Kiby
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| Country | Norway |
| Region | Northern Norway |
| County | Finnmark |
| District | Øst-Finnmark |
| Municipality | Vadsø |
| Elevation[1] | 12 m (39 ft) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+01:00) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+02:00) |
| Post Code | 9800 Vadsø |
Kiby is a village in Vadsø Municipality, 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,[2] although it had a population of 208 in 1891.[3] Vardø Airport, which opened on 1 August 1974, is located at Kiby.[4]
File:Megaliths at Kiby, North Norway.JPG
Megaliths at Kiby
Norwegian-American poet Julius Berg Johannesen was born in Kiby in 1869. He emigrated to the USA 1891, where he published three books with poems.[5]
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