Norðragøta is a village on Eysturoy, Faroe Islands.

• Population: 548
• Postal code (Zip): FO 512
• Location:
• Municipality: Gøtu kommuna
• Football team: Gí (Gøtu Ídráttarfelag)

Norðragøta is also just referred to as Gøta. The municipality Gøta (Gøtu kommuna) consits also of the villages Gøtueiði, Gøtugjógv und Syðrugøta . The village lies on Eysturoy's east coast at the bottom of the inlet Gøtuvík. There is a museum called Gøtu Fornminnisavn with the famous house Blásastova. The wooden church in the centre of the village is from 1833.

Gøta is a place of great importance in the history of the Faroe Islands. One of the key figures in the Icelandic saga, Faereyingasaga , called Tróndur Gøtuskegg lived here. Trondur (also called Tróndur í Gøtu ) was a heathen Viking-chief who ruled all of the islands for a period of time. In the saga Tróndur is represented as the "bad guy" while the "good guy" is Sigmundur Brestisson . Sigmundur christianised the Faroe Islands for the King of Norway. In reality they were all a bunch of nasty hooligans. For example the "good" Sigmundur led Viking-expeditions to The Baltic states with rape and pillage for the King of Norway. These things happened around year 1000.

See also:

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Gøta Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
• Blasastova.fo - museum
• Gota.fo - official homepage (only in Faroese)