Søldarfjørður

Søldarfjørður with a view down the fjord to the south.

Søldarfjørður [ ˈsœldaɹˌfjøːɹʊɹ ] ( Danish : Solmundefjord ) is a place in the Faroe Islands in the south of Eysturoy on the longest Faroese fjord, the Skálafjørður .

• Population: 334 (January 1, 2013)
• Postal code: FO-660
• Commune : Runavíkar kommuna

This place was formerly called Sólmundarfjørður and is part of the ten kilometer long, contiguous settlement area on the east bank of Skálafjørður from Toftir to Skipanes , the northern neighboring town of Søldarfjørður. At the fjord is the Viðarlundin í Søldarfirði , a small forest that was created from 1950 and is 1.72 hectares in size.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Højgaard, Andrias: Træplanting í í Føroyum eina Old 43. Tórshavn 1989th

Web links

• Faroeislands.dk: Søldarfjørdur (in English, info. And photos)
• Map portal of the Land Surveying Office of the Faroe Islands (English and Danish)

Coordinates: 62 ° 10 ′  N , 6 ° 45 ′  W