Funningur (Settlement)

Funningur is mentioned in both Hundabrævið as Funding and in Skipan um Tingfaratoll from around the year 1400 as I Funningi. The village currently has 45 inhabitants.

The village covers 15 merkur of land, of which 8 gyllin are copyhold land and 14 merkur and 8 are freehold land. The copyhold land is owned by a single copyhold tenant. The sheep herd consists of 874 animals.

West of the village lies the Faroe Islands’ highest mountain, the 880-m Slættaratindur. The village lies as a cluster of houses at the outlet of the stream Stórá. Several sites from older settlements have been identified. The village has a small jetty, and there is a road to Funningsfjørður and Eiði.

The church is a traditional black wooden church with a turf roof built in 1847 by the builder Jacob Andreassen from Syðrugøta. The school was built in 1948 based on drawings by H.C.W. Tórgarð. The village also has a village hall a dance room.

Further reading

• Eysturoy (Island)
• Æðuvík (Settlement)
• Eiði (Settlement) and Eiðis Municipality
• Elduvík (Settlement)
• Fuglafjørður (Settlement) and Fuglafjarðar Municipality
• Funningsfjørður (Settlement)
• Gjógv (Settlement)
• Gøta (Settlements)
• Gøtugjógv (Settlement)
• Hellurnar (Settlement)
• Kambsdalur (Settlement)
• Kambsdalur (Settlement)
• Lamba (Settlement)
• Lambareiði (Settlement)
• Leirvík (Settlement)
• Ljósá (Settlment)
• Nes (Settlement) and Nes Municipality (Eysturoy)
• Norðragøta (Settlement)
• Norðskáli (Settlement)
• Oyndarfjørður (Settlement)
• Oyrarbakki (Settlement)
• Oyri (Settlement)
• Rituvík (Settlement)
• Runavík (Settlement) og Runavíkar Municipality
• Saltnes (Settlement)
• Selatrað (Settlement)
• Sjóar Municipality
• Skálafjørður (Settlement)
• Skáli (Settlement)
• Skipanes (Settlement)
• Søldarfjørður (Settlement)
• Strendur (Settlement)
• Sunda Municipality
• Svínáir (Settlement)
• Syðrugøta (Settlement)
• Toftir (Settlement)
• Undir Gøtueiði (Settlement)

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