Toftir
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| State | File:Flag of Denmark.svg Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country | File:Flag of the Faroe Islands.svg Faroe Islands |
| Island | Eysturoy |
| Municipality | Nes Municipality |
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| Time zone | GMT |
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| Postal code | FO 650 |
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| Climate | Cfc |
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Toftir (Template:Langx) Script error: No such module "IPA". is a village in Nes Municipality on the island of Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometers on the east side of Skálafjørður (fjord) on Eysturoy island. The highest hill in Toftir, called Húkslond, is 129 meters high, and Nes Municipality is the only area in the Faroes which has no mountains above 200 meters.
The Lake Toftir area was the first area in the Faroe Islands to become a Nature reserve in the 1980s, and in 2006 Nes Municipality, in cooperation with neighbouring Runavík Municipality, joined a network of local authorities in the Nordic countries working to halt the loss of biodiversity in their local areas.[2]
History
The settlement of Toftir dates back to the landnám (settlement) period. According to local lore, only one woman survived the Black Death (1348–1350), which left the village in ruins; hence the name Toftir, meaning "ruins". The village name prior to the Black Death is said to have been Hella, meaning "slope", which refers to the gradual sloping hillside on which the village is built.[citation needed]
Local economy
Toftir has one major retail store with late opening hours, one café Í Hópinum, which serves liquor, and a shop, Navia which sells woollens and also souvenirs.[citation needed] Toftir has a relatively large harbour with a filleting plant that opened in 1969, and hosts the headquarters of Faroe Fish Market.[citation needed]
Fredericks Church
Fredericks Church (Fríðrikskirkjan) (CotFI) in Nes was completed in 1994 and was named in honor of Fríðrikur Petersen (1853-1917) who served as rural dean on Nes from 1900 to 1917. [3] [4]
Other local religious communities include the Inner mission which is a revivalist movement of the Plymouth Brethren and the Baháʼí Community.
Sport
The major sports venue in Toftir is the Svangaskarð, the first of its kind in the Faroe Islands. Like most Faroese settlements, Toftir used to participate in the National Rowing sport of the Faroe Islands, but ceased participating in this sport in the 1980s. The village's football team, B68 Toftir, was established in 1962 and has won the Faroese league 3 times, in 1984, 1985 and 1992.
The local swimming club Flot was established in 1984; it participates in the national swimming competitions in the islands. In 2009 a Volleyball team was established in Toftir; in 2010 the name Ternan was chosen for the team. Toftir is also home to one of the pioneering chess clubs in the islands, Tofta Talvfelag which has won the Islands' Chess Championships once. The Toftir Boat Association (Bátafelagið) was established on 13 March 2005, and two months later the first Boat Festival was held in Toftir; it is now held every year on the first weekend of May.
People from Toftir
- Fróði Benjaminsen, footballer
- Jóan Símun Edmundsson, footballer
- Øssur Hansen, footballer
- Hans Jacob Højgaard (1904–1992), composer
- Heri Joensen, musician, singer, guitarist and founder of the band Týr
- Jógvan Martin Olsen, footballer
- Johan Poulsen (1890–1980), teacher and politician
See also
References
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- ^ Population, municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe Islands
- ^ Local contributions to meet the 2010 target to halt the loss of biodiversity, http://www.dirnat.no/content.ap?thisId=500026558.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fríðrikur Petersen (1853-1917)". skaldskapur. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Fredericks Church". Posta Faroe Islands. January 2011. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
External links
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- Faroeislands.dk: Toftir Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
- Nes Municipality
- B68 FC-Toftir
- Framtak
