Skælingur is a village on the west of the main Faroese island of
Streymoy
Streymoy ( da, Strømø) is the largest and most populated island of the Faroe Islands. The capital, Tórshavn, is located on its southeast coast. The name means "island of currents". It also refers to the largest region of the country that also i ...
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Kvívík
Kvívík ( da, Kvivig) is a village on the west coast of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands, in the eponymous municipality of ''Kvívík''.
History
Kvívík is one of the oldest settlements in the Faroes and excavations have shown the remains of Viki ...
Municipality.
The 2010 population was 13. Its postal code is FO 336. It is by the mountain Skælingsfjall, one of the tallest mountains in the archipelago with a height of 767 metres.
The nearby Skælingsfjall mountain used to be called Skælingur. The "skæli" prefix comes from the Faroese noun ''skáli'' (house). The mountain is said to resemble the shape of a house.
[Eivind Weyhe (2020), ''Fjallanøvn Í Føroyum']
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Photo gallery
Image:A Stone Arch Bridge in Skælingur Streymoy Faroe Islands.JPG, A stone-arch bridge in Skælingur.
Image:Faroe stamp 138 the breida bridge.jpg, The same bridge on a Faroese stamp with art work by William Heinesen
Andreas William Heinesen (15 January 1900 – 12 March 1991) was a poet, novel writer, short story writer, children's book writer, composer and painter from the Faroe Islands.
His writing
The Faroese capital Tórshavn is always the centre of H ...
, showing the stone bridge over Breiðá just north of Skælingur.
See also
* List of towns in the Faroe Islands
References
External links
Personal Danish site with photographs of Skælingur
Hagstova.fo
Populated places in the Faroe Islands
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