Tvøroyri

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.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Tvøroyri
Settlement.native_name_lang: dk
Settlement.settlement_type: Village
Settlement.image_skyline: Tvøroyri from Smyril 2.jpg
Settlement.imagesize: 250px
Settlement.image_caption: Tvøroyri seen from MS Smyril, with the church of Tvøroyri at left.
Settlement.image_map: Map-position-tvoroyar-kommuna-2005.png
Settlement.map_caption: Location of Tvøroyri within Tvøroyri Municipality in the Faroe Islands
Settlement.pushpin_map: Faroe Islands
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Tvøroyri village in the Faroe Islands
Settlement.subdivision_type: State
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Constituent country
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Island
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Suðuroy
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Municipality
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Tvøroyri Municipality

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Wikidata facts

Population: 859
Official website: www.tvoroyri.fo
Image: Tvøroyri from Smyril 2.jpg

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Overview
Trongisvágur
Froðba
History
Transport
Culture
Sports
Notable people
See also
References
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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.