Funningsfjørður
Funningsfjørður () is a village in Faroe Islands, located at the end of a fjord of the same name ('fjørður' is the Faroese word for 'fjord'). It was founded in 1812 and has since 2005 been part of the municipality of Runavík.
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- Funningsfjørður
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- Eysturoy
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- Føroyar
- Population
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Funningsfjørður () is a village in Faroe Islands, located at the end of a fjord of the same name ('fjørður' is the Faroese word for 'fjord'). It was founded in 1812 and has since 2005 been part of the municipality of Runavík.
== Whaling station == left|thumb|The whaling station. In the background is the village itself. Unknown date, presumably 1920s. In 1901, the Norwegian Conrad Evensen bought the old whaling boat Emma from a company in the Finnmark in northern Norway, and founded the whaling station in Funningsfjørður, also with the name Emma. The first year the station produced 1160 barrels of whale oil.
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