Múli (Settlement)

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At the Open-Air Museum in Kongens Lyngby north of Copenhagen, the tradi‑ tional Faroese house with smoke room and glass room is represented. An old house from the village of Múli on Norðoyggjar was taken down in 1961 and moved to the museum, where it was erected together with the relevant outbuildings. ARNOLD MIKKELSEN/NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK, 2005

Múli, mentioned in Hundabrævið, covers 10 merkur, divided into 2 merkur and 8 gyllin of copyhold land and 7 merkur and 8 gyllin of freehold land. The copyhold land is leased by a farmer who lives in Klaksvík. The sheep herd consists of 281 animals. There have been no permanent residents in the village since 1992. The houses are now used as holiday homes. The Faroese house at the Open-Air Museum in Kongens Lyngby in Denmark was moved there from Múli in 1961.

Guttormur í Múla, who lived in Múli, was a well-known sorcerer mentioned in Faroese legends.

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  • Hans Andrias Sølvará

    (b. 1962) PhD in History and MA in History and Philosophy. Professor and dean of the Department of History and Society at the University of the Faroe Islands.