• Jóan Pauli Joensen

    (b. 1945) D.Phil. in History and D.Phil. in Ethnology. Professor Emeritus and adjunct professor at the University of the Faroe Islands and former rector of the University of the Faroe Islands.

Koltur (Island)

The 2.3-km² island of Koltur covers 17 merkur of copyhold land and has no permanent residents. The sheep herd consists of 160 animals. Since 2015, Koltur has b...

Hestur (Island)

The island of Hestur, with an area of 5.9 km², has 19 inhabitants and covers 18 merkur. 7 merkur are copyhold land, divided between two copyhold tenants, and 1...

Sunda Municipality

The markatal settlements of Norðskáli and Oyri and the outlying village of Oyrarbakki on the other side of the sound formerly constituted Sunda Kommuna. The b...

Skáli (Settlement)

Skáli, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 739 inhabitants and covers 40 merkur divided into 27 merkur and 15 gyllin of freehold land and 12 merkur and 1 gyllin of...

Oyri (Settlement)

Oyri has 166 inhabitants and has 12 merkur of copyhold land, which are divided between three copyhold tenants. The sheep herd consists of 442 animals. A plateau...
Fuglafjørður on the eastern side of Eysturoy covered in snow. ÓLAVUR FREDERIKSEN, 2015

Eysturoy (Island)

The southern part With an area of 286.9 km², Eysturoy is the second largest island in the Faroe Islands. The island is connected to Streymoy by the bridge cros...