Froðba (Danish: Frodebø) is a village located farthest out on the north brink of Trongisvágsfjørður, an inlet on the east coast of the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands.
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The village has eventually merged with the harbour-city of Tvøroyri. Froðba is usually divided into smaller places such as Hamri, Undir Skorum, Støðlunum, Torvheyggur and Bøur. Bøur is usually referred to as "Úti á Bø" the oldest inhabited area in Froðba, Bøur has a small graveyard which used to be the only one in Trongisvágsfjørður. It is no longer in use and Froðba used to have a church which was in Bø but after Froðba merged with the growing nearby town of Tvøroyri, the small church was moved to Tvøroyri, and later as the population grew the church was replaced and moved to Sandvík.
Tradition says that Froðba is the oldest village on Suðuroy and in the Faroe Islands. A legendary Danish king, Frode or Fróði, ran ashore and settled here. The place is named after him. The name Froðba was originally Fróðabæ, in Norse, which means Frode-village or settlement. The name "Fróðabæ" has changed to "Froðabø" and finally "Froðaba" and Froðba; the Faroese word bø translates into place, dwelling, settlement or village in English. The word also has a second meaning, which is field or meadow in English. Note that other villages on Suðuroy share the ending "ba" or "Bæ", "Bø" such as Hvalba and Sumba. The old church in Froðba housed a rune stone which was taken to Denmark in 1823 and cataloged in the Nationalmuseet but lost and rediscovered in 2003. Due to some mix up and in cataloguing since its rediscovery the rune stone's whereabouts are to this day unknown.
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froðba, danish, frodebø, village, located, farthest, north, brink, trongisvágsfjørður, inlet, east, coast, island, suðuroy, faroe, islands, villagelocation, faroe, islandscoordinates, 54806, 77222, 54806, 77222state, kingdom, denmarkcountry, faroe, islandsisla. Frodba Danish Frodebo is a village located farthest out on the north brink of Trongisvagsfjordur an inlet on the east coast of the island of Suduroy in the Faroe Islands FrodbaVillageFrodbaFrodbaLocation in the Faroe IslandsCoordinates 61 32 53 N 6 46 20 W 61 54806 N 6 77222 W 61 54806 6 77222State Kingdom of DenmarkCountry Faroe IslandsIslandSuduroyMunicipalityTvoroyrarPopulation March 2023 1 Total283Time zoneGMT Summer DST UTC 1 EST Postal codeFO 825ClimateCfcThis article relies largely or entirely on a single source Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources Find sources Frodba news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2023 Contents 1 History 2 Heliport 3 Gallery 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksHistory editThe village has eventually merged with the harbour city of Tvoroyri Frodba is usually divided into smaller places such as Hamri Undir Skorum Stodlunum Torvheyggur and Bour Bour is usually referred to as Uti a Bo the oldest inhabited area in Frodba Bour has a small graveyard which used to be the only one in Trongisvagsfjordur It is no longer in use and Frodba used to have a church which was in Bo but after Frodba merged with the growing nearby town of Tvoroyri the small church was moved to Tvoroyri and later as the population grew the church was replaced and moved to Sandvik Tradition says that Frodba is the oldest village on Suduroy and in the Faroe Islands A legendary Danish king Frode or Frodi ran ashore and settled here The place is named after him The name Frodba was originally Frodabae in Norse which means Frode village or settlement The name Frodabae has changed to Frodabo and finally Frodaba and Frodba the Faroese word bo translates into place dwelling settlement or village in English The word also has a second meaning which is field or meadow in English Note that other villages on Suduroy share the ending ba or Bae Bo such as Hvalba and Sumba The old church in Frodba housed a rune stone which was taken to Denmark in 1823 and cataloged in the Nationalmuseet but lost and rediscovered in 2003 Due to some mix up and in cataloguing since its rediscovery the rune stone s whereabouts are to this day unknown Heliport editThere is a heliport near Frodba at 61 32 37 N 6 46 28 W 61 54361 N 6 77444 W 61 54361 6 77444 the only with public traffic on Suduroy There are helicopter flights to Torshavn and Vagar Airport Gallery edit nbsp Basalt cliffs nbsp Columnar basalt next to the street Frodbiarvegur nbsp The distinctive cliffs of Hol i Hellu nbsp Hol i Hellu a cave east of Frodba nbsp View of Frodba nbsp View from Frodbiarnipa to the small islands Litla Dimun Stora Dimun and Skuvoy nbsp View of Frodba from the ferry Smyril nbsp Frodbiarnipa view from Smyril nbsp Atlantic Airways AgustaWestland AW139 OY HIH at Frodba helicopter station See also edit nbsp Faroe Islands portalList of towns in the Faroe IslandsReferences edit Population municipalities and villages Statistics Faroe IslandsExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Frodba Faroeislands dk Frodba Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands Photo gallery Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frodba amp oldid 1175512286, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
