Hiddenfjord

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During the economic crisis in 1992, Hiddenfjord built a salmon fry breeding centre, which has since been expanded several times. Hiddenfjord began its salmon farming on Vágar outside the villages of Miðvágur and Sandavágur in the mid-1990s, and from 2006, Hiddenfjord took over the salmon farming in Sørvágsfjørður. In 2007 they established a salmon slaughterhouse and started processing salmon products in their own buildings. Hiddenfjord is one of the most important employers on Vágar.

In 2019, Hiddenfjord set up breeding facilities in the open sea on the northern side of Vágar outside Víkar, and in 2020, current measurements were made in Vestmannasund, the sound between Vágar and Streymoy, with a view to future farming in the area.

Further reading

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  • 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.

  • Jon Sigurð Hansen

    (b. 1967) MA in History. Author, self-employed.