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Whaling station

Faroe Islands, Streymoy, Langasandur (01)

In 1894, the first whaling station in the Faroe Islands, was built at Gjánoyri, about 1 km south of the village. It was constructed by the

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Hans Albert Grøn from

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, he sailed one of his decommissioned whaling stations from

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, and set it up in Gjánoyri, and started whaling with his boat Urd. The first whaling season, lasted from 24 June, when the first whale was shot, to 9 September when Grøn returned to

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with 940 barrels of whale oil, and 5 tonnes of baleen, 46 whales were shot. In 1901, Grøn built the first industrial factory in the country, it was located right next to the whaling station, and produced

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to increase earnings from the whales, which before, only gave

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, and almost free whale meat to the locals. The station closed down in 1925. The boats connected to the station were: Urd (1894-1911), Skuld (1897-1911), Funding (1914), Leif (1914), Dominion I (1920) and Norman I (1920)

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Populated places in the Faroe Islands {{faroes-geo-stub

Whaling station

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