Oyndarfjørður (Settlement)

Oyndarfjørður, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 134 inhabitants and covers 32 merkur, of which 28 merkur are copyhold land distributed between ten copyhold tenants, and 4 merkur are freehold land. The sheep herd consists of 748 animals.

The church, a traditional wooden church with a turf roof, was built in 1838. The school, designed by Niels Pauli Hansen, is from 1959. The mission house was built in 1944.

Oyndarfjørður has an old preserved grocery store, í Víkum, with a shop and residence. The fjord is used for salmon farming. The village has a hostel and a campsite.

At the beach, you can see two rocking stones called Rinkusteinar.

Further reading

• Eysturoy (Island)
• Æðuvík (Settlement)
• Eiði (Settlement) and Eiðis Municipality
• Elduvík (Settlement)
• Fuglafjørður (Settlement) and Fuglafjarðar Municipality
• Funningsfjørður (Settlement)
• Funningur (Settlement)
• Gjógv (Settlement)
• Gøta (Settlements)
• Gøtugjógv (Settlement)
• Hellurnar (Settlement)
• Kambsdalur (Settlement)
• Lamba (Settlement)
• Lambareiði (Settlement)
• Leirvík (Settlement)
• Ljósá (Settlement)
• Nes (Settlement) and Nes Municipality (Eysturoy)
• Norðragøta (Settlement)
• Norðskáli (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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