Leynar

Village in Faroe Islands, Kingdom of Denmark

62°6′58″N 7°02′21″W / 62.11611°N 7.03917°W / 62.11611; -7.03917State

Kingdom of DenmarkConstituent country

Faroe IslandsIslandStreymoyMunicipalityKvívíkar kommunaPopulation

(March 2023)^[1]

• Total116Time zoneGMT • Summer (DST)UTC+1 (EST)Postal code

FO 335

ClimateCfc

Leynar (Danish: Lejnum) is a village in the Faroe Islands, a self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark.

The village is situated on the western coast of the island of Streymoy in the municipality of Kvívíkar. It has a population of 116 (March 2023). Leynar is the birthplace of Faroese actor Sverri Egholm (1930–2001) and domicile of the poet Guðrið Helmsdal.