Skálatoftir (Settlement)

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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 tenant who lives in Klaksvík. The sheep herd consists of 198 animals. The village, which was mentioned for the first time in 1554, was abandoned in 1914 when a boat accident affected the village’s male population.

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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.