Overview

Norðragøta is also just referred to as Gøta. The municipality of Gøta (Gøtu kommuna) was a municipality until 1 January 2009 when it merged with Leirvík

Leirvík

Leirvík is a town on the Faroe Islands and was an important regional ferry harbour at the east coast of the second largest island Eysturoy. Leirvík has 867 inhabitants...

 into Eysturkommuna

Eysturkommuna

Eystur is a municipality in the Faroese Islands. It covers a part of the island of Eysturoy.The municipality was created on 1 January 2009 from the merger of Leirvík and Gøtu municipalities. It includes the villages of Norðragøta, Gøtueiði, Gøtugjógv and Syðrugøta, as well as other small settlements...

. Gøta consists also of the villages Gøtueiði

Gøtueiði

Gøtueiði a town in the Faroe Islands, located deep in the Skalafjordur-inlet on Eysturoy, founded in 1850.The village has now grown towards its neighbour-village Skipanes...

, Gøtugjógv

Gøtugjógv

Gøtugjógv, Nordagota and Sydrugota are villages that are located in the Faroe Islands. These areas are located at the end of an inlet which is called 'Gøtuvík'. This is on the east-side of the island of Eysturoy....

 and Syðrugøta

Syðrugøta

Syðrugøta is a village on southwest of the Faroese island of Eysturoy in the municipality of Gøta. The 2005 population was 410. Its postal code is FO 513. The famous Faroese singer Eivør Pálsdóttir was born here in 1983. Also Tróndur í Gøtu the most famous viking in Faroese history is said to have...

. The village lies on Eysturoy's east coast at the bottom of the inlet Gøtuvík. There is a museum called Gøtu Fornminnisavn with the famous house Blásastova. The wooden church in the centre of the village is from 1833.

Gøta is a place of great importance in the history of the Faroe Islands. One of the key figures in the Icelandic saga, Færeyingasaga

Færeyinga Saga

The Færeyinga Saga , the Norse saga of Faroemen, is the story of how the Faroes were converted to Christianity and became a part of the Kingdom of Norway.-Summary:It was written in Iceland shortly after 1200...

, called Tróndur Gøtuskegg lived here. Trondur (also called Tróndur í Gøtu

Tróndur í Gøtu

Tróndur í Gøtu was a viking from the Faroe Islands . He and Sigmundur Brestisson are the central figures in the Færeyinga Saga, which tells the early history of the Faroe Islands and the coming of Christianity to the islands, which Tróndur opposed.Chapter 3 of the Saga describes Tróndur as...

) was a heathen Viking-chief who ruled all of the islands for a period of time. In the saga Tróndur is represented as the "bad guy" while the "good guy" is Sigmundur Brestisson

Sigmundur Brestisson

Sigmundur Brestisson introduced Christianity to the Faroe Islands in 999. He is one of the main characters of the Færeyinga saga.According to the Færeyinga Saga, emigrants who left Norway to escape the tyranny of Harald I of Norway, settled in the islands about the beginning of the 9th century...

. Sigmundur Christianised the Faroe Islands for the King of Norway.

The most popular pastime in Norðragøta is football. The local football team is the Víkingur Gøta

Víkingur Gøta

Víkingur is a football club in the Faroe Islands. The club was founded in 2008 after the of merger GÍ Gøta and Leirvík ÍF. The club is based in Leirvík , while the stadium is in Norðragøta. Both are located on the island of Eysturoy and are about 5 kilometers away from each other. They are usually...

 (Víkingur Gøta). Gøta is home to G! Festival

G! Festival

The G! Festival is held annually at the seaside village Gøta on Eysturoy. It is one of the two largest music festivals on the Faroe Islands, the other being Summarfestivalurin. It was founded by Sólarn Solmunde and musician Jón Tyril, both locals. Jón is also the present chairman of the festival...

, one of the largest music festivals in the Faroe Islands.

Old houses in Norðragøta

Issued on 5 October 1992, the artist was Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen

Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen

Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen is the leading architect of the Faroe Islands. He is also a graphic artist and author of publications about the Faroese church.-Life:...

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• Text for the stamp edition on stamps.fo: Old Houses in Noðragøta
• Note the web site of the museum: Blasastova.fo

Church of Gøta

The new church of Gøta, issued: 23 September 2002. These were also the Christmas stamps for that year.

Text on stamps.fo:

• Gøta Church

External links

• Faroeislands.dk: Gøta Images and description of all cities on the Faroe Islands.
• Blasastova.fo - museum
• Gota.fo - official homepage (only in Faroese)