My Faroe-Stamp’s collection

Geography

Kalsoy

Kalsoy is the most westward island, with four villages connected by roads and tunnels.

The name of the island derives from Kallurin (The Man), the name of a cliff in front of Konan (The Woman), in the Isle of Kunoy.

In the island, there are two small cities, that of Hùsar, with the villages of Hùsar e Syðradalur (respectively 48 and 14 inhabitants), and that of Mikladadur, with the villages of Mikladadur and Trøllanes (53 and 24 inhabitants)

An elementary school is available for the children of the four villages, while any higher education must necessarily take place in Klaksvik, in the nearby Isle of Bordoy.

Kalsoy relies on the breeding of rams and cows, even if part of the population works in fishing, and there is a sea breeding of salmons employing a little more than ten workers. However, many still commute daily to the nearby Bordoy.

A regular postal service in Kalsoy started in 1905 thanks to two “pioneers”, Samson Joenesen and Marius Joenesen, who delivered the mail from Klasksvik to the villages of the islands with a rowing boat, alternating on the job on Tuesdays and Fridays.

In 1927, the rowing boat was substituted by a motor boat, and the first two post offices in Hùsar and Mikladadur were then opened, shortly followed, in 1935, by the villages of Syðradalur and Trøllanes. The postal service lasted until the recent 1991 revision, with the closing of the four offices in Kalsoy and the employment of a mailman for the distribution of the mail in the island.