Froðba

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Froðba
Froðba - hamri district. The poet Poul F. Joensen (1898–1970) lived in the red house . Postage stamp from 2004

Froðba [ ˈfɹoːba ] ( Danish : Frodebø ) is a suburb of Tvøroyri on Suðuroy in the south of the Faroe Islands . It belongs to the municipality of Tvøroyri. In 2014 287 people lived there. The zip code is FO-825.

The place

Froðba is at the far end of Trongisvágsfjørður on its north bank and the east coast of Suðuroy. Today it has grown together with the neighboring town of Tvøroyri. According to legend, Froðba is said to be the oldest settlement on the South Island . According to legend, a king named Fróði who was traveling from Denmark on his way to Ireland once settled here.

In Froðba there is also the Viðarlundin við Tvøroyrar kirkju park and there are also interesting columnar basalt formations . A small road leads to the 324 meter high Cape Frobiarnípa . From here you have a good view and you can also climb into a cave called Hol í Hellu . There are visible hard coal deposits on the way there . These are evidence of a forest that was covered by lava 50 million years ago .

The poet Poul F.

Memorial stone for Poul F. Joensen in Froðba.

The poet Poul F. Joensen lived and worked here for more than half a century. At first he was a local village teacher but then preferred the life of the common man. In June 2007 a memorial stone ( Minnissteinur ) was erected in Froðba near his house . The stone itself comes from Sumba , the place where Poul F. was born and grew up.

A grandson of the poet, the social democratic politician Kristin Michelsen , still lives in Froðba today. He has been Mayor of Tvøroyri Municipality since 2001.

photos

  • Town view, looking west into the fjord

  • Location of Froðba

  • Basalt columns along the Froðbiarvegur

  • The cave "Hól í Hellu" in Froðba

See also: List of cities and towns in the Faroe Islands

Web links

Commons : Froðba  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gongutúrur í Froðba , visitsuduroy.fo
  2. ↑ "Bygden Frodebös Anlæggelse". in: Schrøter, Johan Hendrik & Hammershaimb, VU (1852). “ Færøiske folkesagn ”, Antiquarisk Tidsskrift , Copenhagen 1849–1851. P. 142. (in Danish)
  3. ↑ Minnissteinur yvir Poul F avdúkaður. ( Memento of the original from August 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Lions Suduroy @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / suduroy.lions.dk

Coordinates: 61 ° 33 ′  N , 6 ° 46 ′  W