Tvøroyri
Tvøroyri | |
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Village | |
Location of Tvøroyri within Tvøroyri Municipality in the Faroe Islands | |
| Coordinates: 61°33′21″N 06°48′12″W / 61.55583°N 6.80333°W | |
| State | Kingdom of Denmark |
| Constituent country | Faroe Islands |
| Island | Suðuroy |
| Municipality | Tvøroyri Municipality |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Kristin Michelsen |
| Population (January 2025) | |
• Total | 863 |
| Climate | Cfc |
| Website | Official home page |
Tvøroyri is a village on the north side of the Trongisvágsfjørður on the east coast of Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands. Together with Froðba, Trongisvágur, Líðin and Øravík it forms Tvøroyri Municipality.
The village is considered to have been founded in 1836, when the Royal Danish Monopoly Trade Store was founded on a small tongue of land, called Tvøroyri. In a short span of years, Tvøroyri grew into a large village, mainly after 1856 when the monopoly state of the store was abolished. Around the turn of the 20th century, Tvøroyri was one of the largest towns on the Faroe Islands and had one of the main fishing industries.