Slættanes (Settlement)

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The outlying village of Slættanes was established in 1835 with support from Faroe County. Newcomers were allocated some outfield for cultivation and a small amount of livestock to be able to sustain a living besides from fishing and bird catching. The areas that were gradually cultivated were traðir and had no rights in the surrounding outfield, which belonged to Sandavágur.

The population peaked in 1940: 74 inhabitants divided into 12 households. For a period, the village also had a grocery store, and the school also served as a church.

As the village had neither road connections nor electricity, the last family moved in 1964, and the remaining houses are now used as holiday homes.

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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.

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    (b. 1967) MA in History. Author, self-employed.