Kollafjørður

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The village is centered along the northern shore of the Kollafjørður Fjord.{{cite book|last=Proctor|first=James|title=Faroe Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=blwCW3h2o28C&pg=PA75|accessdate=1 February 2013|date=2 September 2008|publisher=Bradt Travel Guides|isbn=978-1-84162-224-8|pages=75–}}

Above the fjord is a narrow valley which stretches over a hilly region where trails are used for trekking. The Kollafjørður valley measures {{convert|8|km}} and forms the eastern portion of the Kollfjardardalur valley, which lies east–west across Streymoy.{{cite book|last=Beaumont|first=Peter|title=A history of glacial research in Northern England from 1860 to the present day|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HvwQAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=1 February 2013|date=December 1968|publisher=University of Durham, Department of Geography|page=29|isbn=9780900974007}}

It is a village which has developed length-wise along the main road with a few shops. The northern shore line of the road adjoins the fjord. The harbour is located 23 km north of Tórshavn at the centre of the Faroe Islands. It is the third harbour under the control of Tórshavn Port Authority.{{Cite web|url=http://www.portoftorshavn.com/default.aspx?pageid=9285§ionid=291|title= A harbour with space to grow|accessdate=4 February 2013|publisher= Portoftorshavn.com}}

Initially there were only a few dwellings adjoining the village church. However, there has been growth in the area reaching a population of 900 in 2008, but thereafter it has been declining with 807 in 2009 and 793 in 2012.

The settlement extends along the north side of the fjord beside the fishing port and fish factories. In the late Middle Ages, it was a moot where the so-called spring assembly gathered. The church is a typical Faroese wooden church from 1837.{{cite book|last=Swaney|first=Deanna|title=Iceland, Greenland & the Faroe Islands|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZKFc5K-UQ8wC|accessdate=4 February 2013|year=1991|publisher=Lonely Planet Publications|isbn=978-0-86442-092-3|page=458}} Standing close to the coast, it is a black-tarred wooden building with a turf roof, white painted windows, and a small white bell tower on the roof's western end. Inside, everything is made of unvarnished wood. There are a few spots of blue colouring on the pulpit but otherwise nothing has been painted. The little ship hanging under the vault was donated as a tribute by the parents of a 25-year-old who drowned off the coast of Iceland.[http://www.lohse.dk/mediafiles/multimedia/pdf/4841-uddrag.pdf Peter Dahl, "Johan: Fra fisker til menneskefisker"]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Forlagsgruppen Lohse. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 5 February 2013. In addition to the village's fishing industry, there is a supermarket, a café, a timber outlet and the Atlanticpane window factory.[http://www.atlanticpane.fo/index.php?id=4 "Atlanticpane"]. {{in lang|fo}} Retrieved 5 February 2013.[http://www.torshavn.fo/Default.aspx?pageid=247 "Kollafjørður"], Torshavn.fo. {{in lang|fo}} Retrieved 5 February 2013.

The annual village festival, Sundslagsstevna, is celebrated alternatingly in Kollafjørður, Hósvík and Hvalvík in early July.{{cite web|url=http://faroeislands.dk/pages/Dk/KollafjordurIndex.htm|title=Kollafjørður|publisher=Faroeislands.dk|accessdate=4 February 2013}} Jens Christian Djurhuus (1773–1853), who lived in Kollafjørður, wrote a number of ballads based on the Icelandic sagas. They are still sung today, especially the ones about Olaf Tryggvason or the Battle of Svolder and the ballads of Sigmund and Leif.[http://www.denstoredanske.dk/Dansk_Biografisk_Leksikon/Kunst_og_kultur/Litteratur/Forfatter/Jens_Christian_Djurhuus "Jens Christian Djurhuus"], Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. {{in lang|da}} Retrieved 5 February 2013.{{cite book|last=Kamban|first=Hanus|title=J.H.O. Djurhuus: en litterær biografi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V1giAQAAIAAJ|year=2001|publisher=Odense Universitetsförl.|isbn=978-87-7838-604-5}}

The poet Tummas Napoleon Djurhuus (1928-1971) was a native of Kollafjørður.{{cite book|last=Rossel|first=Sven Hakon|title=A History of Danish Literature|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EzUXE3FNPZQC&pg=PA575|accessdate=1 February 2013|year=1992|publisher=University of Nebraska Press|isbn=978-0-8032-3886-2|pages=575–}}

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