Look up Faroese or Faroish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Faroese (/ˌfɛəroʊˈiːz, ˌfær-/ FAIR-oh-EEZ, FARR-) or Faroish (/ˈfɛəroʊɪʃ, ˈfær-/ FAIR-oh-ish...

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

Faroese (/ˌfɛəroʊˈiːz, ˌfær-/ FAIR-oh-EEZ, FARR-; endonym: føroyskt [ˈføːɹɪst]) is a North Germanic language spoken as a first language by about 69,000...

Føroyskir Sosialistar (English: Faroese Socialists) or FS was a left-wing political party founded by Faroese students in Denmark in 1962. The party was...

develop in two markets independently of each other. On 31 May 1940, special Faroese banknotes were introduced. They consisted of Danish notes with a special...

Faroese people or Faroe Islanders (Faroese: føroyingar; Danish: færinger) are an ethnic group native to the Faroe Islands. The Faroese are of mixed Norse...

regular Danish passport as well. The Faroese Home Rule Act states that, in Faroese passports, Føroyingur (Faroese) and Føroyar (Faroe Islands) shall be...

The Faroe Islands national football team (Faroese: Føroyska fótbóltsmanslandsliðið, Danish: Færøernes fodboldlandshold) represents the Faroe Islands in...

must take place, at the earliest, six weeks after the proclamation. The Faroese ting or assembly was originally a so-called alþing, with both legislative...

The Faroese goose (Føroyska Gásin in Faroese) is probably the oldest form of tame goose in Europe and possibly the direct descendants of the tame geese...

Important parts of Faroese cuisine are lamb and also fish owing to proximity to the sea. Traditional foods from the Faroe Islands include skerpikjøt (a...

IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. Faroese orthography is the method employed to write the Faroese language, using a 29-letter Latin alphabet...

the Church of Denmark played a pivotal role in the spiritual life of the Faroese people. Notably, the religious fervor and observance in the Faroe Islands...

A Faroese shawl is a traditional piece of clothing from the Faroe Islands. The most distinguishing characteristic of Faroese shawls is the center back...

Faroese Americans (Faroese: føroyskir amerikumenn) are Americans of Faroese descent or Faroe Islands-born people who reside in the United States. The...

country, and broadcast some content in Faroese. The history of SvF goes back to the 1960s. In 1969, the Faroese parliament decided to create an organisation...

The Faroese Sheepdog is a breed of dog from the Faroe Islands, rather described as a landrace than a modern breed. It may be related to the Icelandic...

Faroese people in Denmark (also known as Faroese Danes) are residents of Denmark with a Faroese ethnic background. In 2006, 21,687 people of Faroese descent...

The Faroese language conflict is a phase in the history of the Faroe Islands in the first half of the 20th century (approx. 1908 to 1938). It was a political...

Faroese literature, in the traditional sense of the word, has only really developed in the past two hundred years. This is mainly because of the islands'...

form coalition governments. There are two major ideological cleavages in Faroese politics. In addition to the left-right spectrum, parties are also divided...

Faroese art is art by artists living in the Faroe Islands and art by Faroese nationals living abroad. In the Faroe Islands, art is an important part of...

Danish people, but there are several minority languages spoken, namely Faroese, German, and Greenlandic. A large majority (about 86%) of Danes also speak...

1950 Faroese general election This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below....

The flag of the Faroe Islands (in Faroese: Merkið [ˈmɛʃtʃɪ]) is an offset cross, representing Christianity. It is similar in design to other Nordic flags...

elections. The dissolution of the Løgting was on 8 November followed by the Faroese parliamentary election of 1946 in which the parties in favour of full independence...

Tórshavn (Faroese: [ˈtʰɔu̯ʂhau̯n] ; lit. 'Thor's harbour'; Danish: Thorshavn), usually locally referred to as simply Havn, is the capital and largest...

The Faroese Communist Party (Faroese: Kommunistiski flokkur Føroya) was founded at a conference in Tórshavn 14th-15 June 1975. In 1974 a communist group...

1984 Faroese general election This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below....

Faroese Securities Market (Faroese: Virðisbrævamarknaður Føroya) is a stock exchange in the Faroe Islands that was founded in 2000; the technical operation...