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ØrðavÃk (Settlement) and ØrðavÃkarlÃð
ØrðavÃk, referred to in Hundabrævið, is located on the southern side of Trongisvágsfjørður and reaches all the way to the head of the fjord via ØrðavÃ...
VÃkarbyrgi and Hamrabyrgi (Settlements)
VÃkarbyrgi and Hamrabyrgi, on opposite sides of the VÃkará waterway, had both a church and a cemetery. The villages were inhabited in ancient times, but were...
Vágur (Settlement)
Vágur, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 1,392 inhabitants and covers 49 merkur and 11 gyllin. Of this area, 16 merkur and 8 gyllin are copyhold land divided bet...
Tvøroyri (Settlement)
The outlying village of Tvøroyri emerged in 1836, when the first branch of the Royal Trade Monopoly was established on the sandy isthmus (oyri) at the outlet o...
Tvøroyrar Municipality
The villages of Froðba, Tvøroyri, Trongisvágur, ØrðavÃk and ØrðavÃkslÃð went under the municipality name Froðbiar Sóknar Kommuna until 1972, after ...
Trongisvágur (Settlement)
Trongisvágur covers 24 merkur and 3 gyllin. Of these, 9 gyllin and 15 skinn are copyhold land leased by a single copyhold tenant, and 23 merkur, 9 gyllin and 1...
Sumba (Settlement) and Sumbiar Municipality
Sumba has 252 inhabitants and covers 64 merkur. Of this area, 23 merkur is copyhold land soil and 41 merkur is freehold land. The land is divided between nine c...
Porkeri (Settlement)
Porkeri, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 319 inhabitants and covers 37 merkur. Of this area, 14 merkur and 10 gyllin are copyhold land, including formerly endow...
Nes (Settlement)
Nes covers 11 merkur and 12 gyllin, of which 5 merkur and 8 gyllin are copyhold land leased by a single copyhold tenant, and 6 merkur and 4 gyllin are freehold ...
Lopra (Settlement)
Located in Lopransfjørður, Lopra is an outlying village from 1834 and has 83 inhabitants today. The village had a whaling station, which was active in the per...