Norðragøta, also just referred to as Gøta is a village on

Eysturoy Eysturoy (pronounced estroimeaning 'East Island') is a region and the second-largest of the Faroe Islands, both in size and population. Description Eysturoy is separated by a narrow sound from the main island of Streymoy. Eysturoy is extremely ...

Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands ( ), or simply the Faroes ( fo, Føroyar ; da, Færøerne ), are a North Atlantic island group and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway bet ...

Overview

The municipality of Gøta (''Gøtu kommuna'') was a municipality until 1 January 2009 when it merged with

Leirvík Leirvík ( da, Lervig) is a town on the Faroe Islands and was an important regional ferry harbour at the east coast of the second-largest island Eysturoy. Leirvík has a population of 1,048 (2022). It was the only town in the municipality of Lei ...

into Eysturkommuna. Gøta consists also of the villages Gøtueiði, Gøtugjógv and Syðrugøta. The village lies on Eysturoy's east coast at the bottom of the inlet Gøtuvík. There is a museum called ''Gøtu Fornminnisavn'' with the famous house ''Blásastova''. The wooden church in the centre of the village is from 1833. Gøta is a place of great importance in the history of the Faroe Islands. One of the key figures in the Icelandic saga,

Færeyinga saga The Færeyinga saga (), the saga of the Faroe Islands, is the story of how the Faroe Islanders were converted to Christianity and became a part of Norway. Summary It was written in Iceland shortly after 1200. The author is unknown and the original ...

, called Tróndur Gøtuskegg (Old Norse: Þrǫ́ndr í Gǫtu) lived here. Trondur (also called Tróndur í Gøtu) was a heathen Viking-chief who ruled all of the islands for a period of time. In the saga Tróndur is represented as the "bad guy" while the "good guy" is Sigmundur Brestisson. Sigmundur Christianised the Faroe Islands for the King of Norway.

Sports

The most popular pastime in Norðragøta is football. The local football team is

Víkingur Gøta Víkingur is a semi-professional football club in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 2008 after the merger of GÍ Gøta and Leirvík ÍF. The club is based in Leirvík, while the stadium is in Norðragøta. Both villages are part of th ...

, formerly known as Gøtu Ítróttarfelag. They play their home games at the Serpugerði Stadium.

Music

Gøta is home to G! Festival, one of the largest music festivals in the Faroe Islands.

Faroese stamps showing Norðragøta

Old houses in Norðragøta

Issued on 5 October 1992, the artist was Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen. Image:Faroe stamp 231 hja glyvra hanusi.jpg, FR 231: Hjá Glyvra Hanusi Image:Faroe stamp 232 husini hja peri.jpg, FR 232: Húsini hjá Peri Image:Faroe stamp 233 blasastova.jpg, FR 233: Blásastova (today a

museum A museum ( ; plural museums or, rarely, musea) is a building or institution that cares for and displays a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance. Many public museums make thes ...

) Image:Faroe stamp 234 jakupsstova.jpg, FR 234: Jákupsstova * Text for the stamp edition on stamps.fo
Old Houses in Noðragøta
* Note the web site of the museum
Blasastova.fo

Church of Gøta

The new

church Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * C ...

of Gøta, issued: 23 September 2002. These were also the Christmas stamps for that year. Image:Faroe stamp 425 church of gota.jpg, FO 425: Gøtu kirkja Image:Faroe stamp 426 church of gota.jpg, FO 426: Inside the church. Interior art by Tróndur Patursson Text on stamps.fo:
Gøta Church

References

External links

Faroeislands.dk: Gøta
Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
Blasastova.fo - museum

Gota.fo - official homepage
(only in Faroese) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nordragota Populated places in the Faroe Islands