Gjøl
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Gjøl | |
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Village | |
 Street in Gjøl | |
.svg)  Gjøl Location in the North Jutland Region | |
| Coordinates: 57°4′4″N 9°43′1″E / 57.06778°N 9.71694°E | |
| Country | Denmark |
| Region | North Jutland |
| Municipality | Jammerbugt |
| Population (2025)[1] | |
• Total | 910 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
Gjøl is a town on the north coast of the Limfjord in North Jutland, Denmark. It is located in Jammerbugt Municipality, 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) west of Aalborg, extending along the base of a glacial moraine. The shallow part of the fjord to the west of the ridge, Gjøl Bredning, is a wildlife preserve.[2]
The placename is first recorded in 1231 as Giol and is related to the word gul (yellow), a reference to the chalky cliffs of the moraine.[2]
Until the early twentieth century, the site of the town was an island. Starting during the First World War, dams were constructed to create dry land from part of Gjøl Bredning and connect the island to the mainland, among them in 1914–1920 a 3-kilometre (1.9 mi) long dam connecting Gjøl to the neighbouring island of Øland.[2]
Thomas Dam created the first troll dolls in Gjøl in the mid-1950s and the Dam Things company is still located in the town; in Denmark they are known as Gjøl trolls as well as Dam trolls.[3][4] The town is also known for mink farms.[2]
