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{{Infobox settlement
| name                   = Sæby
| settlement_type        = Town
| image_skyline          = Sæby - ved Klostertorvet1.JPG
| image_caption          = Sæby Church
| pushpin_map            = Denmark#Denmark North Jutland Region
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Denmark
| subdivision_type       = Country
| subdivision_name       = [[Denmark]]
| subdivision_type1      = [[Regions of Denmark|Region]]
| subdivision_name1      = [[North Denmark Region|North Denmark (''Nordjylland'')]]
| subdivision_type2      = [[Municipalities of Denmark|Municipality]]
| subdivision_name2      = [[Frederikshavn Municipality|Frederikshavn]]
| image_seal             = Sæbysegl 1584.jpg
| image_shield           = Coat of arms of Sæby.svg
| coordinates            = {{coord|57|19|46|N|10|31|56|E|display=inline}}
| area_urban_km2         = 7.8
| population_as_of       = 2025-01-01
| population_urban       = 8,991
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| population_blank1_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_blank1  = 4352 males and 4639 females
| established_title  = Settled
| established_date   = 11th century
| established_title2 = City status
| established_date2  = 1524
| timezone      = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset    = +1
| timezone_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset_DST= +2
| postal_code   = 9300
}}
[[Image:Sæbysegl 1584.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Seal of Saeby, 1584, by J.Th Hansen]]
'''Sæby''' ({{IPA|da|ˈseːˌpyˀ}}) is a [[town]] and [[seaport]] located on the east coast of the [[historical region]] of [[Vendsyssel]] on the [[North Jutlandic Island]] in northern [[Denmark]]. The town is located in [[Frederikshavn municipality]] in [[Region Nordjylland]]. It has a population of 8,991 (1 January 2025).<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> Sæby was granted market rights in 1524.

==History==
Until 2007 Sæby was the main town in Sæby municipality. Since 2007 part of [[Frederikshavn municipality]].

==Attractions==
* Sæby Glassblowing Workshop
* Sæby Harbour
* Sæby Church
* Fruen fra Havet: 6.25 m. high statue standing on the pier at the entrance to Sæby harbour. The statue was made by artist Marit Benthe Norheim and it was inaugurated in 2001.
* Sæby Museum
* Sæby Old Town
* Sæby Teddies (two persons in teddy-bear costumes)
* Sæby Watermill
* Sæbygaard Manor: A manor house from the renaissance. Inside there is a small museum with exhibitions of historical furniture.
* Sæby Beach
* Sæby Townsquare

== Notable people ==
[[File:Sophus Frederik Kühnel.jpg|thumb|160px|Sophus Frederik Kühnel, 1911]]
=== Science & Business ===
* [[Jacob Severin]] (1691 in Sæby – 1753) a Danish merchant who held a trade monopoly on Greenland from 1733 to 1749
* [[Sophus Frederik Kühnel]] (1851 in Sæby – 1930) a Danish architect, designed [[Mejlborg]] and a number of other buildings in [[Aarhus]]
* [[Adam Giede Böving]] (1869 in Sæby – 1957) a Danish-American entomologist and zoologist, studied the larvae of the order [[Coleoptera]]
=== The Arts ===
* [[Henry Holst]] (1899 in Sæby – 1991) a Danish violinist, variously at the [[Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra]], the [[Royal Manchester College of Music]], the [[Royal College of Music]] and the [[Royal Danish Academy of Music]].
* [[Carl Ottosen]] (1918 – 1972 in Saeby) a Danish actor, screenwriter and film director, appearing in 70 films <ref> [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0653324/  IMDb Database] retrieved 24 April 2020 </ref>
* [[Walter Kuhlman]] (1918–2009) an American painter and printmaker, linked to [[Abstract Expressionism]] and [[American Figurative Expressionism]], brought up in Sæby
* [[Jørgen Rømer]] (1923 in Saeby – 2007) a Danish art historian, graphic artist and painter
* [[Lene Siel]] (born 1968 in Saeby) a Danish singer
=== Sport ===
* [[Merete Pedersen]] (born 1973 in Saeby) a Danish former footballer, member of the Danish national team for 16 years
* [[Rasmus Thellufsen]] (born 1997 in Saeby) a Danish footballer, playing for [[AaB Fodbold|AaB]]

==References==
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