Kaldbak (Danish: Kalbak) is a village in the Faroe Islands, on Streymoy's east coast and part of Tórshavn Municipality. The village lies on the northern side of the fjord Kaldbaksfjørður.

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Kaldbak
Village
Kaldbak, Faroe Islands
Kaldbak Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°3′47″N 6°49′34″W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Streymoy
Municipality	Tórshavn Municipality
Population  (August 2022)[1]
• Total	258
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Postal code	FO 180
Climate	Cfc

History

Excavations show that Kaldbak was already inhabited by the 11th century. The parish church in Kaldbak was built in 1835. The village was only connected to the Streymoy road system in 1980.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Kaldbak include:

• Knút Wang (1917–1976), journalist and politician

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kaldbak.

• Faroeislands.dk: Kaldbak Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.

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[ru] Кальдбак