Vatnsoyrar (Settlement)

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The outlying village of Vatnsoyrar was established in 1921 in the outfield of Miðvágur where three families from Sørvágur settled. During World War II, the village was seized by the British, and the inhabitants had to move, but they returned after the war ended.

In 1967, the Brethren congregation had a building made for a camp school and activity centre, Zarepta, where many children and young people from all over the Faroe Islands come to stay. The complex offers many facilities and has been extended several times, most recently in 2016, when a new main building was built.

Vatnsoyra Snikkaravirki was established om 1968, which today is a modern window factory under the name Grant.

The village also has a well-run draper’s shop and a small vintage car museum. Vatnsoyrar currently has 42 inhabitants.

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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.

  • Jon Sigurð Hansen

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