Kiby Explained

Official Name:Kiby
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Finnmark#Norway
Pushpin Label Position:top
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Norway
Subdivision Name1:Northern Norway
Subdivision Name2:Finnmark
Subdivision Type3:District
Subdivision Name3:Øst-Finnmark
Subdivision Type4:Municipality
Subdivision Name4:Vadsø Municipality
Utc Offset1:+01:00
Utc Offset1 Dst:+02:00
Postal Code Type:Post Code
Postal Code:9800 Vadsø
Elevation M:12
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Coordinates:70.0622°N 29.8572°W

Kiby is a village in Vadsø Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located along the Varangerfjorden and European route E75, about east of the town of Vadsø. The fishing village had a population of 39 in 2003,[2] although it had a population of 208 in 1891.[3] Vardø Airport, which opened on 1 August 1974, is located at Kiby.[4]

Norwegian-American poet Julius Berg Johannesen was born in Kiby in 1869. He immigrated to the US in 1891, where he published three books with poems.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kiby, Vadsø. yr.no. Norwegian. 2013-03-07.
  2. Web site: Folkemengde, etter alder, bostedsstrøk og delområde/grunnkrets. 2003 Vadsø . 52 . . 12 February 2013 . Norwegian.
  3. Web site: Antal beboede Huse samt hjemmehørende Folkemængde 1 Januar 1891 . 52 . . 12 February 2013 . Norwegian.
  4. Web site: Flyplassenes og flytrafikkens historie . Kulturminner på norske lufthavner – Landsverneplan for Avinor . . Gynnild . Olav . 2009 . 25 January 2012 . 21 March 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120321073713/http://avinor.moses.no/index.php?seks_id=135&element=Kapittel&k=2 . dead .