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 point at 772 m. The island’s seven markatal settlements are Múli, Depil, Norðtoftir, Árnafjørður, Skálatoftir, Strond, Klaksvík and Norðoyri. Added to this there is the outlying village of Norðdepil, established in 1866, and Fossá, established in the 1860s and abandoned in 1953. The population trend on the island shows that the number of inhabitants in Klaksvík has grown very strongly, while it is in decline in the small villages further from Klaksvík.

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  • Hans Andrias Sølvará

    (b. 1962) PhD in History and MA in History and Philosophy. Professor and dean of the Department of History and Society at the University of the Faroe Islands.