In the 19th century, the village experienced a period of growth due to the construction of the Great Belt Railway, which passed through Kirkerup.

Danish rower Harry Julius Larsen (1915) was from Kirkerup,[2] as was Olaf Henriksen, the only Major League Baseball player from Denmark.

[3][4] From the first day of her disappearance, police, cooperating with other authorities, used dogs, drones, and helicopters to secure evidence.

[25][26][27] Briefly delayed, police inspector Kim Kliver announced that a 32-year-old man, shortly before the conference was to have begun, had been arrested in his house in Svenstrup, Korsør in which Filippa was found alive and conscious.

[28][29][30][31][32] Her mother wrote, "27 hours of nightmare is over and my dearly beloved Filippa is home",[33][34] in addition to Danish prime minister Mette Frederiksen, expressing her gratitude.

[35][36] Norwegian NRK journalist Søren Arildsen later described the event as follows: "A country that had held its breath for 27 hours could exhale.