Funningur | |
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Village | |
 Funningur | |
  Funningur Location in the Faroe Islands | |
| Coordinates:62°17′17″N6°58′2″W / 62.28806°N 6.96722°W /62.28806; -6.96722 | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Faroe Islands |
| Island | Eysturoy |
| Municipality | Runavíkar kommuna |
| Established | 9th century |
| Area | |
• Total | 7.1 sq mi (18.3 km2) |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
| Population (September 2025)[1] | |
• Total | 42 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
| Postal code | FO 475 |
| Climate | ET |
Funningur is a village on theFaroe Islands. It is located on the northwest coast ofEysturoy (62°17′17″N6°58′2″W / 62.28806°N 6.96722°W /62.28806; -6.96722). It was the only village in the municipality calledFunnings kommuna, which on 1 January 2009 became part ofRunavíkar kommuna.
To the west of the village rises the highest mountain in the Faroe Islands,Slættaratindur (880m), however, the summit itself is not visible from the village.
Tradition says that the firstviking who settled on the Faroe Islands,Grímur Kamban, settled in Funningur. He was aNorwegian Viking escaping the tyranny of the Norse kingHaraldur Hárfagri. However, this is an error in the saga, because Harald's reign was in the late 9th century, while the first Norse settlers reached the Faroes after 825. (Actually,Irish monks arrived much earlier ca. 625–650).
About 70 people live in Funningur on both sides of a cascading stream in a compact cluster of houses around a small bay. The wooden turf-roofedchurch in Funningur dates from 1847 and stands at the water's edge.[2]
Mountains surrounding the village (counter-clockwise from the north):
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