Kvívík

Kvívík Kvivig (Danish)
Municipality and village
Kvívík Municipality Kvívíkar kommuna (Faroese)
Kvívík
Location of Kvívíkar kommuna in the Faroe Islands
Kvívík Location of Kvívík village in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°7′14″N 7°4′4″W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Streymoy
Area
• Municipality	4.73 sq mi (12.25 km^2)
Population  (March 2023)[1]
• Municipality	601
• Municipality density	130/sq mi (49/km^2)
• Village	393
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (WEST)
Postal code	FO 340
Climate	Cfc

Kvívík (Danish: Kvivig) is a village and municipality on the west coast of Streymoy in the Faroe Islands.

History

Kvívík is one of the oldest settlements in the Faroes and excavations have shown the remains of Viking houses.^[2] The oldest current house in Kvívík was built in the 18th century. There have been other churches, the present one was built in 1903. The village got a school in 1907. Pupils from the villages Kvívík, Stykkið, Leynar and Skælingur go there until 7th grade. When they start in the 8th grade they will attend the school in Vestmanna. The present school was founded on 22 August 1976. In 2010 a new building was built for multipurpose kindergarten, which was named Áarlon. It has rooms for children from the ages 0 to 8.^[3] There is a rowing club in Kvívík. It is called Kvívíkar Sóknar Róðrarfelag. One of their boats which is called Junkarin won the Faroese championship for 5-mannafør women in 2011. The same boat won the championship in the boys' category in 1975, 1976 and in 1998.^[4] In 2012 the boys under 15 who are rowing with Junkarin had already won the Faroese Championship after the fifth race on Fjarðastevna in Vestmanna.^[5]

Geography

The village is on both sides of a narrow bay and the small river Stora.

Noted natives and residents

• Joen Danielsen (1843–1926) poet
• J. P. Gregoriussen (1845–1901) poet

Gallery

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  Hand-coloured postcard of 1900
• 
  Kvívík in 2006
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  Old Settlement of Vikings
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  Kvívík in July 2012
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  Kvívík in 2012
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  The kindergarten Áarlon
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  The school of Kvívík
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  A memorial in Kvívík
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  Junkarin in 2011
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  The church and the village

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands
• Streymoy

References

Notes

1. Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
2. Jón Fossá. "Kvívík". Faroeislands.dk All villages on the Faroe Islands. Archived from the original on 2009-07-01. Retrieved 2006-07-09.
3. Kvivik.fo, Dagstovnurin Áarlon (in Faroese)
4. Drekin.fo, Junkarin Archived 2012-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
5. Kvivik.fo^{[permanent dead link‍]}