Fuglafjørður is a village on Eysturoy's east coast in the

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. Its name means "fjord of birds". The village is at the edge of a

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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

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. 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,

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s have discovered the remains of a

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longhouse, seventeen metres in length, with walls thick. It was found by removing four or five more recent layers of ruins, showing a continuity of habitation for many centuries. 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

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and indoor football. Faroese stamp 550 fuglafjordur

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: *

Eilif Samuelsen Torben Eilif Lindenskov Samuelsen (born May 22, 1934) is a former Faroese teacher and politician for the Faroese Union Party. Samuelsen was born in Fuglafjørður. He graduated as a teacher from the Haslev Normal School in 1958 and began his ...

(born 1934), teacher and politician * Trygvi Samuelsen (1907–1985), lawyer *Heðin Kambsdal (born 1951), teacher and painter *Frits Jóhannesen, teacher and painter * Jógan á Lakjuni (born 1952), teacher, politician and composer * Bartal Eliasen (born 1976), footballer * Abraham Løkin (born 1959), footballer * Høgni Zachariasen (born 1982), footballer * Henning Hansen (born 1980), footballer

Twin towns – sister cities

Fuglafjørður is twinned with: *

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References

External links

Faroeislands.dk: Fuglafjordur
Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fuglafjordur Populated places in the Faroe Islands Ports and harbours of the Faroe Islands Municipalities of the Faroe Islands Eysturoy