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Klaksvík

settlement on Borðoy, Faroe Islands
Place human_settlement Q189361

Facts

23 properties

Identity

Instance of
human settlement
Official website
www.klaksvik.fo[19]

Location

Country
Faroe Islands, Denmark[3][4]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 62.224°, -6.579°
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Klaksvík Municipality[2]
Located in/on physical feature
Borðoy[18]

Population and size

Area
72.0[24]
Elevation above sea level
88.0[23]
Population
4,997[20]

Codes

Located in time zone
Greenwich Mean Time[17]
Postal code
FO-700 · FO-710[16]
More facts +12
Website
www.klaksvik.fo
Located in
Klaksvík Municipality
Capital of
Klaksvík Municipality[21]
Coordinates
🗺️ 62.224°, -6.579°
Different from
Klaksvík Municipality[22]
Head of government
Karl H Johansen[5]
Image needs reharvest
True
Image purged at
2026-04-29 01:03:45.333481+00
Image purged license
cc-by-sa
Köppen climate classification
subpolar oceanic climate[25]
Official language
Faroese, Danish[6][7]
Twinned administrative body
Wick, Sisimiut, Kópavogur, Trondheim, Norrköping Municipality, Tampere, Grenaa, Odense[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
🏷️ Also known as
en Klaksvik en Klaksvík ar كلاكسويك da Klaksvig da Ziskatrøð da Klakksvík da Klaksvik de Klaksvig de Klakksvik de Klakksvík de Klaksvik el Κλάκσβικ es Klaksvik fa کلاکسویک fi Klaksvik fr Klaksvik he קלאקסביק he קלאקסוויק it Municipalità di Klaksvík ja クラクスヴィーク
🔖 Identifiers · 24
VIAF cluster ID
247305664, 154937289
Library of Congress authority ID
n96077922
GND ID
4283340-1
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Faroe Islands Føroyar Færøerne Wyspy Owcze 2019 (1).jpg ↗
ArchINFORM location ID
12560
BBC Things ID
6c02679a-2e59-42ef-82c1-60630c2c72aa
ERR keyword ID
28799105
FAST ID
1277503
Facebook location ID
105494886149594
Freebase ID
/m/04bglp
GNS Unique Feature ID
-2745265
GeoNames ID
2618795
Show all 24 identifiers +12
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Klaksvík
Hikr waypoint ID
56091
Lex ID
Klaksvík
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007531007805171
OpenStreetMap relation ID
2359149
Postimees topic ID
409701
Quora topic ID
Klaksvík
RKD thesaurus ID
34629
Topic's main category
Category:Klaksvík
Who's on First ID
101873067
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJxMhx4mJRtWPk9TpjJbh3
Yle topic ID
18-352490

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🔗 Connections
People born here 32
Aksel V. Johannesen, Rógvi Jacobsen, Anfinn Kallsberg, Beinir Johannesen, Atli Danielsen, Jákup Mikkelsen, Kurt Mørkøre, Allan Mørkøre +24 more
Twinned administrative body 8
Tampere, Trondheim, Odense, Kópavogur, Sisimiut, Norrköping Municipality, Wick, Grenaa
← Twinned administrative body 8
Tampere, Trondheim, Odense, Kópavogur, Sisimiut, Norrköping Municipality, Wick, Grenaa
Located in this place 5
2025 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship, Djúpumýra Stadium, Christianskirkjan, Rebellion in Klaksvík, Summarfestivalurin
People who died here 4
Einar Waag, Heini Heinesen, Símun Petur Zachariasen, Vilhelm Johannesen
← Capital 3
Borðoy, Norðoyar, Klaksvík Municipality
← Headquarters location 3
KÍ Klaksvík, Föroya Bjór, KÍ Klaksvík
Country 2
Denmark, Faroe Islands
Official language 2
Danish, Faroese
Capital of 1
Klaksvík Municipality
Category of associated people 1
Category:People from Klaksvík
Contained subdivisions 1
Skálatoftir
Different from 1
Klaksvík Municipality
Instance of 1
human settlement
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Klaksvík Municipality
Located in time zone 1
Greenwich Mean Time
Located in/on physical feature 1
Borðoy
Topic's main category 1
Category:Klaksvík
← Category combines topics 1
Category:People from Klaksvík
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Klaksvík
← Location of formation 1
Föroya Bjór
← Shipping port 1
Másin
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Summary

Klaksvík is a human settlement[1].

Related Entities

Borðoy Denmark Grenaa Sisimiut Tampere Trondheim

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . klaksvik.fo. klaksvik.fo. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . archINFORM. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . tampere.fi. tampere.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . fo.wikipedia.org. fo.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . statbank.hagstova.fo. statbank.hagstova.fo. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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