Faroe Islands
Streymoy
Tórshavn Municipality

National Library of the Faroe Islands

The National Library of the Faroe Islands is the national library for the , a self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark. It is both a public and a research library.
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  • Email: lbs@landsbokasavnid.fo
  • Type: Library
  • Description: national library
  • Also known as: “Landsbókasavnið”
  • Address: J.C. Svabos gøta 16, Tórshavn, 100

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tórshavn Cathedral and Vesturkirkjan.

Church
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is the second oldest received church of the , on in the old town of . Painted white, and roofed with slate, it was established in 1788. is situated 460 metres northeast of National Library of the Faroe Islands.

Church
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is a church, which is situated 310 metres west of National Library of the Faroe Islands.

School building
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The is a vocational maritime school located in . It offers three year shipmaster and marine engineer courses as well as other maritime related courses.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tinganes and Tórshavn.

Quarter
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is the historic location of the landsstýri, and is a part of . The name means "parliament jetty" or "parliament point" in Faroese.

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is the capital of the . At the foot of a mountain range, the archipelago's largest city has a long history dating back as far as 850 AD.

Village
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is a village in the . most likely takes its name from Old Irish airge, which means summer pasture; several placenames in Faroe carry the same name with this meaning.

National Library of the Faroe Islands

Latitude
62.0069° or 62° 0′ 25″ north
Longitude
-6.77829° or 6° 46′ 42″ west
Open location code
9CJM264C+QM
Open­Street­Map ID
way 30704456
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q144515
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In Other Languages

From Azerbaijani to Welsh—“National Library of the Faroe Islands” goes by many names.
  • Azerbaijani: “Farer adalarının Milli Kitabxanası”
  • Bosnian: “Nacionalna biblioteka Farskih ostrva”
  • Catalan: “Biblioteca Nacional de les Illes Fèroe”
  • Catalan: “Føroya Landsbókasavnið”
  • Danish: “Færøernes Nationalbibliotek”
  • Dutch: “Foroya Landsbokasavn”
  • Dutch: “Føroya Landsbókasavn”
  • Esperanto: “Feroa Landbiblioteko”
  • Esperanto: “Nacia biblioteko de la feroaj insuloj”
  • Faroese: “Føroya Landsbókasavn”
  • Finnish: “Färsaarten kansalliskirjasto”
  • French: “bibliothèque nationale des Féroé”
  • French: “Bibliothèque nationale des Féroé”
  • German: “Landesbibliothek der Färöer”
  • Greek: “Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη των Νήσων Φερόες”
  • Hebrew: “הספרייה הלאומית של איי פארו”
  • Latvian: “Fēru Salu Nacionālā bibliotēka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Føroya Landsbókasavn”
  • Norwegian: “Føroya Landsbókasavn”
  • Persian: “کتابخانه ملی جزایر فارو”
  • Polish: “Biblioteka Narodowa Wysp Owczych”
  • Russian: “Национальная библиотека Фарерских островов”
  • Serbian: “Национална библиотека Фарских Острва”
  • Swedish: “Färöarnas nationalbibliotek”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Ynysoedd Ffaro”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Ynysoedd Ffaröe”
  • Welsh: “Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Ynysoedd y Ffaroe”

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