Kiby
Kiby is a village in Vadsø Municipality, Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is located along the Varangerfjorden and European route E75, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) east of the town of Vadsø. The fishing village had a population of 39 in 2003, although it had a population of 208 in 1891. Vardø Airport, which opened on 1 August 1974, is located at Kiby.
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Kiby Location in Finnmark Kiby Kiby (Norway) | |
| Coordinates: 70°03′44″N 29°51′26″E | |
| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Troms og Finnmark |
| District | Øst-Finnmark |
| Municipality | Vadsø |
| Elevation | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Post Code | 9800 Vadsø |
Norwegian-American poet Julius Berg Johannesen was born in Kiby in 1869. He immigrated to the US 1891, where he published three books with poems.
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