The village of Vagur, in the Isle of Suduroy, has 1,420 inhabitants, primary and secondary schools (with more than 300 students), and it is an important Faeoese city.

In the port there are eight small fish businesses, and a fleet of fishing boats. In the fiord there is also a salmon breeding facility.

In the district there are a bank, an insurance company, a hostel, a garage, a hospital, a sport center, a swimming pool, a stadium, and a social center.

The elderly community is very active, and can count on two gathering points. A special attention is also payed to the traditional cultural activities, such as the “chain” dance (the traditional Faeroese dance), choirs, and a museum of art and local history.

The postal activity in Vagur starts officially on July 1st, 1903, with a mail collecting center, which became the sub-post office on the following year.

The office was given to Andreas Olsen, a Dane living inToftum, a district of Vagur. Olsen used his apartment as a post office and kept the job until 1933.

Andreas Djirhuus succeeded Olsen in the business and, for this reason, the office was moved from Olsen’s apartment to Djirhuus’s, in the district of Tippunum.

Andreas Djirhuus also became a politician, joining the Parliament (Logting) and the Vagur District Council. For his activity in the post office, Dijrhuus was nicknamed “Andreas Post.”

The inhabitants of Vagur must have liked this nickname quite a bit, since they gave the same name to the following Post Office director, Petur Vilhelm, who became Petur Post and was hired in 1935. Then Petur was only fifteen; he maintained the position for 55 years when, in 1990, he retired leaving the job to Marianna Eystberg.

The Post Office was then still located in Andreas Post’s house until 1983 when it was moved to the actual premises in the district of Fløðulið, a building owned by the Faeroese Postal Service.

Until 1980 six small post offices were under the authority of Vagur Post Office: Víkarbyrgi, Sumba, Akrar, Lopra, Porkeri and Hovi. On January 1st, 1982, the Lopra Post Office was closed. The following year, the Akrar Office closed as well, followed by Hovi’s on August 31st, 1993, and Víkarbyrgi’s in 1996. Today only two post offices are still working: Sumba’s and Porkeri’s.

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