Søldarfjørður (Settlement) – Trap The Faroe Islands

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Søldarfjørður, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 374 inhabitants and is an old markatal settlement consisting of 12 merkur of copyhold land divided equally between two copyhold tenants. There is no freehold land in the village. The sheep herd consists of 220 animals.

The Brethren congregation has the meeting house Elim, and the Home Mission also has a meeting house in the village. The village’s first school was built in 1892, and a new one was built in 1956, designed and built by Niels Pauli Hansen. This school has since been rebuilt and expanded with a swimming pool.

During World War II, the British military built an oil depot with several oil tanks in Søldarfjørður. After the war, the plot of land and depot were acquired by the Faroese authorities, and shortly afterwards trees were planted in the area, which today forms a plantation with a playground. The port has been expanded and is still under development.

Most of the crew from the fishing cutter Imanuel, which sank off Iceland in 1932, was from Søldarfjørður. A memorial stone was mounted in their honour in the village in 1983.

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