State Kingdom of Denmark Island Eysturoy Postal code FO 627 Local time Sunday 12:04 AM Municipality Runavík Municipality | Constituent country Faroe Islands Time zone GMT Climate Cfc Population 130 (1 Jan 2009) | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind NE at 14 km/h, 91% Humidity | ||
Lamba (from Old Norse Lamb-hagi, meaning 'lamb outfield', Danish: Lamhauge), is a small village in the bottom of the inlet Lambavík on the East coast of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands.
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Map of Lamba, Faroe Islands
There are similarly named places, Lamba in Shetland and Lambay in Ireland.
Settlement
The houses in Lamba are spread down through the valley following the road on its way from the bottom of the valley down to the small harbour.
There is a huge rock in the harbour. Nobody wants to remove it because it is said to be inhabited by ‘huldufólk’, a race of elfs or faries that people used to believe in. They are said to be fierce if disturbed.
Heri Joensen of Viking metal band Týr is from Lamba.
References
Lamba (Faroe Islands) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA