Hals
Town
Coordinates56°59′54″N 10°18′34″E
CountryDenmark
RegionRegion Nordjylland
MunicipalityAalborg Municipality
Area urban1.61 km²
Population as of2025
Population urban2437
Time zoneCET (UTC+1)
Time zone (DST)CEST (UTC+2)
Postal codeDK-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

References

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