The
stamp on this FDC is one of a set of three stamps issued by The Faroe Islands
in 1982 featuring the landscapes of three Villages. This one portrays the
village called Hvalvík, which is located
in a valley on the east coast of the island of Stremoy.
It
is the southern half of a twin-village situated on both sides of the valley.
The villages are divided by the river Stórá. The northern half which is
approximately the same size is called Streymnes. Together the two villages have
a population of more than 400 inhabitants.
Hvalvík-Streymnes
is a village that has grown rapidly during the past years, mainly because of
its proximity to the capital Torshavn.
The
Church in Hvalvík is a traditional wooden church dating from 1829, built
because the old Church from 1700 was ruined in a storm. It is the third oldest
Church in the Faroe Islands, though the oldest of the traditional wooden black
churches. The Church is built with wood bought from a ship that ran aground in
Saksun in 1828. The architecture is
typically Faroese, with no stone foundations. The pulpit dates back to 1609 and was originally in the
Church in Tórshavn.
The
famous Bishop Alexander was raised in Hvalvík, in a place called Frammi við
Kráir. Legend has it, that he was the first to import knives and forks.
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