Iceland Discovered
It will forever remain unknown who was the first man to step on the shores of the island in the North Atlantic now called Iceland. It is, however, well known th...
The Faroe Islands
Music in the Faroes
Music holds an important position in Faroe society. It has always been so, but the trend in recent years has shown a widening spread in musical genres. More an...
Sports in the Faroes
Historically there has always been much interest in sport in the Faroe Islands. In the old sagas and legends there are tales of heroes and strong men, who per...
The Faroe Economy
With 48.000 inhabitants spread over 18 islands in the North Atlantic the Faroe Islands are the world's smallest independent economic entity. Six of the islands ...
Faroe Constitutional Affairs
The Faroe Islands have an ancient constitutional history. Norse settlers established here their own parliament called "thing" around the year 800. So the Faro...
Vágar and Mykines
Inhabitants: 2935 Area: 188 km2
Vágoy is the westernmost of the major islands in Faroe. Vágar has everything that the hospitable Faroese can offer their guests...
The Faroe Islands: A Globalised Micro Society
In a European context the Faroes are a young nation with a known history of just over a millennium. Irish monks came to Faroe at the time when the West Roman Em...
Tórshavn: the Friendly Capital
Tórshavn: the Friendly Capital
Tórshavn, or Havnin - the harbour - as we usually call it, is the capital of the Faroes and by far the biggest town, though prob...
The Weather
If you cannot find other subjects of conversation, you can always talk about the weather. The difference between the Faroes and so many other countries is that...
Sandoy, Skúvoy and Dímun
Population: 1443 Area: 122 km2
Villages: Skopun, Sandur, Skálavík, Húsavík, Dalur, Skúvoy. Besides there is Dímun with one farmstead.
Soft Islands with a Shar...
Streymoy, Nólsoy, Hestur and Koltur
Population: 22.000 Area: 392 m2
Streymoy is the biggest of the 18 Faroe Islands. It is located in the middle of the country and makes up 24% of the total land ...
The Faroes: In Brief
The Faroes: In Brief
When looking at the 18 small Faroe Islands, alone in the wide open ocean, 300 km to the nearest shore, partitioned by narrow fiords and so...
The Status of the Church in the Faroes
About the year 1000 Sigmund Brestisson introduced Christianity in Faroe. He is said to have had a church built on his farm on Skúvoy, and no doubt other chieft...
The Environment
The Faroe Islands are known for their spectacular landscape. Whether one experiences the islands on a good summer day with birds singing under a clear sky or o...
Literature and Art in Faroe Islands
Heroic Ballads and National Romanticism
The Faroe Islands are known for their ancient heroic ballads, still preserved in the Faroe chain dance, which is of So...
That Island Feeling – The Faroe Islands
That Island Feeling – The Faroe Islands
It might have been the fertile green hillsides, or the rich fishing grounds that enticed settlers some 1500 years ago t...
Tórshavn may be the smallest capital in the world
Tórshavn may be the smallest capital in the world
Once upon a time a giant and his wife, the witch, were sent from Iceland to the Faroe Islands to steal the co...
