Lejre

Discover Lejre

Lejre is a town with a population of 2,587 (1 January 2020) in Lejre Municipality (Danish, kommune) on the island of Zealand in east Denmark. It belongs to Region Zealand. The town's Old Norse name was Hleiðr or Hleiðargarðr. The municipality has an area of 240 km² and a total population of ca. 26,989 (2014),and the municipal seat is Kirke Hvalsø. Lejre's role in Danish history can be compared to that of Gamla Uppsala in Sweden. Moreover, it has long been thought to have been the real-world counterpart to Heorot, the hall of King Hrothgar at the centre of the action in the Old English epic poem Beowulf.