Strond (Settlement)
Strond covers 7 merkur and 5 skinn. The copyhold land covers 2 merkur and 5 skinn leased by a copyhold tenant living in Klaksvík. The freehold land covers 5 me...
Skálatoftir (Settlement)
Skálatoftir covers 7 merkur and 4 gyllin. 12 gyllin are copyhold land, and 6 merkur and 8 gyllin are freehold land. The copyhold land is leased by a copyhold t...
Norðtoftir (Settlement)
Norðtoftir has two inhabitants and covers 4 merkur. Of this, 8 gyllin are copyhold land and 3 merkur and 8 gyllin are freehold land. The sheep herd consists of...
Norðdepil (Settlement)
The outlying village of Norðdepil has 161 inhabitants. It has a cemetery but no church. The embankment from 1974 across sound has meant that Norðdepil and Hva...
Múli (Settlement)
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 copyhol...
Klaksvík (Town)
Klaksvík, previously called norðuri í Vági, has 4,992 inhabitants and covers 59 merkur and 12 gyllin. 47 merkur and 12 gyllin are copyhold land divided betw...
Depil (Settlement)
The markatal settlement of Depil has three inhabitants and covers 8 merkur, divided into 1 mørk and 8 gyllin of copyhold land and 6 merkur and 8 gyllin of free...
Borðoy (Island)
With an area of 94.90 km², Borðoy is the largest island in Norðoyggjar. The mountain Lokki is 754 m high, but 600 meters to the north is the area’s highest...
Tradition and tales on the Faroe Islands
Traditions are certain actions, tales and customs that are handed down through generations in a continuous movement of gradual change. Traditions and tales are ...
1970-2007 on the Faroe Islands
The years from 1970 to 2007 mark a new period in the relationship between Denmark and the Faroe Islands. The Home Rule Act had not created calm in the often qui...