Gislum

Gislum Parish

Gislum Sogn
Gislum Parish Gislum Sogn
	Gislum Church
	Seal
Country	Denmark
Region	Central Denmark (Midtjylland)
Municipality	Vesthimmerland Municipality
Diocese	Diocese of Viborg
Population (2023)
• Total	329
Time zone	UTC+1 (Central Europe Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2
Postal code	9600

Gislum Parish (Danish: Gislum Sogn) is a parish located in Vesthimmerland Municipality within the Diocese of Viborg.

Until the 1970 Danish Municipal Reform, the parish was a municipal region within Gislum Herred in Aalborg County The town within the parish once had a grocery store and two schools, all of which closed had closed by 1980.

In 1432 there was something called Gislum call and it was because the prist of Gislum was in control over Vognsild, Svingelbjerg and Farsø parish.^[2]

Notable people

Jens Bigum (born 1938 in Gislum) a Danish business executive and former CEO of Arla Foods

References

^ "KM1: Folketal den 1. i kvartalet efter sogn og folkekirkemedlemsskab". Statistics Denmark (in Danish). 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
^ Wammen, J. P. "Hr. Mads Sørensen i Gislum". tidsskrift.dk.

[1] "KM1: Folketal den 1. i kvartalet efter sogn og folkekirkemedlemsskab". Statistics Denmark (in Danish). 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.

[2] Wammen, J. P. "Hr. Mads Sørensen i Gislum". tidsskrift.dk.

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