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Toftir | |
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Village | |
 Toftir in late June 2004 | |
  Toftir Location in the Faroe Islands | |
| Coordinates:62°5′20″N6°44′8″W / 62.08889°N 6.73556°W /62.08889; -6.73556 | |
| State |  Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country |  Faroe Islands |
| Island | Eysturoy |
| Municipality | Nes Municipality |
| Population (September 2025)[1] | |
• Total | 1,067 |
| Time zone | GMT |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (EST) |
| Postal code | FO 650 |
| Climate | Cfc |
Toftir (Danish:Tofte) is a village inNes Municipality on the island ofEysturoy, in theFaroe Islands. It is part of a chain of villages stretching over a distance of 10 kilometers on the east side ofSkálafjørður (fjord) on Eysturoy island. The highest hill in Toftir, calledHúkslond, is 129 meters high, andNes Municipality is the only area in the Faroes which has no mountains above 200 meters.
TheLake Toftir area was the first area in the Faroe Islands to become aNature reserve in the 1980s, and in 2006 Nes Municipality, in cooperation with neighbouringRunavík Municipality, joined a network of local authorities in theNordic countries working to halt theloss of biodiversity in their local areas.[2]
The settlement of Toftir dates back to thelandnám (settlement) period. According to local lore, only one woman survived theBlack Death (1348–1350), which left the village in ruins; hence the name Toftir, meaning "ruins". The village name prior to the Black Death is said to have been Hella, meaning "slope", which refers to the gradual sloping hillside on which the village is built.[citation needed]
Toftir has one major retail store with late opening hours, onecaféÍ Hópinum, which serves liquor, and a shop,Navia which sells woollens and also souvenirs.[citation needed] Toftir has a relatively large harbour with a filleting plant that opened in 1969, and hosts the headquarters of Faroe Fish Market.[citation needed]
Fredericks Church (Fríðrikskirkjan) (CotFI) in Nes was completed in 1994 and was named in honor of Fríðrikur Petersen (1853-1917) who served asrural dean on Nes from 1900 to 1917.[3][4]
Other local religious communities include theInner mission which is arevivalist movement of thePlymouth Brethren and theBaháʼí Community.
The major sports venue in Toftir is theSvangaskarð, the first of its kind in the Faroe Islands. Like most Faroese settlements, Toftir used to participate in the NationalRowing sport of the Faroe Islands, but ceased participating in this sport in the 1980s. The village'sfootball team,B68 Toftir, was established in 1962 and has won the Faroese league 3 times, in 1984, 1985 and 1992.
The localswimming clubFlot was established in 1984; it participates in the national swimming competitions in the islands. In 2009 aVolleyball team was established in Toftir; in 2010 the nameTernan was chosen for the team. Toftir is also home to one of the pioneeringchess clubs in the islands,Tofta Talvfelag which has won the Islands' Chess Championships once. The Toftir Boat Association (Bátafelagið) was established on 13 March 2005, and two months later the first Boat Festival was held in Toftir; it is now held every year on the first weekend of May.
