Editing Skagen (section)

===17th–19th centuries===
[[File:Skagenhaus 1.jpg|thumb|left|Typical Skagen house: red tiled roof with white trimmings, yellow-plastered walls and a white fence]]
In the 17th century, fishing suffered from a decline in herring stocks. Shortly after the beginning of the [[Torstensson War]], the Swedish army arrived in Skagen in January 1644, plundering the town.<ref name=slf/><ref>[http://www.danskekonger.dk/andet/torstenssonkrigen "Torstenssonkrigen 1643–45"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109110521/http://www.danskekonger.dk/andet/torstenssonkrigen |date=9 November 2013 }}, Danske konger. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 9 November 2013.</ref>  [[Skagen's White Lighthouse]] with adjoining accommodation for the keeper was built in 1747. In 1775, accumulations of drifting sand made it difficult to access St Lawrence's Church, finally leading to its closure and partial demolition in 1795. Its remaining artefacts were sold by auction in 1810. St Lawrence's was replaced by [[Skagen Church]], completed in 1841 and redesigned in the local style by Ulrik Plesner in 1910.<ref name=slf/>

[[File:Brøndums Hotel 1891-92.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Skagen Painters]] in the Dining room in Brøndums Hotel, Skagen, {{Circa|1891}}]]
On a single day in 1825, 23 ships were left stranded off the coast.<ref name=slf/> In 1833, [[Martinus Rørbye]] became the first artist to paint the fishermen and landscapes of Skagen, almost half a century before the arrival of the Skagen Painters.{{sfn|Folsach|samling|1996|p=48}} Skagen Church was inaugurated in 1841, and the first guest house in the town opened in 1844.<ref name=slf/> In 1858, the [[Skagen Lighthouse|grey lighthouse]] was inaugurated. The same year, bye-laws were established specifying building requirements including the completion of tiled roofs within five years. Skagen was struck by the [[cholera]] epidemic of 1853.<ref name=slf/>

[[Hans Christian Andersen]] visited the town in 1859. During his stay at Brøndums Hotel, the future painter [[Anna Ancher]], daughter of the inn-keeper, was born.<ref>[http://www.euronews.com/2009/07/07/anna-ancher-celebrated/ "Anna Ancher celebrated"], Euronews, 7 July 2009. Retrieved 10 November 2013.</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.b.dk/kultur/anna-ancher-indtager-washington|title=Anna Ancher indtager Washington|access-date=9 November 2013|date=1 March 2013|last=Dannemand Jensen|first=Henrik|newspaper=[[Berlingske]]|language=da}}</ref> In 1871, the author [[Holger Drachmann]] and the painters [[Fritz Thaulow]] and [[Karl Madsen]] arrived in Skagen, the first of the colony of artists that became known as the [[Skagen Painters]]. They were followed by [[Carl Locher]] in 1872, [[Michael Ancher]] in 1874 and [[Peder Severin Krøyer]] in 1882.<ref name=slf/>   
 
In 1879, the Skagen Fisherman's Association was established with the purpose of facilitating the local fishing industry through the railway.{{sfn|Svanholm|2004|p=24}} In 1890, the [[Skagensbanen]] narrow-gauge railway from [[Frederikshavn]] finally arrived in Skagen, connecting the town to the rest of Denmark.<ref name=sbanen>[http://www.nordjyllands-jernbaner.dk/ "Skagensbanen"], Nordjyllands jernbaner. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 10 October 2013,</ref> The tracks were widened in 1916 to avoid the need to transfer cargoes of fish in Frederikshavn. Many of the town's typical yellow-plastered houses with red roofs that grew up along Sankt Laurentii Vej from 1890 to 1930 were designed by Ulrik Plesner. He was also the architect behind many other buildings in the town, including the railway station, [[Brøndums Hotel]] and [[Skagen Museum]]. Skagen Missionshus was opened in 1896.<ref name=slf/>