Kaldbak | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Faroe Islands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Faroe Islands |
Subdivision Type: | State |
Subdivision Type1: | Constituent country |
Subdivision Name1: | Faroe Islands |
Subdivision Type2: | Island |
Subdivision Name2: | Streymoy |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Tórshavn Municipality |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | March 2023 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 251 |
Timezone Dst: | EST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 62.0631°N -6.8261°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | FO 180 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cfc |
Kaldbak (da|Kalbak) is a village in the Faroe Islands, on Streymoy's east coast and part of Tórshavn Municipality. The village lies on the northern side of the fjord Kaldbaksfjørður.
Excavations show that Kaldbak was already inhabited by the 11th century. The parish church in Kaldbak was built in 1835. The village was only connected to the Streymoy road system in 1980.
Notable people that were born or lived in Kaldbak include: