Søldarfjørður
Søldarfjørður | |
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Village | |
Søldarfjørður | |
Søldarfjørður Location in the Faroe Islands | |
| Coordinates: 62°9′35″N 6°45′4″W / 62.15972°N 6.75111°W | |
| State | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country | Faroe Islands |
| Island | Eysturoy |
| Municipality | Runavík Municipality |
| Population (September 2025)[1] | |
• Total | 320 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
| Postal code | FO 660 |
| Climate | Cfc |
Søldarfjørður (Danish: Solmundefjord) is a village in the south of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in Runavík Municipality.
The 2002 population was 344. Its postal code is FO 344.
The village was originally called Sølmundarfjørður.[2] The name Sølmundur refers to the great grandson of Grímur Kamban,[3] the first Norse settler in the Faroe Islands.
References
- ^ Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
- ^ Søldarfjørður faroeislands.dk
- ^ Grímur Kamban Visit Runavík
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