• Science • People
Non User
 • Locations • Timeline
Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Home > Tórshavn

Tórshavn ( Danish: Thorshavn) is the capital of the Faeroe Islands, a territory of Denmark. The city is located on Streymoy island and has 18,000 inhabitants. The name of the city means Thor's Harbour, Thor refers to the god of thunder and lightning in Norse Mythology.

The Faroese parliament, the Lögtinget is located in the old Tinganes area of Torshavn.

The city was founded in the 10th century CE, and was temporarily occupied during World War II by the British ( 1942- 1945).

See also:

External links

Faroe Islands

This geographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by [ ṣlocalurl: : |action=edit}} expanding it].
geography stubs



Read more »

Topics: Tórshavn, Guides, Tutorials...

TórshavnTorshavn ( Danish: Thorshavn is the capital of the Faeroe Islands, a territory of Denmark. The city is located on Streymoy island and has 18,000 inhabitants. The name of the city means Thor's Harbour, Thor refers to the god of thunder and lightning in Nor  
Non User