocals, and Sharin Foo on bass, guitar and vocals...
  
  , is from Emmelev just outside Grenaa.
• August Krogh
  August Krogh
  Schack August Steenberg Krogh FRS was a Danish professor of Romani background at the department of zoophysiology at the University of Copenhagen from 1916-1945...
  
   - winner of the 1920 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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• Ferdinand Sorenson
  Ferdinand Sorenson
  Ferdinand Sorenson was a prominent music educator in the U.S. state of Oregon as well as a conductor, composer, dance instructor and performer. Originally from Grenaa , Denmark, Sorenson came to the United States as an infant with his parents, Lars and Matilda Sorenson.Sorenson's music education...
  
   - prominent Oregon
  Oregon
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   music educator, conductor, composer, dance instructor and performer.

See also

• Aarhus
  Aarhus
  Aarhus or Århus is the second-largest city in Denmark. The principal port of Denmark, Aarhus is on the east side of the peninsula of Jutland in the geographical center of Denmark...
  
   (Århus), Ebeltoft
  Ebeltoft
  Ebeltoft is a town with a population of 7,559 on the central east coast of Denmark, located in Syddjurs municipality in Region Midtjylland on the Danish peninsula of Jutland....
  
   and Randers
  Randers
  Randers is a city in Randers municipality on the Jutland peninsula in central Denmark. It is Denmark's sixth-largest city, with a population of 60,656 . Randers city is the main town of the municipality and the site of its municipal council.-Overview:Randers municipality has 94,750 inhabitants...
  
   - nearby cities
• Grenaa Gymnasium & HF
  Grenaa Gymnasium & HF
  Grenaa Gymnasium is a secondary school in Grenaa, Denmark. The school has three types of education, Gymnasium, HF and IB.The school comprises two buildings connected by an umbilical. The first – often referred to as the old part – was built in 1964, the second – often referred to...
  
  - secondary school