Olsker
Olsker is a small community in the north of Bornholm island, Denmark. It is situated in Olsker parish, some 3.5 km south of Allinge and 2.5 km from Tejn.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 65 residents
- Description: village on Bornholm regional municipality, Denmark
- Also known as: “Olskirke” and “Sankt Ols”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Sankt Ols Kirke and Ole Christensens Skulpturpark.
Sankt Ols Kirke
Church
Photo: Fugit hora, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sankt Ols Kirke, also known as Olsker Church, is a 12th-century round church located in the village of Olsker, 4 km south of Allinge on the Danish island of Bornholm.
Tejn Church
Church
Photo: Bococo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tejn Church is located at Tejn on the north-east coast of the Danish island of Bornholm. The most recent of the island's churches, it was built in 1940 to a Functionalist design by Emanuel Grauslund. Tejn Church is situated 2½ km east of Olsker.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tejn and Humledal.
Tejn
Village
Photo: Hubertus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Tejn is a harbour town on the north-eastern coast of the Danish island of Bornholm, 5 km south of Allinge-Sandvig. As of 1 January 2025, it has a population of 771. Tejn is situated 2½ km east of Olsker.
Humledal
Hamlet
Photo: Beethoven9, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Humledal is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ km east of Olsker.
Vang
Hamlet
Photo: Hubertus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Vang is a little fishing village on the northwest coast of the Danish island of Bornholm, 7 kilometres north of Hasle. From the late 19th century, it prospered as a result of its granite-quarrying activities. Vang is situated 4 km west of Olsker.
Olsker
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Bornholm, Capital Region, Denmark, Nordic countries, Europe
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Latitude
55.241° or 55° 14′ 28″ northLongitude
14.79714° or 14° 47′ 50″ eastPopulation
65Elevation
97 metres (318 feet)Open location code
9F7P6QRW+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 9376527801OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
2615830Wikidata ID
Q254604
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Danish to Turkish—“Olsker” goes by many names.
- Danish: “Olsker”
- Dutch: “Olsker”
- Hungarian: “Olsker”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Olsker”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Olsker”
- Swedish: “Olsker”
- Turkish: “Olsker”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Olsker”. Photo: GunnarBach, Public domain.