Oyri (Settlement)

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Oyri has 166 inhabitants and has 12 merkur of copyhold land, which are divided between three copyhold tenants. The sheep herd consists of 442 animals.

A plateau at a height of 200‑300 m to the east and south of the village constitutes part of the surface of the so-called Eysturoy sill. To the south, this sill bends upwards and ends in a prominent peak on Reyðafelstindur.

The business potential of Oyri was revived when O.C. Joensen, which started as a traditional trading and shipping company, later invested in fishing and the production of shrimp and shellfish. The company, which has since been taken over by the shipping company P/F Thor in Hósvík, has its own ships for shellfish fishing. Another, now closed company was Garnavirkið, which manufactured fishing nets and tools.

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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.