Lamba (from Old Norse Lamb-hagi 'lamb outfield', Danish: Lamhauge), is a small village in the bottom of the inlet of Lambavík on the east coast of Eysturoy, Faroe Islands.

Lamba
Village
Lamba
Lamba Location in the Faroe Islands
Coordinates: 62°8′33″N 6°42′8″W
State	Kingdom of Denmark
Constituent country	Faroe Islands
Island	Eysturoy
Municipality	Runavíkar kommuna
Population  (August 2022)[1]
• Total	157
Time zone	GMT
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (EST)
Postal code	FO 627
Climate	Cfc

There are similarly named places, Lamba in Shetland and Lambay in Ireland.

Settlement

The houses in Lamba are spread down through the valley following the road on its way from the bottom of the valley down to the small harbour.

There is a huge rock in the harbour. Nobody wants to remove it because it is said to be inhabited by ‘huldufólk’, a race of elfs or faries that people used to believe in. They are said to be fierce if disturbed.

Heri Joensen of Viking metal band Týr is from Lamba.

See also

• List of towns in the Faroe Islands

References

External links

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lambi.

This Faroe Islands location article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e