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    Glyvrar (Danish: Glibre) is a village located on Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It is one of several villages on the east side of the Skálafjørður fjord...
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    P/F Bakkafrost is a Faroese salmon farming company based in Glyvrar on the island of Eysturoy in the Faroe Islands. Bakkafrost is the largest fish farming...
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    of the island are the basalt sea stacks Risin og Kellingin. The town of Glyvrar on the eastern coast of Eysturoy is the home-base for Bakkafrost, the largest...
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    construction of a bypass between the tunnel mouth and the town limits of Glyvrar, in order to alleviate the increasing traffic through the town streets...
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    towns and villages: On Eysturoy: Runavík Elduvík Funningsfjørður Funningur Glyvrar Lambareiði Lamba Oyndarfjørður Rituvík Saltangará Skálabotnur Skála Skipanes...
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    Private oil and gas exploration Bakkafrost Consumer goods Farming & fishing Glyvrar 1968 Salmon farming BankNordik Financials Services Banks Tórshavn 1906...
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  • Runavík, Rituvík, Skipanes, Søldarfjørdur, Elduvík, Funningsfjørdur, Glyvrar, Oyndarfjørdur, Skáli, Skálafjørdur, Lambi and Lambareidi. Jústinus Hansen...
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    Lærerhøjskole) in Copenhagen from 1914 to 1915. Poulsen worked as a teacher in Glyvrar, Lamba, and Søldarfjørður from 1908 to 1917, and in Strendur from 1917...
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    Eysturoy 62°19′30″N 6°56′28″W / 62.32500°N 6.94111°W / 62.32500; -6.94111 Glyvrar 421 FO 625 Runavíkar Eysturoy 62°7′53″N 6°43′27″W / 62.13139°N 6.72417°W...
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    course in 1914. He was appointed teacher at the schools in Søldarfjørður, Glyvrar and Lamba. He quit his teaching positions, however, after only six months...
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    taught in the Municipality of Sumba from 1917 to 1919, in Rituvík and Glyvrar from 1919 to 1920, and in Porkeri from 1920 to 1968. Danbjørg served in...
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    Saltangará, Rituvík, Skipanes, Søldarfjørður, Elduvík, Funningsfjørður, Glyvrar, Oyndarfjørður, Skáli, Skálafjørður, Lambi, and Lambareiði villages. List...
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    highway built (Fjøruvegin, foreshore road) from the Eysturoyartunnilin to Glyvrar, on the shoreline. Until 2003 a passenger ferry operated 2-3 times daily...
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    Skálafjørður fjord. The people who lived in the villages of Skála and Glyvrar were evacuated at around four in the morning to a community house in Strendur...
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  • skipper's school in Porkeri and Hans Djurholm started a skippers school in Glyvrar in Eysturoy in 1903. The two brothers Jákup and Jógvan Joensen (they were...
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    Funningsfjørður Fundingsfjørd Funningur Funding Gásadalur Gåsedal Gjógv Gjov Glyvrar Glibre Gøtueiði Gøteejde Gøtugjógv Gøtegjov Haldarsvík Haldersvig Hattarvík...
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    Hvalvík. FR 68: Kvívík. Stamp FR 136 of 1986, old bridges: Glyvragjógv at Glyvrar, Eysturoy of 1902. FR 137: Leypanagjógv at Oyrargjógv, Vágar of 1912. FR...
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    name Nordlandia and entered service with the company P/f Kenn based in Glyvrar on 2 February 1980. In 1993, the ship came under the ownership of TOO Giros...
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