Skálavík

Skálavík

Location of Skálavík

Skálavík [ ˈskɔalavʊik ] ( Danish name : Skålevig ) is a place in the Faroe Islands on the east coast of the island of Sandoy . In January 2007, 183 people lived in the village, which also forms a Faroese municipality : Skálavíkar kommuna . The municipality of Skálavík consists only of the place of the same name. It is also the largest place on the east coast of Sandoy. The zip code is FO-220.

history

The stone church in Skálavík

Skálavík was founded in the Faroe Islands in the Viking Age and was originally located directly on the beach. The place is mentioned in writing together with the neighboring town Húsavík for the first time around 1350 to 1400 in the so-called dog letter . Around 1600 the village was moved more into the valley. In the center of the village there is a large field around which the four districts are distributed. The Dalsgarður is one of the largest royal farms of the Faroe Islands.

The present stone church was consecrated in September 1891 after the old church, which had suffered severe damage in a storm the year before, was torn down and replaced by a new building. The boat harbor dates from the 1970s. At the beginning of every July there is a festival called Sandoyarstevna , a kind of mini- Ólavsøka .

At the end of January 2008, Skálavík was hit by a severe hurricane. The port, houses and boats were destroyed. The damage was so great that emergency aid was provided from Iceland.

Location of the municipality

The former post office in Skálavík

Postage stamp from 2006

In the village there is a hotel with parking spaces for mobile homes, a pension and a snack bar. There is a hiking trail to Húsavík in the south.

In August 2006 it was announced that Skálavík would get a leisure center for all of Sandoy. This project, initiated by the shipping couple Jacobsen from Skálavík, was opened as Depilin í Skálavík in 2011. In 2015 the Smyril Line took over the business and set up a hotel with 25 beds in the leisure center.

Personalities

Heðin Brú (1901–1987) and Kristian Osvald Viderø (1906–1988) are the most famous Skálavíkingar (as the locals are called). We owe Heðin Brú the first Faroese novel which was translated into many other languages; and Viderø the completion of the Faroese Bible translation.

Web links

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

• Skálavík Faroeislands.dk; Info and photos
• Hotel Skálavík , hotelskalavik.fo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hvussu gomul er bygdin , heimabeiti.fo
2. ↑ Skálavíkar kirkja verður 125 ár ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2016 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. , dimma.fo, Aug. 30, 2016 
3. ↑ Skálavíkar kirkja 125 ár , in.fo, Aug. 30, 2016
4. ↑ Færøerne for stormhjælp from Iceland . (“The Faroe Islands get storm aid from Iceland”) Politiken , March 7, 2008
5. ↑ Smyril Line letur hotell upp í Skálavík , in.fo, March 2, 2015

Coordinates: 61 ° 50 ′  N , 6 ° 41 ′  W