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{{Infobox settlement
| official_name           = Ringsted
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| settlement_type         = City
| image_skyline           = Ringsted_-_ved_Sct._Hans_Gade.jpg
| image_caption           = Saint Bendt's Church (''Skt. Bendts Kirke'') in Ringsted, Denmark
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| image_shield            = Coat of arms of Ringsted.svg
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| pushpin_map_caption     = Location in Denmark
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| subdivision_name        = Denmark
| subdivision_type1       = [[Regions of Denmark|Region]]
| subdivision_name1       = [[Region Zealand|Zealand (''Sjælland'')]]
| subdivision_type2       = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2       = [[Ringsted Municipality|Ringsted]]
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| area_urban_km2          = 13.8
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| population_as_of        = 2025
| population_footnotes    = <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>
| population_total        = 
| population_urban        = 24094
| population_blank1_title = Municipality
| population_blank1       = 36286
| population_blank2_title = Gender <ref>[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY1?lang=en BY1: Population 1. January by urban areas, age and sex] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref>
| population_blank2       = 11932 males and 12210 females
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| population_demonym      = Ringsteder
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| elevation_footnotes     = 
| elevation_m             = 54
| postal_code_type        = Postal code
| postal_code             = 4100
| area_code               = (+45) 57
| website                 = http://www.ringsted.dk/
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'''Ringsted''' is a city located centrally in the Danish island of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]]. It is the seat of a [[Ringsted Municipality|municipality of the same name]].

Ringsted is situated approximately {{cvt|60|km}} from [[Copenhagen]].

==History==
Ringsted was the site of ''Sjællands Landsting'' (lit. ''Zealand's county [[Thing (assembly)|thing]]'') during the [[Middle Ages]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.roskildehistorie.dk/1600/billeder/bystyre/retsvaesen/landsting.htm |title=Sjællands landsting |website=roskildehistorie.dk |access-date=14 August 2013}}</ref> which in 1584 moved to St. Bendt's church and became known as ''Sjællandsfar Landsting''. In 1805 it moved to Copenhagen and was renamed [[Østre Landsret]], and is still active under this name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.visitringsted.dk/tellus-product/619957 |title=Tingstenene |website=visitringsted.dk |publisher=Ringsted Turistinformation |access-date=14 August 2013}}</ref>

In 1131, [[Canute Lavard]] was killed in [[Haraldsted]] forest, leading to outbreaks of [[civil war]].

The church was consecrated in 1170. In front of the church is the spacious town square leading to the shopping streets with shops and boutiques.

The town arms goes back to 1421. There has been much discussion about what it portrays. The traditional answer is at the top the hand of God and under that [[Virgin Mary]] with [[Jesus]] surrounded by three figures that worship her. The city officially interprets the three figures as Saint [[Canute Lavard]], King [[Eric IV of Denmark|Eric Plovpenning]], and Saint [[Benedict of Nursia]].

==Tourism==
* [[Danish Tramway Museum]] of [[Skjoldenæsholm]], near [[Jystrup]].
* [[St. Bendt's Church]] — a Romanesque, former [[Benedictine]], abbey church containing numerous tombs of medieval Danish royalty.

Ringsted features two shopping centers named RingStedet and Ringsted Outlet Center. Ringsted Outlet Center consists of 48 flagship outlets and 2 restaurants.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Outlet Village|url=https://ringstedoutlet.dk/en/outletbyen/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=Ringsted Outlet}}</ref> Ringsted also has a wide selection of cafes and restaurants, as well as two local breweries (Dagmarbryggeriet in Ringsted town and Det lille Bryggeri in Bringstrup) .

During the summer months, a mobile tourist office is opened in the town square.

Ringsted was previously home to Santa World, a tourist attraction featuring hundreds of [[animatronics|animatronic]] Christmas elves, which later became Fantasy World.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://wiki.ringstedhistorie.dk/index.php/Fantasy_World|title=Fantasy World|website=wiki.ringstedhistorie.dk|access-date=18 May 2020}}</ref>

==Transportation==
Ringsted is one of Denmark's busiest transit cities. The city is located in the very middle of the island of [[Zealand]], connecting both the southern parts of Zealand as well as [[Funen]] and [[Jutland]] with the [[Copenhagen metropolitan area]].

===Rail===
[[File:Ringsted Station 2021 I.jpg|thumb|Front facade of [[Ringsted railway station]].]]
Ringsted is served by [[Ringsted railway station]], which is located in the centre of the town, on the southern edge of the historic town centre, and immediately adjacent to the Ringsted bus station. It is an important [[railway junction]], located where the [[Copenhagen–Fredericia/Taulov Line|Copenhagen–Fredericia]], [[Copenhagen–Ringsted Line|Copenhagen–Ringsted]] and [[South Line (Denmark)|South Line]] railway lines meet. The station offers frequent direct [[InterCity]] services to [[Copenhagen]], [[Odense]], [[Aarhus]], [[Aalborg]], and [[Esbjerg]] as well as [[regional train]] services to [[Næstved]] and [[Elsinore]].<ref name=DSBRingstedStation>{{cite web|url=https://www.dsb.dk/kundeservice/stationer/ringsted/|title=Ringsted Station|publisher=DSB|language=da|accessdate=27 January 2023}}</ref>

==Notable people==
[[File:Edith-von-Bonsdorff.jpg|140px|thumb|Edith von Bonsdorff, 1920]]
* [[Jørgen Roed]] (1808–1888) a portrait and genre painter of the [[Golden Age of Danish Painting]]
* [[P. C. Skovgaard]] (1817–1875) a Danish national romantic landscape painter
* [[Frederik Vermehren]] (1823–1910) a genre and portrait painter in the realist style
* [[Sophus Schandorph]] (1836–1901) a poet and novelist, with the ''[[Modern Break-through]]'' <ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Schandorph,_Sophus_Christian_Frederick|volume= 24 |short=x}}</ref> 
* [[Edith von Bonsdorff]] (1890–1968) a Danish-Finnish ballet dancer and choreographer
* [[Jette Baagøe]] (born 1946) the director of the [[Danish Museum of Hunting and Forestry]]
* [[Poul Ruders]] (born 1949) a Danish organist and composer
* [[Werner Knudsen]] (born 1953) a computer scientist, composer and author
* [[Michael Poulsen]] (born 1975) Danish vocalist and guitarist.
=== Sport ===
[[File:Anders Oechsler 03.jpg|thumb|140px|Anders Oechsler, 2009]]
* [[Fritz Tarp]] (1899–1958) a Danish football player, with 250 caps with [[Boldklubben af 1893|B.93]] and 44 caps for [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]], 26 as captain
* [[Omar Hermansen]] (1913–1998) a Danish boxer who competed in the [[1936 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Helle Sørensen]] (born 1963) a former cyclist, competed at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Trine Hansen]] (born 1973) a retired female rower, team bronze medallist at the [[1996 Summer Olympics]]
* [[Ulrich Vinzents]] (born 1976) a Danish retired footballer, over 450 team caps
* [[Henrik Hansen (cricketer)|Henrik Hansen]] (born 1977) a Danish cricketer
* [[Anders Oechsler]] (born 1979) a retired Danish handball player
* [[Kristian Pedersen]] (born 1994) a Danish footballer who plays for [[Swansea City A.F.C.]]

==Sister cities==
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* {{flagicon|HUN}}  [[Gyöngyös]] - Hungary
* {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Halden]] - Norway
* {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Kutná Hora]] - Czech Republic
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* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Ringsted, Iowa]], United States
* {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Skövde Municipality]] - Sweden
* {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Vammala]] - Finland
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{wikivoyage|Ringsted}}
*[http://kommunefakta.netborger.dk/produkt/kfv3/dinkommune_resultat.asp?p=netborger&komid=329 Statistics and Figures]
*[http://www.ringsted.dk Ringsted municipality]
*[http://visitringsted.dk Visitringsted]

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