The Viking Age in the Faroe Islands lasted from Grímur Kamban's conquest of the country around 825 until the death of Tróndur í Gøtu, the last Viking...

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...

evidence for whaling on the Faroe Islands dates back to the early days of Norse settlement (800–900 AD) during the Viking Age. After 999 AD, when Sigmundur...

The Faroe or Faeroe Islands (/ˈfɛəroʊ/ FAIR-oh), or simply the Faroes (Faroese: Føroyar, pronounced [ˈfœɹjaɹ] ; Danish: Færøerne [ˈfeɐ̯ˌøˀɐnə]), are an...

lit. 'Thor's harbour'), usually locally referred to as simply Havn, is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern...

þing has existed on the Faroe Islands for over a millennium and the Løgting was the highest authority on the islands in the Viking era. From 1274 to 1816...

The Church of the Faroe Islands (Faroese: Fólkakirkjan, lit. 'people's church'; Danish: Færøernes folkekirke), also known as the Faroese People's Church...

The culture of the Faroe Islands has its roots in the Nordic culture. The Faroe Islands were long isolated from the main cultural phases and movements...

The Viking Age (about 800–1050 CE) was the period during the Middle Ages when Norsemen known as Vikings undertook large-scale raiding, colonising, conquest...

chieftain in the Faroe Islands, before they were taken over by Norway in 1035. Leivur's reign marked the beginning of the end of the Viking age, and the end...

the Faroe Islands by way of Viking Ireland, and local tradition has it that he settled at Funningur in Eysturoy." It is said that he settled down in Funningur...

woman during the Viking Age in the Faroe Islands Turid Dørumsgaard Varsi (born 1938), Norwegian politician for the Labour Party TURYID Tiurida Tubrid...

longships, Vikings established Norse settlements and governments in the British Isles, the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Greenland, Normandy, and the Baltic coast...

lasting and more established Norse settlements were formed in Greenland, Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Russia, Ukraine, Great Britain, Ireland, Normandy and...

political events in Iceland and its predecessor states. To read about the background to these events, see history of the Faroe Islands. About 625 – It...

Joensen, in 1986 journeyed alone in a rowboat from the Faroe Islands to Copenhagen in Denmark, a distance of 900 nautical miles (1,700 km), the first and...

Þrǫ́ndr í Gǫtu) (c. 945 – 1035) was a Viking Age chieftain in the Faroe Islands. He is remembered for his opposition to the importation of Christianity. Tróndur...

Faroe Islands (relating to the Viking age) Spillings Hoard, Sweden (relating to the Viking age) Sundveda Hoard, Sweden (relating to the Viking age) Asyut...

the two states. The Faroe Islands were settled by Norwegian Vikings in the 9th century, displacing Irish monks already there. Iceland was settled in the...

and Danish Vikings, who principally invaded and occupied eastern Britain. Modern descendants of Norsemen include the Danes, Icelanders, Faroe Islanders...

navigate the open ocean. The Viking ships ranged from the Baltic Sea to far from the Scandinavian homelands, to Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland...

The Faroe Islands national handball team is the national handball team of Faroe Islands and is controlled by the Handball Federation of the Faroe Islands...

countries the Faroers already traded in the 11th century. It is generally assumed the Viking Age ended on the Faroe Islands in 1035. In the following...

signed for Viking Stavanger on 15 February 2012. Following his stint at Viking he returned to the Faroe Islands playing for AB and HB. In December 2014...

The Faroe Islands National Museum (Faroese: Tjóðsavnið) is the national museum of the Faroe Islands, located in Tórshavn. The Faroe Islands National Museum...

Sandvig) is the northernmost village of the island of Suðuroy in the Faroe Islands. It is situated on the northern side of a shallow fjord. The village was...

They emerged in the Viking Age, when Vikings who settled in Ireland and in Scotland became Gaelicised and intermarried with Gaels. The Norse–Gaels dominated...

on the Faroe Islands after Grímur Kamban became the first to settle there around 825. Landnámabók, a medieval Icelandic manuscript, describes in considerable...

came as a young man to the Faroe Islands by way of Viking Ireland, and local tradition then he settled at Funningur in Eysturoy. The 12th-century Historia...

513. The famous Faroese singer Eivør Pálsdóttir was born here in 1983. Also Tróndur í Gøtu, the most famous Faroe Islander of the Viking Age in Faroese...