FC Hoyvík

FC Hoyvík was a Faroese football club, which merged with FF Giza in 2012. The new club Giza/Hoyvík currently plays in the 2. deild. FC Hoyvík were previously named IF Fram Tórshavn (Tórshavn Forward). The club is located in the Hoyvík district, a suburb of the capital Tórshavn, Faroe Islands.

History

The club was founded on January 12, 1975 as IF Fram Tórshavn, and became the third football club in Tórshavn. HB Tórshavn (1904) and B36 Tórshavn (1936) are the first two. The fourth club in Torshavn came in 1997, Argja Bóltfelag from Argir. As the suburb Argir was incorporated in 1997 in the Municipality of Tórshavn. They were originally founded 1973.

In 1977 Fram Tórshavn played their first season in 1. deild (now named Effodeildin), but only finished seventh in the league and were relegated that season. Fram have never managed to achieve promotion back into the top flight league since. They are the only Faroese football club in history to have played in first league, down to the fourth league. In late 2008, the club changed its name to FC Hoyvík. In 2009, FC Hoyvík played their first season under the new name in the 1.Deild of the FSF (second division), after Fram Torshavn won the 2.Deild in the previous season and were promoted to 1. deild. They ended as 7th of 10 teams with 34 points. They got the same result in 2010 with 33 points. In 2011 was number 9 with 26 points and got relegated to 2. deild. FC Hoyvík also had a team in 2. deild that year, and this team got relegated to 3. deild. After the 2011 season FC Hoyvík and FF Giza (earlier Nólsoyar Ítróttarfelag), which played in the fourth leg (3. deild) decided to join forces and merged into Giza/Hoyvík. In 2012 their team ended as number three in 2. deild with 40 points. TB Tvøroyri II got promoted to 1. deild with 40 points, they had better goal score. B36 Tórshavn II won 2. deild and got promoted together with TB Tvøroyri II.

Hoyvík

Hoyvík (Danish: Højvig) is the third largest town in the Faroe Islands.

It has grown in size for many years and is now merged with Tórshavn becoming a northern suburb of the Faroese capital. A person from Hoyvík is known as a hoyvíkingur.

Overview

Hoyvík is believed to be a very old settlement. An early source is Færeyinga saga, written after 1200 about affairs taking place among Vikings centuries earlier. There is an old farmhouse in Hoyvík which dates back until the 17th century. Today it functions as an open-air museum.

Important institutions in Hoyvík are the gymnasium and the Faroese Historical Museum. The first church in Hoyvík was finished in 2007.

In 2005 a free trade agreement between the Faroe Islands and Iceland was signed in Hoyvík at the Historical Museum. It is consequently known as the Hoyvík Agreement.

Before the late 20th century the population was very low. Until the mid 19th century the entire population comprised one farm. A few more houses were built close to the farmland after the second world war. A real development boom has been in Hoyvík since about the early 1980s. The new houses have been built on land that was formerly considered the farmers outfield. The architecture of some of these newer houses include detached and terraced housing. The purchaser of one of these terraced houses, buys the two outer walls, but then builds the house itself in colours and design of their own choice. The result is an unusual effect of combing terraced housing with the idiosyncratic personal ‘touch’ of the family living in it.