Fámjin
Fámjin [ fɔmjɪn ] or Famjin [ famjɪn ] (Danish: Famien ) is a place of the Faroe Islands in the middle of the west coast of Suðuroy.
- Population: 113 (1 January 2007 )
- Postal Code: FO -870
- Municipality: Fámjins Kommuna
Fámjin lies on the west coast of Suðuroy and is surrounded by high mountains.
Worth seeing is the church of Fámjin. It was built in 1875 and houses not only a rune stone from the 16th century (see: Fámjinsstein ), but also the first copy of the flag of the Faroe Islands. The author of this flag was a young man named Jens Oliver Lisberg from Fámjin, which was designed in 1919 as a student in the far Copenhagen.
The people of Fámjin have a history from the 16th century to tell how the place got its name: Originally, he should have been called Vesturvík. One day, two men were fishing from Vesturvík - a certain DOFFIN and his son - outside the coast, when they saw a French sailing ship languished in the doldrums, waiting for the wind. The two fishermen invited two ladies to visit him on board, so they can admire the beautiful Halibut fishing. But when the ladies were on board, the men rowed with full force back to Vesturvík. The French on the ship called constantly: Femme Femme mien mien ...! And since the place is called Fámjin. Because of the weather, the ship could not reach Fámjin to retrieve the two women. DOFFIN and his son married the two women, the oldest of which, however, was already married in Ireland ( where she was actually on the way). The Irish husband learned of the fate and his wife wanted to bring back from the Faeroe Islands, but the pastor of Suðuroy talked him out of it, as the two women were happy and would come voluntarily. In turn, the Irishman took the pastor to his ship and left him after two years again. DOFFIN and the Frenchwoman had a daughter, who married and settled in Fámjin in today í Sjúrðargarði. From this marriage a daughter was named Ragnhildur ( called Rannvá ) produced, considered the ancestor of other known people. (VU Hammershaimb. Færøsk Anthologi 1891, Vol 1, p 376 et seq )
On March 29, 2005 Write the Danish Foreign Minister Per Stig Møller and the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands, Jóannes Eidesgaard in Fámjin a bilateral declaration between Denmark and the Faroe Islands, which guarantees the autonomous island group for the first time its own foreign and security policy. See: Treaty of Fámjin.
Church Fámjin
Fámjin
South of Fámjin