Fuglafjørður

Fuglafjørður (Danish: Fuglefjord) is a village on Eysturoy's east coast in the Faroe Islands. Its name means "fjord of birds".[2]

Fuglafjørður
Fuglefjord (Danish)
Municipality and village
Fuglafjørður Municipality
Fuglafjarðar kommuna (Faroese)
Fuglafjørður
Fuglafjørður
Location of Fuglafjarðar kommuna in the Faroe Islands
Location of Fuglafjarðar kommuna in the Faroe Islands
Fuglafjørður is located in Denmark Faroe Islands
Fuglafjørður
Fuglafjørður
Location of Fuglafjørður in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°14′40″N 6°48′52″W
State Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country Faroe Islands
IslandEysturoy
MunicipalityFuglafjarðar kommuna
Area
 • Municipality8.87 sq mi (22.97 km2)
Population
 (March 2023)[1]
 • Municipality
1,625
 • Municipality density180/sq mi (71/km2)
 • Village
1,613
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (WEST)
Postal code
FO 530
ClimateCfc
Websitehttps://fuglafjordur.fo/
The ultra-modern church of 1984

The village is at the edge of a bay and expands into the surrounding steep hills. The town centre is located close to the harbour and contains most of the shops and services. The harbour in Fuglafjørður is busy, as the town's economy is based on the processing of fish and fish meal. There is fishing-industry, a slip, production of trawl and also oil-depots. In the 1970s there was a terrible stink from the fishing-industry but that has since been solved.

In the past years Fuglafjørður has also become famous for its newly established cultural centre in the town centre that has become one of the main cultural attractions in Eysturoy.

History and development

Where the Gjógvará stream meets the sea in the village, archaeologists have discovered the remains of a Viking longhouse, seventeen metres 56 feet in length, with walls 1.5 metres (4 feet 11.1 inches) thick. It was found by removing four or five more recent layers of ruins, showing a continuity of habitation for many centuries.[2]

In the 1840s the small village Hellur in north of Fuglafjørður was established. However this village never grew large and now only approximately 30 of the municipality's inhabitants live there.

In the 1980s the suburb of Kambsdalur was established, where around 180 people live. In Kambsdalur there is also a large industrial cluster, the educational centre of the northeastern Faroes and the regional sportscentre used mainly for handball, volleyball and indoor football.

Faroese stamp FO 550: Fuglafjørður
Date of issue: 13 February 2006

Sports

The local football team is ÍF Fuglafjørður.

Business

Fuglafjørður is (although its small size) home of many major business in the Faroe Islands. These include:

  • Vónin, global provider of fishing gear such as trawls
  • Framherji, operator of fishing ships
  • Pelagos, one of the most advanced pelagic plants in the North Atlantic
  • Sandgrevstur, owner and operator of cargo vessels
  • KJ Hydralik, marine services
  • JT Electric, one of the leading company in the world, producing and selling underwater lamps and cameras for the aquaculture
  • Havsbrún, producer of fish feed

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Fuglafjørður include:

Twin towns – sister cities

Fuglafjørður is twinned with:

See also

References
  1. Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
  2. Brandt, Don (2011). More Stamps and Story of the Faroe Islands (PDF). Vol. 1. Tórshavn: Postverk Føroya. p. 45. ISBN 99918-3-191-6. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2011-09-27. Retrieved 2008-09-04.
  3. "Aalborg Twin Towns". Europeprize.net. Archived from the original on 7 September 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2013.
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