Skårup

Skårup is a town located on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark in Svendborg Municipality close to the city of Svendborg.

Seminarium

Skårup was previously the location of Skårup Seminarium which closed in 2010. The buildings are still there, although a new use for them has yet to be determined.

Notable people

Emil Rostrup a Danish botanist, mycologist and plant pathologist and, for 25 years from 1858, a teacher at the paedagogical college Skårup Seminarium in then new subject of natural history
Hans Peter Nielsen a Danish farmer and politician
Christian Mortensen, supercentenarian who was the first known man to become 114 to 115 years old