- Funningsfjørður
Infobox Settlement
name = Funningsfjørður
official_name =
other_name =
native_name =
settlement_type = Village
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pushpin_label_position =
pushpin_map_caption =Location within the Faroe Islands
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subdivision_type = Country
subdivision_name = flag|Denmark
subdivision_type1 = Autonomous Province
subdivision_name1 = flag|Faroe Islands
subdivision_type2 = Municipality
subdivision_name2 = Elduvikar
established_title = Founded
established_date = 1812
population_footnotes= fact|date=January 2008
population_total = 68
latd = 62
latm = 14
lats = 17
latNS = N
longd = 6
longm = 55
longs = 44
longEW = W
postal_code_type =ZIP code
postal_code = FO 477Funningsfjørður is a village located at the end of a
fjord of the same name ('Fjørður' is the Faroese word for 'fjord'). It was founded in 1812, with Elduvikar as itsmunicipality .There was a whaling station in Funningsfjørður from 1902 to 1913.
ee also
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Elduvik
*List of towns in the Faroe Islands External links
* [http://www.faroeislands.dk/pages/FunningsfjordurIndex.htm Faroeislands.dk: Funningsfjordur] Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
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