Lamba | |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Faroe Islands |
Pushpin Label Position: | right |
Pushpin Mapsize: | 250 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the Faroe Islands |
Subdivision Type: | State |
Subdivision Type1: | Constituent country |
Subdivision Name1: | Faroe Islands |
Subdivision Type2: | Island |
Subdivision Name2: | Eysturoy |
Subdivision Type3: | Municipality |
Subdivision Name3: | Runavíkar kommuna |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | August 2022 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 157 |
Timezone Dst: | EST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 62.1425°N -6.7022°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | FO 627 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | Cfc |
Lamba (Danish: Lamhauge), is a small village in the bottom of the inlet of Lambavík on the east coast of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands.
There are similarly named places, Lamba in Shetland and Lambay in Ireland.
The houses in Lamba are spread down through the valley following the road on its way from the bottom of the valley down to the small harbour.
There is a huge rock in the harbour. Nobody wants to remove it because it is said to be inhabited by ‘huldufólk’, a race of elfs or faries that people used to believe in. They are said to be fierce if disturbed.
Heri Joensen of Viking metal band Týr is from Lamba.