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Norðragøta is a village on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands.
Information and history
- Population: 548
- Postal code (Zip): FO 512
- Location:
- Municipality: Gøtu kommuna
- Football team: Gí (Gøtu Ídráttarfelag)
Norðragøta is also just referred to as Gøta. The municipality Gøta (Gøtu kommuna) consists also of the villages Gøtueiði, Gøtugjógv and Syðrugøta. The village lies on Eysturoy's east coast at the bottom of the inlet Gøtuvík. There is a museum called Gøtu Fornminnisavn with the famous house Blásastova. The wooden church in the centre of the village is from 1833.
Gøta is a place of great importance in the history of the Faroe Islands. One of the key figures in the Icelandic saga, Faereyingasaga, called Tróndur Gøtuskegg lived here. Trondur (also called Tróndur í Gøtu) was a heathen Viking-chief who ruled all of the islands for a period of time. In the saga Tróndur is represented as the "bad guy" while the "good guy" is Sigmundur Brestisson. Sigmundur Christianised the Faroe Islands for the King of Norway. In reality they were all a bunch of nasty hooligans. For example the "good" Sigmundur led Viking-expeditions to The Baltic states with rape and pillage for the King of Norway. These things happened around year 1000.
Faroese stamps showing Norðragøta
Old houses in Norðragøta
Issued on 5 October 1992, the artist was Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen.- Text for the stamp edition on stamps.fo: Old Houses in Noðragøta
- Note the web site of the museum: Blasastova.fo
Church of Gøta
The new church of Gøta, issued: 23 September 2002. These were also the Christmas stamps for that year.See also
External links
- Faroeislands.dk: Gøta Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
- Blasastova.fo - museum
- Gota.fo - official homepage (only in Faroese)
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