Leynar

Leynar (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.