• Population: 406
• Postal code (Zip): FO 625
• Location:
• Municipality: Runavíkar

Glyvrar is one of several villages on the eastside of the Skalafjordur-inlet that have grown into one 10 kilometer long village. Skalafjordur-inlet is located on Eysturoy.

In Glyvrar there is a museum called ’Bygdasavnid Forni’. The church in Glyvrar is originally from 1927 but it was heavily restored in 1981.

From 1903 to 1928 there was a school for navigators in Glyvrar. Graduates from here would become masters of fishing-ships.

See also:

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Glyvrar Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.