Glyvrar | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 62°7′53″N6°43′27″W / 62.13139°N 6.72417°W | |
State | Kingdom of Denmark |
Constituent country | Faroe Islands |
Island | Eysturoy |
Municipality | Runavíkar kommuna |
Population (March 2023) [1] | |
• Total | 469 |
Time zone | GMT |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
Postal code | FO 625 |
Climate | Cfc |
Glyvrar (Danish : Glibre) is a village located on Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands.
It is one of several villages on the east side of the Skálafjørður fjord that have grown into a 10-kilometre-long conurbation.
In Glyvrar there is a museum called ’Bygdasavnid Forni’. The church in Glyvrar was originally built in 1927, but it was heavily restored in 1981.
From 1903 to 1928 there was a school for navigators in Glyvrar. Graduates from here would become masters of fishing-ships.
The Bible translator Victor Danielsen worked as a teacher in Glyvrar in 1914.
The salmon-farming company Bakkafrost is based in Glyvrar. Bakkafrost is the largest fish farming company in the Faroe Islands and one of the biggest private employers in the islands, if not the biggest. [2] Bakkafrost is the eighth largest fish-farming company in the world. [3]
The economy of the Faroe Islands was the 166th largest in the world in 2014, having a nominal gross domestic product (GDP) of $2.613 billion per annum. GDP increased from DKK 8 billion in 1999, to 21 billion in 2019. The vast majority of Faroese exports, around 90%, consists of fishery products.
The Faroe Islands national football team represents the Faroe Islands in men's international football, and is governed by the Faroe Islands Football Association (FSF). The FSF became a member of FIFA in 1988 and UEFA in 1990 and represents the fourth-smallest UEFA country by population.
Fuglafjørður is a village on Eysturoy's east coast in the Faroe Islands. Its name means "fjord of birds".
Hvalba is a village and a municipality in the Faroe Islands, which consists of Hvalba, Nes-Hvalba and Sandvík.
Sandoy is the first of the five southern islands that make up the Faroe chain, the fifth biggest of all the Faroe Islands, an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark. It also refers to the region that includes this island along with Skúvoy and Stóra Dímun. As of January 2020, the largest population centre on the island is the village of Sandur with a population of 532. Other settlements include Skarvanes, Skopun, Skálavík, Húsavík and Dalur.
Vágar is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the large islands. With a size of 178 square kilometres, it ranks third in size, behind Streymoy and Eysturoy. Vágar region also comprises the island of Mykines.
Eysturoy is a region and the second-largest of the Faroe Islands, both in size and population.
Sørvágur is a village on the island of Vágar in the Faroe Islands.
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Vágur, meaning bay, is a town and municipality on the island of Suðuroy, part of the Faroe Islands.
Mowi ASA, known as Marine Harvest ASA until January 1, 2019 and as Pan Fish prior to February 6, 2007, is a Norwegian seafood company with operations in a number of countries around the world. The company's primary interest is fish farming, primarily salmon, the operations of which are focused on Norway, Scotland, Canada, the Faroe Islands, Ireland and Chile. The group has a share of 25 to 30% of the global salmon and trout market, making it the world's largest company in the sector. Mowi also owns a 'value added processing' unit, which prepares and distributes a range of seafood products, and a number of smaller divisions.
Saltangará is a village in the Faroe Islands, on the island of Eysturoy.
Syðrugøta is a village on the east coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in Eystur Municipality.
The Faroe or Faeroe Islands, or simply the Faroes, are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. The official language of the country is Faroese, which is closely related to and partially mutually intelligible with Icelandic.
Skálafjørður is a fjord in Eysturoy and the longest in the Faroe Islands.
Important parts of Faroese cuisine are lamb and also fish owing to proximity to the sea. Traditional foods from the Faroe Islands include skerpikjøt, seafood, whale meat, blubber, garnatálg, Atlantic puffins, potatoes, and few fresh vegetables.
2014 Faroe Islands Premier League was the seventy-second season of top-tier football on the Faroe Islands. For sponsorship reasons, it was known as Effodeildin. Havnar Bóltfelag were the defending champions.
P/F Bakkafrost is a Faroese salmon farming company based in Glyvrar on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Bakkafrost is the largest fish farming company in the Faroe Islands, and is the biggest private employer in the islands. Bakkafrost is the third-largest fish farming company in the world.
Runavík Municipality is a municipality of the Faroe Islands. The town of Saltangará is the administrative centre.