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{{Infobox settlement
| settlement_type = Town
| name = Skibby
| image_skyline = Skibby - gadeparti.jpg
| image_caption =
| image_map = 
| map_caption =
| pushpin_map = Denmark#Denmark Capital Region
| pushpin_relief =
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Denmark
| coordinates = {{coord|55|45|11|N|11|57|49|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[Denmark]]
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = [[Capital Region of Denmark|Region Hovedstaden]]
| subdivision_type2 = Municipality
| subdivision_name2 = [[Frederikssund Municipality|Frederikssund]]
| area_urban_km2 = 1.84
| population_as_of = 2025
| population_footnotes = <ref name="BY3"/>
| population_urban = 3135
| population_density_urban_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = [[Central European Time|CET]]
| utc_offset1 = +1
| timezone1_DST = [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]]
| utc_offset1_DST = +2
| postal_code_type = Postal code
| postal_code = DK-4050 Skibby
}}

'''Skibby''' is a town with a population of 3,135 (1 January 2025),<ref name="BY3">[https://m.statbank.dk/TableInfo/BY3?lang=en BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density] The Mobile Statbank from [[Statistics Denmark]]</ref> situated in [[Frederikssund Municipality]], [[Capital Region of Denmark|Region Hovedstaden]] on the northern part of the island of [[Zealand (Denmark)|Zealand]] (''Sjælland'') in eastern [[Denmark]]. It was the municipal seat of the former Skibby Municipality ([[Danish language|Danish]], ''[[Municipalities of Denmark|Skibby Kommune]]''), until 1 January 2007.

==Skibby Municipality==

The former Skibby municipality covered an area of 80 km<sup>2</sup>, and had a total population of 6,783 (2005).

On 1 January 2007 Skibby Municipality ceased to exist as the result of [[Municipalities of Denmark#Municipal Reform 2007|''Kommunalreformen'' ("The Municipality Reform" of 2007)]].  It was merged with [[Frederikssund]], [[Jægerspris]], and [[Slangerup]] municipalities to form the new [[Frederikssund Municipality]].  This created a municipality with an area of 260 km<sup>2</sup> and a total population of ca. 44,140.

== Notable people ==
* [[Hermann Baagøe Storck]] (1839 in Skibby – 1922 in Copenhagen) a Danish architect and heraldist, known for the restoration of historic buildings. Designed the purpose-built Neoclassical museum building for [[The Hirschsprung Collection]] in Copenhagen.
* [[Sophie Holten]] (1858 in Skuldelev near Skibby – 1930) a Danish painter who created portraits, flower paintings and genre works, remembered for her portraits of [[August Strindberg]] and [[L. A. Ring]]

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.frederikssund.dk/ Municipality's official website]
* Municipal statistics: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070812152043/http://www2.netborger.dk/Kommunefakta/ NetBorger Kommunefakta], delivered from [http://www.kmd.dk/ KMD aka Kommunedata (Municipal Data)]

{{Frederikssund Municipality}}

[[Category:Former municipalities of Denmark]]
[[Category:Cities and towns in the Capital Region of Denmark]]
[[Category:Frederikssund Municipality]]