Bøur (Settlement)

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Bøur covers 18 merkur, of which 13 merkur and 4 gyllin are copyhold land, which is divided among four copyhold tenants, and 4 merkur and 12 gyllin are freehold land. The village has 75 inhabitants. The sheep herd consists of 496 animals.

The agricultural village of Bøur, which has easy access to the sea and fishing, lies on the northern side of Sørvágsfjørður. After the monopoly trade was abolished in 1856, Bøur immediately got a company that bought fish that was processed locally. A permanent road to Sørvágur was not established until 1953.

The village’s traditional church was built in 1865. The village’s first school was opened in 1916, but is now closed.

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  • Jóan Pauli Joensen

    (b. 1945) D.Phil. in History and D.Phil. in Ethnology. Professor Emeritus and adjunct professor at the University of the Faroe Islands and former rector of the University of the Faroe Islands.

  • Jon Sigurð Hansen

    (b. 1967) MA in History. Author, self-employed.