Glyvrar
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| Population: | 406 |
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| Postal Code (Zip): | FO 625 |
| Location | 62°7′53″N 6°43′27″W / 62.13139°N 6.72417°W |
| Country |  Faroe Islands |
Glyvrar is a village located on Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands.
It is one of several villages on the eastside of Skalafjørður (fjord) that have grown into a 10 kilometre long conurbation.
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.
Bible translator Victor Danielsen worked as a teacher in Glyvrar in 1914.
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