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The boats connected to the station were: Urd (1894-1911), Skuld (1897-1911), Funding (1914), Leif (1914), Dominion I (1920) and Norman I (1920)
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In 1894, the first whaling station in the Faroe Islands, was built at Gjánoyri, about 1 km south of the village. It was constructed by the
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In 1901, Grøn built the first industrial factory in the country, it was located right next to the whaling station, and produced
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The first whaling season, lasted from 24 June, when the first whale was shot, to 9 September when Grøn returned to
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The village was settled in 1938, the name Langasandur means Longbeach.
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to increase earnings from the whales, which before, only gave
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Langasandur (seen from the north)
Langasandur is located in Denmark Faroe Islands
62°14′14″N 7°3′13″W / 62.23722°N 7.05361°W / 62.23722; -7.05361
Kingdom of Denmark
Faroe Islands
Streymoy
Sunda kommuna
Time zone
GMT
DST
UTC+1
EST
Climate
Cfc
Danish
Streymoy

Norwegian
Sandefjord
Finnmarken
Norway
baleen
bone meal
whale oil
List of towns in the Faroe Islands
Savn.fo, Søga (in Faroese)
Archived
archive.today
ISBN
978-99918-816-0-7

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