Editing Svendborg (section)

===20th century to present===
[[File:Svendborg dk hafen.JPG|thumb|left|Svendborg Harbour]]
The rapid increase in population continued at the beginning of the 20th century as Svendborg developed into an even more important industrial and educational centre. The food and metallurgy sectors became well established. The port prospered with new facilities, including shipyards such as Svendborg Skibsværft which was established in 1907 on an artificial island. On the educational front, a number of maritime and navigational schools were established. The shipyard, which had employed up to 800 in the 1980s finally closed in 2001, some of the facilities being taken over by [[Vestas]]. In recent years, there has been a marked transition from industry into the service sector, the hospital now being one of the principal employers. Tourism has also prospered, especially for those arriving in pleasure boats.<ref name=dcfb/>

The German writer [[Bertolt Brecht]] spent the first years of his exile from Nazi Germany in Svendborg. The town provided the title of a collection of Brecht's poems "[[Svendborger Gedichte]]" (Svendborg Poems).{{Citation needed|date=July 2014}}