Tórshavn

Tórshavn

Tórshavn ranks 1,520th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Sibiu, Freiberg, and Waukegan, Illinois. Memorable people born in Tórshavn include Niels Ryberg Finsen, William Heinesen, and Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen. Memorable people who died in Tórshavn include William Heinesen, Símun av Skarði, and Christian Matras. Tórshavn has been the birth place of many writers, and soccer players and the death place of many writers, and politicians. Tórshavn is located in Faroe Islands.

Tórshavn, usually locally referred to as simply Havn, is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of the city lies the 347-meter-high (1,138 ft) mountain Húsareyn, and to the southwest, the 350-meter-high (1,150 ft) Kirkjubøreyn. They are separated by the Sandá River. The city itself has a population of 14,099 (2024), and the greater urban area has a population of 23,194, including the suburbs of Hoyvík and Argir. Read more on Wikipedia