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About History of the Faroe Islands

(Føroyskt)

Føroyar (danskt: Færøerne; 62° norðurbreidd, 7° vesturlongd) eru oyggjaland í Norðuratlantshavi. Føroyar eru partur av Norðurlondum, staddar í Norðurevropa og eru limur í Ríkisfelagsskapinum. Føroya íbúgvar verða nevndir føroyingar, og tungumál føroyinga er føroyskt. Føroyska flaggið verður nevnt Merkið og føroyska skjaldarmerkið ímyndar ein veðr á bláum skjøldri. Oyggjarnar hava egið løgting og egið flagg. Føroyar eru ikki limur í­­ ES, hóast Danmark er.

Føroyar liggja í Norðuratlantshavi, 280 km norðan fyri Hetland, 430 km frá Íslandi og 575 km vestan fyri Noreg. Landið er fjallaland, 18 størri og smærri oyggjar, umleið 1400 km2 til samans. Norður og suður er landið 113 km, og eystur og vestur eru 75 km. Veðurlagið er óstøðugt.

Hin 1. juli 2011 búðu 49.267 fólk í Føroyum. Umleið 19.300 búgva í høvuðsstaðarkommununi, Tórshavn, og uml. 4.700 fólk búgva í næststørsta býnum í Føroyum, sum er Klaksvík. Miðallívsævin í landinum er 80,11 ár. Fiskivinnan er tann týdningarmesta inntøkukeldan í Føroyum, og hon fevnir um 95 % av øllum útflutningi úr Føroyum.

(English)

The early details of the history of the Faroe Islands are unclear. It is possible that Brendan, an Irish monk, sailed past the islands during his North Atlantic voyage in the 6th century. He saw an 'Island of Sheep' and a 'Paradise of Birds', which some say could be the Faroes with its dense bird population and sheep. This does suggest however that other sailors had got there before him, to bring the sheep. Norsemen settled the Faroe Islands in the 9th or 10th century. The islands were officially converted to Christianity around the year 1000, and became a part of the Kingdom of Norway in 1035. Norwegian rule on the islands continued until 1380, when the islands became part of the dual Denmark–Norway kingdom, under king Olaf II of Denmark.

Following the 1814 Treaty of Kiel that ended the dual Denmark–Norway kingdom, the Faroe Islands remained under the administration of Denmark as a county. During World War II, after Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany, the British invaded and occupied the Faroe Islands until shortly after the end of the war. Following an independence referendum in 1946 that took place unrecognized by Denmark, the Faroe Islands were in 1948 granted extended self-governance with the Danish Realm with the signing of the Home Rule Act of the Faroe Islands.

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