Skálafjørður (village)
Village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark
Skálafjørður Skálabotnur | |
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Village | |
62°11′52″N 6°50′59″W / 62.19778°N 6.84972°W / 62.19778; -6.84972 | |
State | ![]() |
Constituent country | ![]() |
Island | Eysturoy |
Municipality | Runavík Municipality |
Founded | 17th century |
Population (March 2023)[1] | |
• Total | 138 |
Time zone | GMT |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
Postal code | FO 485 |
Climate | Cfc |
Skálafjørður (Danish: Skålefjord), also known as Skálabotnur, is a village at the end of the Skálafjørður fjord on the Faroese island of Eysturoy located in Runavík Municipality. It changed its official name from Skálabotnur into Skálafjørður in 2019.[2]
The 2015 population was 111. Its postal code is FO 485.
On 11 March 2019 a non-binding referendum on the official name of the village was held. 65% voted in favour of Skálafjørður while 35% chose Skálabotnur. The turnout was 74/83 (89%). Because the name Skálafjørður is usually inflected in the dative case and preceded by the preposition í, i.e. í Skálafirði, confusion with the fjord with the same name may be limited.[3]
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External links
- Danish site with photographs of Skálabotnur/Skalafjørður
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