Funningur

Infobox Settlement
official_name = Funningur

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mapsize = 100px
population_total = 79
population_as_of = December 31, 2002
postal_code = FO 475

Funningur is a town on the Faroe Islands. It is located on the north-west coast of Eysturoy (coord|62|17|17|N|6|58|2|W|). It is the only village in the municipality called "Funnings kommuna", which on 1 January 2009 will become part of Runavíkar kommuna.

To the west of 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).

About 110 people live in Funningur on both sides of a cascading stream in a compact cluster of houses around a small bay. The wooden turf-roofed church in Funningur dates from 1847 and stands at the water's edge.cite book|first=Don|last=Brandt|title=More Stamps and Story of the Faroe Islands|url=http://www.faroestamps.fo/download/stamps_i_england-22.pdf|format=pdf|accessdate=2008-09-04|volume=1|origyear=2006|publisher=Postverk Føroya|location=Tórshavn|isbn=99918-3-191-6|pages=43]

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)

References

ee also

* List of towns in the Faroe Islands

External links

* [http://www.faroeislands.dk/pages/FunningurIndex.htm Faroeislands.dk: Funningur] Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.