| Birkelse | |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Denmark North Jutland Region |
| Pushpin Label Position: | above |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the North Jutland Region |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Denmark |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Jutland |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Name2: | Jammerbugt |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population As Of: | 2024 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population: | 643 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Coordinates: | 57.1497°N 9.6839°W |
Birkelse is a village in North Jutland, Denmark. It is located in Jammerbugt Municipality. The town has nearly grown together with the nearby village of Ryå.
A train station was located in Birkelse between 1897 and 1969. It was a stop on the Fjerritslev-Nørresundby railroad.[2]
In 2017, the remains of a World War II Messerschmitt fighter plane were found in a field in Birkelse.[3]