Hals, Denmark

Hals is a harbour and tourist town with a population of 2,454 (1 January 2020)[1] in Region Nordjylland's Aalborg Municipality on the east coast of the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark.

The "Whale Jaws" and the anchor in the town square

Notable people

  • Jens Bloch (1761 in Hals – 1830) a Danish theologian and priest, a Bishop in both Norway (briefly) and Denmark
  • Søren Wulff Johansson (born 1971 in Hals) a Danish former decathlete; received a lifetime ban from sport after twice failing doping tests

References

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