Skálafjørður | |
Other Name: | Skálabotnur |
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: | Runavík Municipality |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | 17th century |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | March 2023 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 138 |
Timezone Dst: | EST |
Utc Offset Dst: | +1 |
Coordinates: | 62.1978°N -6.8497°W |
Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
Postal Code: | FO 485 |
Blank Name: | Climate |
Blank Info: | 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]