Funningur

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Funningur
Population (December 31, 2002)
- Total	79

Funningur is a town on the Faroe Islands. It is located on the north-west coast of Eysturoy ( 62°17′17″N, 6°58′2″W). It is part of a municipality called Funnings Kommuna. Behind the village rises the highest mountain in the Faroe Islands: Slættaratindur (882m).

Tradition says that the first viking who settled on the Faroe Islands settled in Funningur. His name was Grímur Kamban, a Norwegian Viking escaping the tyranny of the Norse king Haraldur Hárfagri. However, this is an error in this saga, because Harald's age was in the late 9th century, while the first Norse settlers reached the Faroes after 825.. (Actually, Irish monks arrived much earlier ca. 625–650).

The church in Funningur dates from 1847.

Mountains surrounding the village (counter-clockwise):

• Middagsfjall (601m) (due north)
• Gráfelli (856m)
• Slættaratindur (882m) (due west)
• Vaðhorn (780m)
• Blámansfjall (792m) with outcropping Nón (504m)
• Húsafjall (697m) (due south)

[edit] See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

[edit] External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Funningur Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.

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