Trongisvágur (Settlement) – Trap The Faroe Islands

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A cableway to transport coal from the Rangabotnur coal mines was built in 1934. The photo shows the cableway at the terminal at the port area at Drelnes, from where the coal could be transported further by sea. Photo from 1938‑40. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF DENMARK

Trongisvágur covers 24 merkur and 3 gyllin. Of these, 9 gyllin and 15 skinn are copyhold land leased by a single copyhold tenant, and 23 merkur, 9 gyllin and 15 skinn are freehold land. The village has 526 inhabitants. The sheep herd consists of 1,130 animals.

The village has three býlingar: í Húsgarði, í Syðrutoftum and í Svalbarði. In Catholic times, there was a house of prayer with a cemetery at Húsgarður.

Rangabotnur has coal deposits, and in the past, various foreign stakeholders were responsible for coal mining. However, it only became coherent from 1933, when the Danish-Faroese company P/F Føroya Kol took over mining operations. A cableway was built from the mines, initially to Trongisvágur in 1934, where plantations have now been established, and in 1938 to the new port facility at Drelnes in Ørðavíkarlíð.

The plantation in Trongisvágsdalur was established in the 1920s. Since then, more plantations have been established in the municipality. A new, large municipal school was built in Trongisvági in 1981, as well as a sports hall in 1982 and the football stadium Stadion við Stórá in 2012. The village also has a daycare centre. Since 1990, the consumer cooperative, Føroya Keypsamtøka (FK), has been housed in its own, newly built premises. Since 2021, Suðuroys Rúsdrekkasøla Landsins has had its alcohol outlet in the village.

A special tradition in Trongisvágur is the annual hare hunt.

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