Søldarfjørður
Søldarfjørður is a village in the south of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in Runavík Municipality. The 2002 population was 344. Its postal code is FO 344.Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Village with 345 residents
- Description: settlement on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands
- Also known as: “Sölmundarfjörður” and “Solmundefiord”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Undir Mýruhjalla and Kambur.
Undir Mýruhjalla
Pitch
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Undir Mýruhjalla is a stadium in Skála, Faroe Islands. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of Skála ÍF. The stadium holds 1,000 people and opened in 1968. Undir Mýruhjalla hosted the Faroe Islands Cup final in 1984.
Kambur
Peak
Kambur is a mountain in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands, located on the northern side of the village Porkeri: Kambur is also visible from Hov. Kambur is situated 3½ km southwest of Søldarfjørður.
Glyvra Church
Church
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Glyvra Church is situated 3½ km southeast of Søldarfjørður.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Skála and Lambareiði.
Skála
Village
Photo: Erik Christensen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skála (reclaimed its original name Skála as opposed to incorrect Skáli in 2011; is a village on the east coast of the Faroese island of Eysturoy, located in Runavík Municipality.
Lambareiði
Village
Lambareiði is a village on the Faroese island of Eysturoy in Runavík Municipality.
Skipanes
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Skipanes is a hamlet on the Faeroese island of Eysturoy in Runavík Municipality. Founded in 1841, the population as of August 2022 was 55 people. In amalgamation with undir Gøtueiði in Eysturkommuna, it forms a tiny conurbation; a small creek acts as a border between the two settlements.
Søldarfjørður
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Runavík, Eysturoy, Faroe Islands, Nordic countries, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
62.15751° or 62° 9′ 27″ northLongitude
-6.75256° or 6° 45′ 9″ westPopulation
345Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)United Nations Location Code
FO SMJOpen location code
9CJM565W+2XOpenStreetMap ID
node 29023817OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
Discover Søldarfjørður from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Søldarfjørður” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Søldarfjørður”
- Danish: “Søldarfjørdur”
- Danish: “Søldarfjørður”
- Danish: “Solmundefjord”
- Dutch: “Soldarfjordur”
- Dutch: “Søldarfjørður”
- Faroese: “Søldarfjørður”
- French: “Søldarfjørður”
- German: “Søldarfjørður”
- Hungarian: “Søldarfjørður”
- Icelandic: “Søldarfjørður”
- Irish: “Søldarfjørður”
- Manx: “Soldarfjordur”
- Manx: “Søldarfjørður”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Søldarfjørður”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sólmundarfjørður”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Solmundefjord”
- Norwegian: “Søldarfjørður”
- Ossetian: “Сёльдарфьёрур”
- Romanian: “Soldarfjordur”
- Romanian: “Søldarfjørður”
- Swedish: “Söldarfjördur”
- Swedish: “Søldarfjørður”
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