Faroe Islands Postal Codes
Faroe Islands uses postal codes in the format ### (# = digit, @ = letter).
130 postal codes are recorded for Faroe Islands in the open data sources below.
Example postal codes
100
Postal codes by place
The 60 places in Faroe Islands with the most postal codes recorded, listed alphabetically. Larger towns link to their own page.
| Place | Postal code | Codes recorded |
|---|---|---|
| Akrar | 927 | 1 |
| Argir | 160 | 2 |
| Bøur | 386 | 1 |
| Dalur | 235 | 1 |
| Depil | 735 | 1 |
| Eidi | 470 | 1 |
| Elduvik | 478 | 1 |
| Frodba | 825 | 1 |
| Fuglafjørdur | 530 | 2 |
| Funningsfjørdur | 477 | 1 |
| Funningur | 475 | 1 |
| Fámjin | 870 | 1 |
| Gjógv | 476 | 1 |
| Glyvrar | 625 | 1 |
| Gásadalur | 387 | 1 |
| Gøta | 510 | 2 |
| Gøtueidi | 666 | 1 |
| Gøtugjógv | 511 | 1 |
| Haldarsvik | 440 | 1 |
| Haraldssund | 785 | 1 |
| Hattarvik | 767 | 1 |
| Hellur | 695 | 1 |
| Hestur | 280 | 1 |
| Hov | 960 | 1 |
| Hoyvik | 188 | 1 |
| Hvalba | 850 | 1 |
| Hvalvik | 430 | 1 |
| Hvannasund | 740 | 1 |
| Hvitanes | 187 | 1 |
| Hósvik | 420 | 1 |
| Húsar | 796 | 1 |
| Húsavik | 230 | 1 |
| Innan Glyvur | 494 | 1 |
| Kaldbak | 180 | 1 |
| Kaldbaksbotnur | 185 | 1 |
| Kirkja | 766 | 1 |
| Kirkjubøur | 175 | 1 |
| Klaksvik | 700 | 1 |
| Klaksvík | 710 | 1 |
| Kolbanargjógv | 495 | 1 |
| Kollafjørdur | 410 | 1 |
| Koltur | 285 | 1 |
| Kunoy | 780 | 1 |
| Kvivik | 340 | 1 |
| Lambareidi | 626 | 1 |
| Lambi | 627 | 1 |
| Langasandur | 438 | 1 |
| Leirvik | 520 | 1 |
| Leynar | 335 | 1 |
| Ljósá | 466 | 1 |
| Lopra | 926 | 1 |
| Midvágur | 370 | 2 |
| Mikladalur | 797 | 1 |
| Oyrarbakki | 400 | 2 |
| Saltangará | 600 | 2 |
| Sandur | 210 | 2 |
| Tvøroyri | 800 | 2 |
| Tórshavn | 100 | 2 |
| Vestmanna | 350 | 2 |
| Vágur | 900 | 2 |
How an address is written in Faroe Islands
This is the order Faroe Islands's postal service expects. Square brackets mark what you replace.
[Recipient name]
[Street address]
FO[Postal code (100)] [City]
FAROE ISLANDS
A postal code is optional in Faroe Islands addresses — mail is deliverable without one, though including it speeds up sorting.
Look up a specific address
For the code covering one particular street or building, Faroe Islands's postal service publishes an official finder: posta.fo/en/private/send-receive/postcodes. It is authoritative and kept current, which third-party copies often are not.
Country reference
| ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 | FO |
|---|---|
| ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 | FRO |
| Capital | Torshavn |
| Telephone code | +298 |
| Currency | Krone (DKK) |
| Internet TLD | .fo |
Sources and licensing
Postal code data from GeoNames, used under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Address formats and validation rules derive from Google's international address metadata, cross-checked against Universal Postal Union addressing standards. Last verified August 2026. Confirm time-critical addresses with the destination country's postal operator.
Postal codes by town and city
119 places in Faroe Islands have a recorded postal code. The 0 largest have their own page; the rest are listed alphabetically.