Vester Skerninge

Vester Skerninge is a town located on the island of Funen in south-central Denmark, in Svendborg Municipality.

The town was the seat of Egebjerg Municipality prior to the municipal reform in 2007, when it merged into the Svendborg Municipality.

Notable people

• Frederik Christian von Haven (1728 in Vester Skerninge – 1763 in Yemen) was a Danish philologist and theologian who took part in (and died on) the Danish expedition to Yemen, which began in 1761

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