H. N. Jacobsens Bókahandil

Jacobsens Bókahandil is the oldest bookshop in the Faroe Islands.

The bookshop was established on St. Olafs day on 29 July 1865 by bookbinder Hans Nicolai Jacobsen.

H. N. Jacobsen was one of the initiators of a public meeting in Tórshavn in 1888, aiming at public support for “the protection and preservation of the Faroese language and traditions”, as the notice announcing the meeting said.

The original book shop was in the old main street "Gongin", but 1918 it was moved to the Market Square "Vaglið", at the start of Niels Finsens gøta, where it still stands today.

With its characteristic Faroese grass roof and big maple trees in the foreground, it is a landmark in Tórshavn.