Øster Jølby

Demographic figures from Statistics Denmark. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Øster Jølby is a village, with a population of 680, on the island of Mors in Morsø Municipality, North Jutland Region in Denmark. It is located 20 km south of Thisted and 10 km northwest of Nykøbing.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Aksel Sandemose

Danish-Norwegian author (1899–1965)

Henriette Mikkelsen

Danish handball player

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Kaj Poulsen

Danish footballer

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Poul Ørum

Danish author (1919-1997)

P

Poul Mark

gymnast (1889-1957)

Thomas Dalgaard

Danish footballer (born 1984)

T

Tyge Ahrengot Christensen

Danish botanist (1918-1996)

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Arne Rolighed

Danish politician

Dan Børge Akerø

Norwegian TV host

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Johanne Rambusch

Danish politician (1865-1944)

Tommy Troelsen

Danish footballer

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Niels Lassen

Danish autobiographer

Frode Jakobsen

Danish writer and politician

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Jakob Severin Deichmann Branth

botanist (1831-1917)

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Carl Gandrup

Danish screenwriter and novelist (1880-1936)

Flemming Hvidberg

Danish politician (1897-1959)

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in North Denmark

• Erslev
  1.3 mi away · pop. 405
• Frøslev
  2.3 mi away · pop. 274
• Bjergby
  2.5 mi away · pop. 204
• Sundby Mors
  3.7 mi away · pop. 478
• Vodstrup
  4.3 mi away · pop. 251
• Vilsund Vest
  4.7 mi away · pop. 395
• Vils
  5 mi away · pop. 466
• Nykøbing Mors
  6 mi away · pop. 9,173
• Sundby Thy
  6.1 mi away · pop. 338
• Redsted
  7 mi away · pop. 257
• Koldby
  7.4 mi away · pop. 781
• Sejerslev
  8.4 mi away · pop. 380

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Stripe-legged Robber Fly

Dioctria hyalipennis

Seen 2026-07-04

Gold-base Tubic

Oecophora bractella

Seen 2026-07-04

Common Carder Bumble Bee

Bombus pascuorum

Seen 2026-07-04

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-07-04

Ringlet

Aphantopus hyperantus

Seen 2026-07-04

Bronze Shield Bug

Troilus luridus

Seen 2026-07-03

Black-striped Longhorn Beetle

Stenurella melanura

Seen 2026-07-03

Ruddy Darter

Sympetrum sanguineum

Seen 2026-07-03

Didea fasciata

Didea fasciata

Seen 2026-07-03

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).