Tvøroyri
Sign in to saveTvøroyri is a village on the north side of the Trongisvágsfjørður on the east coast of Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands. Together with Froðba, Trongisvágur, Líðin and Øravík it forms Tvøroyri Municipality.
Key facts
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- Tvøroyri
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- dk
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- Village
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- Tvøroyri from Smyril 2.jpg
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- 250px
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- Tvøroyri seen from MS Smyril, with the church of Tvøroyri at left.
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- Location of Tvøroyri within Tvøroyri Municipality in the Faroe Islands
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- Faroe Islands
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- right
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- 250
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- Location of Tvøroyri village in the Faroe Islands
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- State
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- Constituent country
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- Island
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- Suðuroy
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- Municipality
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- Tvøroyri Municipality
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- Overview
- Trongisvágur
- Froðba
- History
- Transport
- Culture
- Sports
- Notable people
- See also
- References
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Tvøroyri is a village on the north side of the Trongisvágsfjørður on the east coast of Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands. Together with Froðba, Trongisvágur, Líðin and Øravík it forms Tvøroyri Municipality.
The village is considered to have been founded in 1836, when the Royal Danish Monopoly Trade Store was founded on a small tongue of land, called Tvøroyri. In a short span of years, Tvøroyri grew into a large village, mainly after 1856 when the monopoly state of the store was abolished. Around the turn of the 20th century, Tvøroyri was one of the largest towns on the Faroe Islands and had one of the main fishing industries.