Húsar (Settlement)

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Húsar, mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 33 inhabitants and covers 24 merkur, of which 8 merkur and 8 gyllin are copyhold land and 15 merkur and 8 gyllin are freehold land. The copyhold land is divided between two copyhold tenants. The sheep herd consists of 600 animals.

Húsar has had a church since 1592; the current church is from 1920.

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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.