Funningsfjørður
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| Funningsfjørður | |
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  Funningsfjørður
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| Country |  Denmark |
| Autonomous Province |  Faroe Islands |
| Municipality | Elduvikar |
| Founded | 1812 |
| Population[citation needed] | |
| - Total | 68 |
| ZIP code | FO 477 |
Funningsfjørður is a village located at the end of a fjord of the same name ('Fjørður' is the Faroese word for 'fjord'). It was founded in 1812, with Elduvikar as its municipality.
There was a whaling station in Funningsfjørður from 1902 to 1913.
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