Frammi við Gjónna
Frammi við Gjónna is an abandoned village in the Faroe Islands.
Postage stamp from 1987
Frammi við Gjónna | |
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Village | |
  Frammi við Gjónna Location in the Faroe Islands | |
| Coordinates: 62°8′11.76″N 7°1′19.34″W | |
| State | .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Country |  |
| Island | Streymoy |
| Municipality | Kvívík |
| Population (1 January 2016) | |
| • Total | 0 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
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
- Joensen, Robert. 1968. Hvussu gomul er bygdin. Varðin. Heimabeiti.
- Joensen, Jóan Pauli. 2009. Pilot Whaling in the Faroe Islands: History, Ethnography, Symbol. Tórshavn: Faroe University Press, p. 215.
- Mikkelsen, Tórður. 2016. Við Tórði á túri Frammi við Gjónna. KVF (February 15).
- Samuelsen, Ingi (September 22, 2018). "Koks leingir ein mánaða frammi við Gjónna". Dimmalætting. Retrieved October 24, 2018.
- "KOKS – Leynar - a MICHELIN Guide Restaurant". Michelin Guide. 12 November 2019.
External links
- Mikkelsen, Tórður. 2016. Sí myndirnar: Við Tórði á túri Frammi við Gjónna. KVF (February 22). Photos of Frammi vid Gjonna.
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