Hals, Denmark

Hals
Town
The "Whale Jaws" and the anchor in the town square
Hals Location in Denmark Show map of Denmark Hals Hals (North Jutland Region) Show map of North Jutland Region
Coordinates: 56°59′54″N10°18′34″E / 56.99833°N 10.30944°E / 56.99833; 10.30944
Country	Denmark
Region	Region Nordjylland
Municipality	Aalborg Municipality
Area
• Urban	1.61 km2 (0.62 sq mi)
Population  (2025) [1]
•  Urban	2,437
• Urban density	1,500/km2 (3,900/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code	DK-9370 Hals

Hals is a harbour and tourist town with a population of 2,437 (1 January 2025) ^[1] in Region Nordjylland's Aalborg Municipality on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.

Notable people

• Jens Bloch (1761 in Hals – 1830) a Danish theologian and priest, a Bishop in both Norway (briefly) and Denmark
• Thue Christiansen (1940–2022), Greenlandic teacher, visual artist, and politician who designed the Flag of Greenland lived in and died in Hals
• Søren Wulff Johansson (born 1971 in Hals) a Danish former decathlete; received a lifetime ban from sport after twice failing doping tests
• Harald Greycloak was also murdered here

Gallery

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  The center of Hals
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  Street in Hals
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  The Whale Jaw in Hals
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  Hals Fort at the inside
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  Hals Fort at the inside

References

1. BY3: Population 1. January by rural and urban areas, area and population density The Mobile Statbank from Statistics Denmark