Norðoya Fornminnasavn

About the museum

Norðoya Fornminnasavn is housed in one of the oldest buildings in Klaksvík, which was formerly part of the Danish royal monopoly trade. The old trading houses were once a commercial centre for the fishing industry, trade, labour and export.

In the museum, visitors can see what everyday life in the Faroe Islands was like in earlier times. Objects show life, trade and work in Klaksvík, and the town's original pharmacy is preserved in the rooms where it operated. The Spain Room (Spaniastova) is named after the time when salted cod for the Spanish market was processed in the building.

Highlights

• The old shop in the old trading houses
• Preserved pharmacy and the pharmacist's flat
• The Spain Room, with an old village community
• Objects from everyday life in the Northern Islands

Permanent exhibitions

• Gamli handilin – The old trading room and trading houses, which show life around trade and the fishing industry in Klaksvík.
• Gamla apotekið og íbúðin hjá apotekaranum – The town's original pharmacy and the pharmacist's flat, preserved in the rooms where they were.
• Spaniastova – eitt gamalt bygdarlag – The room is named after the salted cod work for the Spanish market and shows an old village community.

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