Ølgod

Ølgod is a railway town on the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. As of 1 January 2024, it had a population of 3,763.

Ølgod is served by Ølgod railway station, located on the Esbjerg-Struer railway line.

Ølgod Church


Ølgod Church is built in the Romanesque style, presumably as a manor church, around 1200. The church tower was built around 1500, while the altarpiece is from 1596.

Museums


Ølgod Museum, located in the Culture House, tells the story of Danish agriculture, from poor heath farmers to democratic modern farmers.



Hjedding Andelsmejeri, situated about 2 km south of Ølgod, was the first cooperative dairy in Denmark, founded in 1882. Now it is a museum where the machines that helped to revolutionise the Danish dairy operation are on display.

Ølgod Municipality
The former Ølgod Municipality covered an area of 247 km2 and had a total population of 11,351 as of 2005. Ølgod Municipality's last mayor was Erik Buhl Nielsen.



On 1 January 2007, the municipality ceased to exist as a result of the Kommunalreformen. It was merged with Blaabjerg, Blåvandshuk, Helle and Varde municipalities to form a new Varde Municipality.

References in popular culture
Ølgod native Maren Madsen Christensen wrote a memoir titled Fra Jyllands Brune Heder til Landet Over Havet (Eng: From Jutland's Brown Heather to the Land Across the Sea) about her time growing up in Denmark and her later life in Yarmouth, Maine. Christensen died in 1965, aged 93.

Notable people

 * Mette Magrete Tvistman (1741–1827), the first female clockmaker in Denmark. She had her own workshop in Ølgod from 1787 to 1798
 * Jacob Stilling-Andersen (1858–1933), a dairy manager and businessman
 * Jan Kristiansen (born 1981), a retired footballer with over 450 club appearances and 11 international appearances for Denmark
 * Lars Møller Madsen (born 1981), a handball player who won the European Men's Handball Championship in 2008 with Denmark
 * Margrethe Vestager (born 1968), a politician and European Commissioner. She grew up in Ølgod before moving to Copenhagen for a university education
 * Christian Rabjerg Madsen (born 1986), a politician and former minister