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Glyvrar is a village located on Eysturoy, in the Faroe Islands. It is one of several villages on the eastside of Skálafjørður (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. The salmon farming company Bakkafrost is based in Glyvrar. Bakkafrost is the largest fish farming company in the Faroe Islands and one of the biggest private employer in the islands, if not the biggest. Bakkafrost is the eight largest fish farming companies in the world.〔(portal.fo - Føroysk alifyritøka er áttinda størst í heiminum )〕 ==See also== * List of towns in the Faroe Islands 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Glyvrar」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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