Norðoyggjar (North Islands)
Norðoyggjar (North Islands) is the northernmost archipelago in the Faroe Islands. The six islands Fugloy, Svínoy, Viðoy, Borðoy, Ku...
Norðoyri (Settlement)
Norðoyri has 109 inhabitants and covers 24 merkur, of which 17 merkur and 12 gyllin are copyhold land, and 4 gyllin are freehold land. The copyhold land is div...
Viðareiði (Settlement)
Viðareiði, mentioned in Hundabrævið from 1350, covers 48 merkur. 44 merkur are copyhold land and 4 merkur are freehold land. The copyhold land is divided be...
Hvannasund (Settlement)
Hvannasund covers 16 merkur of copyhold land, which is divided between four copyhold tenants. The village is mentioned in the first Faroese land register from 1...
Viðoy (Island)
Viðoy covers an area of 41.01 km² and is the second largest island in Norðoyggjar. There are two villages on the island, Viðareiði in the northern part and...
Svínoy (Island and Settlement)
Svínoy covers an area of 27.35 km² and is thus more than twice the size of Fugloy. The highest point on the island is Havnatindur, which is 586 m high. To the...
Skarð (Settlement)
Skarð or á Skarði covers 16 merkur, of which 1 mørk and 12 gyllin are copyhold land and 14 merkur and 4 gyllin are freehold land. The copyhold land is divid...
Haraldssund (Settlement)
Haraldssund, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 69 inhabitants and covers 16 merkur. Of these, 9 merkur are copyhold land and 7 merkur are freehold land. The copyh...
Kunoy (Settlement)
Kunoy on the island’s west side, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 77 inhabitants and covers 32 merkur and 8 gyllin, divided into 6 merkur and 8 gyllin of copyh...
Kunoy (Island)
With an area of 35.46 km², Kunoy is the third largest island in Norðoyggjar and has three markatal settlements, Kunoy, Skarð and Haraldssund. Kunoy, which ha...