page_title: Sandvík
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Sandvík / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Sandvík is the northernmost village in Suðuroy, Faroe Islands. The population is around 100. The small island on this photo is Stóra Dímun. Dansk: Sandvík er den nordligste bygd på øen Suðuroy (Suderø) på Færøerne. Indbyggertallet er ca. 100. Den lille ø som ses på billedet er Stóra Dímun. Billedet er taget i nærheden af tunnellen til Hvalba. Føroyskt: Sandvík er norðasta bygd í Suðuroynni. Fólkatalið er umleið 100.
context_page_description: Sandvík is the northernmost village of the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. It is situated on the northern side of a shallow fjord. The village was previously known as Hvalvík. It changed its name to Sandvík in 1913 as there was too much confusion regarding mail delivery, because there is another village named Hvalvík on Streymoy. The village had originally been known as Sandvík during the Viking Age.
context_section_description: Sandvík is the place where Viking chief Sigmundur Brestisson was murdered after his long swim from Skúvoy in an attempt to flee from Tróndur í Gøtu. When Sigmundur came ashore exhausted to what he thought would be safety, the local farmer Torgrímur Illi fell upon him with his sons, and decapitated him for the golden bracelet he wore on his arm.
  In 1349 the village became deserted, the inhabitants having been wiped out by the Black Death. It would not be until 1816 that the village was once more inhabited.
  The church in Sandvík was built Á Bø in Froðba in 1840. Later, in 1856, it was moved to Tvøroyri, because more people lived there than in Froðba. And finally in 1908 it was moved to Sandvík, after Tvøroyri got a new and larger church.
  On 13 February 1915 a tragic accident occurred in Sandvík during a whale hunt in the bay. Two of the boats capsized and 14 of 15 young men on board lost their lives, they came from Sandvík and the neighbouring village, Hvalba. Later a memorial was raised in Sandvík in memory of the 14 men.
caption: Sandvík and Stóra Dímun as seen from just outside the tunnel from Hvalba.
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