Lamba (Faroe Islands) Explained

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.

Settlement

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.

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Notes and References

  1. https://hagstova.fo/en/population/population/population Population, municipalities and villages