Skarð (Settlement)

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Skarð or á Skarði covers 16 merkur, of which 1 mørk and 12 gyllin are copyhold land and 14 merkur and 4 gyllin are freehold land. The copyhold land is divided between two copyhold tenants. The sheep herd consists of 340 animals.

The village is first mentioned in 1584. A major boating accident in 1913, in which all able-bodied men in Skarð lost their lives, resulted in the village being depopulated in 1919 and has been so ever since. The poet and folk high school alum Símun av Skarði, who has written the national anthem of the Faroe Islands, was born in the village.

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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.