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Frammi við Gjónna

Coordinates: 62°8′11.76″N 7°1′19.34″W / 62.1366000°N 7.0220389°W / 62.1366000; -7.0220389
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Frammi við Gjónna
Village
Frammi við Gjónna is located in Denmark Faroe Islands
Frammi við Gjónna
Frammi við Gjónna
Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°8′11.76″N 7°1′19.34″W / 62.1366000°N 7.0220389°W / 62.1366000; -7.0220389
State Kingdom of Denmark
Country Faroe Islands
IslandStreymoy
MunicipalityKvívík
Population
 (1 January 2016)
 • Total0
Time zoneGMT
 • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (EST)

Frammi við Gjónna is an abandoned village in the Faroe Islands.

Postage stamp from 1987

A farm was established in the village as a settlement village in 1815, but there was probably already settlement at the site even earlier.[1] The farm is located next to some streams near Lake Leynar in the Municipality of Kvívík on Streymoy.[2][3] Frammi við Gjónna is a typical example of a Faroese farm, where the residents lived in a long stone house with a grass roof and subsisted by raising sheep. Today the farm houses a restaurant called Koks,[4][5] and the flat fields below the farm, near Lake Leynar, are cultivated. Frammi við Gjónna was used as the motif for a postage stamp engraved by Czesław Słania and issued by the Faroese postal service in 1987.

References

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  1. ^ "Joensen, Robert. 1968. Hvussu gomul er bygdin. Varðin. Heimabeiti". Archived from the original on 2015-07-15. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  2. ^ Joensen, Jóan Pauli. 2009. Pilot Whaling in the Faroe Islands: History, Ethnography, Symbol. Tórshavn: Faroe University Press, p. 215.
  3. ^ Mikkelsen, Tórður. 2016. Við Tórði á túri Frammi við Gjónna. KVF (February 15).
  4. ^ Samuelsen, Ingi (September 22, 2018). "Koks leingir ein mánaða frammi við Gjónna". Dimmalætting. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
  5. ^ "KOKS – Leynar - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant". Michelin Guide. 12 November 2019.
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