Editing Slagelse (section)

== Notable residents ==
===Public thought and politics===
* [[Ludvig Stoud Platou]] (1778–1833), historical and geographical writer
* [[Georg Koës]] (1782–1811), philologist
* [[William Christopher Zeise]] (1789–1847), chemist
* [[Jørgen Peter Frederik Wulff]] (1808–1881), naval officer
* [[Anna Laursen]] (1845–1911), schoolteacher and women's rights activist
* [[Niels Erik Nørlund]] (1885–1981), mathematician
* [[Margrethe Bohr|Margrethe Nørlund Bohr]] (1890–1984), editor and transcriber for Danish physicist [[Niels Bohr]]
* [[Hilmar Baunsgaard]] (1920–1989), politician and leader of the [[Danish Social Liberal Party]] from 1968–1975
* [[Villum Christensen]] (born 1954), politician and [[Folketing|MF]]
* [[Kim Christiansen (politician)|Kim Christiansen]] (born 1956), politician and MF
* [[Stén Knuth]] (born 1964), politician and MF
* [[Louise Schack Elholm]] (born 1977), politician and MF
* [[Rasmus Horn Langhoff]] (born 1980), politician and MF

===Art===
* [[Johan Jacob Bruun]] (1715–1789), painter
* [[Andrea Krætzmer]] (1811–1889), ballet dancer
* [[Didrik Frisch]] (1835–1867), landscape painter
* [[Ludvig Abelin Schou]] (1838–1867), painter
* [[Hans Egede Budtz]] (1889–1968), actor
* [[Ella Ungermann]] (1891–1921), actress
* [[Vilhelm Lauritzen]] (1894–1984), architect and founder of the [[Vilhelm Lauritzen Architects]] architectural firm
* [[Hardy Rafn]] (1930–1997), actor
* [[Stig Brøgger]] (born 1941), artist
* [[Torben Lendager]] (born 1951), singer
* [[Hot Eyes|Kirsten Siggard]] (born 1954), singer and 3-time participant of the [[Eurovision Song Contest]]
* [[Karsten Kiilerich]] (born 1955), director, writer and animator
* [[Elle Klarskov Jørgensen]] (born 1958), sculptor
* [[Simone Egeriis]] (born 1992), pop singer
* [[Alex Høgh Andersen]] (born 1994), actor

===Sport===
* [[Fred K. Nielsen]] (1879–1963), college football coach
* [[Hans Olsen (fencer)]] (1886–1976), fencer 
* [[Poul Toft Jensen]] (1912–2000), football player
* [[Gunner Olesen]] (1916–1979), gymnast
* [[Villy Moll Nielsen]] (1927), field hockey player
* [[Poul Moll Nielsen]] (1930 - 1992), field hockey player
* [[Torben Alstrup Jensen]] (1930 - 2007), field hockey player 
* [[Willy Kristoffersen]] (born 1933), field hockey player
* [[Ernst Pedersen]] (born 1935), former sports shooter
* [[Vagn Bangsborg]] (born 1936), former cyclist
* [[Ole Ritter]] (born 1941), former cyclist
* [[Bo Braastrup Andersen]] (born 1976), football manager and former goalkeeper
* [[Martin Kristjansen]] (born 1977), boxer
* [[Joachim Persson]] (born 1983), badminton player
* [[Buster Juul]] (born 1993), handball player
* [[Niklas Larsen]] (born 1997), cyclist