Thisted

Thisted
Town
Main pedestrian street of Thisted.
Coat of arms
Thisted Location in Denmark
Coordinates: 56°57′00″N 08°42′00″E / 56.95000°N 8.70000°E / 56.95000; 8.70000Coordinates: 56°57′00″N 08°42′00″E / 56.95000°N 8.70000°E / 56.95000; 8.70000
Country	Denmark
Region	Nordjylland
Municipality	Thisted
Foundation	pre-history (unknown)
Market town	1500
Population (1. January 2014)
• Total	13,079
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+1)
Website	www.thisted.dk

Thisted is a town in Thisted municipality of Region Nordjylland, in Denmark. It has a population of 13,079 (1 January 2014) and is located in Thy, in northwestern Jutland.

The town name derives from the Germanic deity Tyr and could be translated into Tyr's Stead.

Market town status was given to Thisted in the year 1500.

J.P. Jacobsen, Jesper Grønkjær, Bent Larsen, Yutte Stensgaard, Christen Mikkelsen Kold, and the pop duo Junior Senior and disc jockey Kato are some notable people from Thisted. Grethe Rask, a medical doctor who worked in Africa in the 1970s is also from Thisted. Working in primitive conditions, Rask was the first known confirmed case of AIDS to be discovered by the western medical community

There are several educational institutions in Thisted. There are three schools, Østre skole, Rolighedskolen, and Tingstrup skole. There's also a gymnasium, Higher Preparatory Examination, Higher Commercial Examination Programme and Higher Technical Examination Programme.

Thisted has a football team Thisted FC in the Danish 2nd Division West (2016-2017 season).