Sund (Settlement)

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Sund has a single inhabitant and covers 12 merkur of copyhold land, which is divided into two farms, one in Sund and the other in Kaldbaksbotnur. The sheep herd consists of 400 animals.

The electricity company SEV has had one of its large diesel-powered power plants in the area since 1973. A large quay facility for large ships was commissioned in 1984. The area was originally intended as a large-scale fishing and research centre, but this never happened. Today, the port area has an asphalt factory belonging to the public institution Landsverk and two factory halls for timber and concrete work belonging to the company Articon.

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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.