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Fámjin
Fámjin () is a village located on the western side of Suðuroy, the southernmost island in Faroe Islands. Fámjin is looking directly out to the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. Name Tradition says that Fámjin used to be called Vesturvik. One day two men from the village were out on the sea fishing from their boat. There they saw a French sailship just lying there waiting for wind. The two men invited two ladies into their boat to see a large halibut. When the ladies were on board the men quickly rowed towards their village with them. From the sail-ship they heard the Frenchmen shout "Femmes ... Femmes". After that day Vesturvik was called Fámjin. These things are said to have happened in the 16th century. Geography The village of Fámjin faces the ocean, although partly protected by a stone reef, which becomes visible at low tide. The village is surrounded by some of the highest mountains on Suðuroy. The highest mountain, Gluggarnir is located north of Fámjin. The mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fámjin Kirkja 1
Fámjin () is a village located on the western side of Suðuroy, the southernmost island in Faroe Islands. Fámjin is looking directly out to the North Atlantic Ocean. Name Tradition says that Fámjin used to be called Vesturvik. One day two men from the village were out on the sea fishing from their boat. There they saw a French sailship just lying there waiting for wind. The two men invited two ladies into their boat to see a large halibut. When the ladies were on board the men quickly rowed towards their village with them. From the sail-ship they heard the Frenchmen shout "Femmes ... Femmes". After that day Vesturvik was called Fámjin. These things are said to have happened in the 16th century. Geography The village of Fámjin faces the ocean, although partly protected by a stone reef, which becomes visible at low tide. The village is surrounded by some of the highest mountains on Suðuroy. The highest mountain, Gluggarnir is located north of Fámjin. The mountains Borgar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fámjin
Fámjin () is a village located on the western side of Suðuroy, the southernmost island in Faroe Islands. Fámjin is looking directly out to the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. Name Tradition says that Fámjin used to be called Vesturvik. One day two men from the village were out on the sea fishing from their boat. There they saw a French sailship just lying there waiting for wind. The two men invited two ladies into their boat to see a large halibut. When the ladies were on board the men quickly rowed towards their village with them. From the sail-ship they heard the Frenchmen shout "Femmes ... Femmes". After that day Vesturvik was called Fámjin. These things are said to have happened in the 16th century. Geography The village of Fámjin faces the ocean, although partly protected by a stone reef, which becomes visible at low tide. The village is surrounded by some of the highest mountains on Suðuroy. The highest mountain, Gluggarnir is located north of Fámjin. The mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suðuroy
Suðuroy (pronounced: �suːwʊrɔior �suːri ‘South Island’, ) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands. The island covers 163.7 square kilometres (63.2 sq mi). In 2018 the population was 4,601. Suðuroy region ( sýsla) comprises this island and Lítla Dímun, the next isle northward in the Faroes, which is uninhabited. History One ancient settlement, Víkarbyrgi was abandoned late in the 1990s. Another settlement, Akraberg was abandoned around 1350 because of the Black Death; the people who lived there at that time came from Friesland, and legend has it that people in Hørg (in Sumba) can trace their ancestry back to this settlement, which was situated on the southernmost point of the island. In the 17th century, Suðuroy was subjected to repeated attacks by North African pirates, who in the Faroe Islands were referred to as Turks when North Africa belonged to the Ottoman Empire. One well known such incident was the Slave raid of Suðuroy. They abducte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fámjin Stone
The Fámjin stone () is a runestone located in the church of Fámjin on the Faroe Islands. The stone bears both Latin alphabet, Latin and Runic alphabet, Runic letters. The stone is dated to the time after the History_of_the_Faroe_Islands#Foreign_commercial_interest:_14th_century_to_Second_World_War, Faroese reformation in 1538, and proves that runes were used up to as late as the 16th century. It is the youngest of the :Runestones on the Faroe Islands, Faroese runestones. See also *Sandavágur stone *Kirkjubøur stone References Runestones on the Faroe Islands Suðuroy {{DEFAULTSORT:Famjin Stone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkjuvatn
Kirkjuvatn is a lake in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. The lake is located just north of the village of Fámjin Fámjin () is a village located on the western side of Suðuroy, the southernmost island in Faroe Islands. Fámjin is looking directly out to the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. Name Tradition says that Fámjin used to be called Vesturvi ..., which is located on the west coast of Suðuro]. Fámjin is the only village on the island which is facing directly west. Only one other village, Sumba, Faroe Islands, Sumba is also located on the west coast, but Sumba is facing south-west. The name of the lake means ''Church Lake'' – ''kirkja'' means ''church'' and ''vatn'' means ''lake'' in this case, although the most common meaning of the word ''vatn'' is ''water''. The lake is 0.2 km2, the largest lake in the island of Suðuroy. The lake is among the 10 largest lakes in the Faroe Islands. Tourism Kirkjuvatn has become a tourist attraction; tourists often go fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jens Oliver Lisberg
Jens Oliver Lisberg (24 December 1896 – 31 August 1920) (Jens Olivur Lisberg in modern Faroese) was one of the designers of the ''Merkið'', the flag of the Faroe Islands. While a law student in Copenhagen, he devised the flag in 1919 with two other Faroese students, Janus Øssursson from Tórshavn and Paul Dahl from Vágur. Lisberg raised the flag for the first time on Faroese soil on 22 June 1919 on returning to his home town of Fámjin. It would not however receive official status until 25 April 1940 when the British occupation government approved its use as the civil ensign of the islands. Lisberg died of pneumonia on 31 August 1920. He is buried in Fámjin, where the church now holds the original copy of the Merkið. References ''This article is based upon a translation of the equivalent article in the French Wikipedia The French Wikipedia () is the French-language edition of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. This edition was started on 23 March 2001, two ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgarknappur
Borgarknappur is a mountain in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. Features The mountain is high. It is located in the center of the island, west of the village Hov, Faroe Islands, Hov and south-east of Fámjin, south-west of Øravík and north of Vágur. Another mountain peak, which is called Borgin, vágur, Borgin ( high) is just west of Borgarknappur, and a mountain called Hvannafelli ( high) is further south. Before the roads were made between the villages in Suðuroy, there were paths between the villages over the mountains. Several of these paths met near Borgarknappur, in Mannaskarð and near a mountain called Laðanfelli ( high). To help people find their way up in the mountains there were cairns along the paths. Most of these cairns are still there and now mostly used for hiking trips for people and tourists. The paths which meet in Mannaskarð, near Borgarknappur come from the villages: Øravík, Fámjin, Porkeri, Hov, Faroe Islands, Hov and Vágur. Geocode for Borgarknappur, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
