Langasandur (Settlement)
Langasandur, named after a sandy beach, is an outlying village from 1838 with 52 inhabitants. South of Langasandur lies Gjánoyri where the first Norwegian whal...
Kirkjubøur (Settlement)
Kirkjubøur has 88 inhabitants and covers 39 merkur of copyhold land, which is divided between four copyhold tenants; one of whom is native to the markatal sett...
Kaldbaksbotnur (Settlement)
The outlying village at the bottom of Kaldbaksfjørður has two copyhold farms. One belongs to Kaldbak and the other to Sund. At Kaldbaksbotnur, a tunnel has be...
Kaldbak (Settlement)
Kaldbak is located on the north side of Kaldbaksfjørður. It is a farming village with 252 inhabitants covering 40 merkur of copyhold land distributed between ...
Hósvík (Settlement)
Hósvík has 340 inhabitants and covers 19 merkur of copyhold land distributed between four copyhold tenants. The sheep population consists of 486 animals. The ...
Hvalvík (Settlement)
Hvalvík, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 248 inhabitants and covers 24 merkur. 14 merkur are copyhold land divided between two copyhold tenants, and 10 merkur ...
Haldórsvík (Settlement)
Haldórsvík, or simply Vík, covers 12 merkur. 4 merkur and 4 gyllin are copyhold land, which is distributed between four copyhold tenants, and 7 merkur and 12...
Streymoy (Island)
Streymoy, northern part At 374.9 km², Streymoy is the largest island in the Faroe Islands. On the west side of Norðurstreymoy, the northern part of Streymoy, ...
Nólsoy (Island and settlement)
The 10.3-km² island of Nólsoy, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 234 inhabitants and covers 48 merkur. 13 merkur are copyhold land distributed between five copy...
Mykines (Island)
Mykines has 16 inhabitants and covers 40 merkur. 12 merkur, 10 gyllin and 15 skinn are copyhold land distributed between three copyhold tenants. 27 merkur, 5 gy...