* 1964 – Kaj Leo Johannesen, Faroese footballer and politician, 12th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands stamp commemorating Fleming

* 1898 – Peter Mohr Dam, Faroese politician, 3rd Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands ( d. 1968 )

* 1951 – Jóannes Eidesgaard, Faroese educator and politician, Finance Minister and Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands

* Flag Day ( Faroe Islands )

In August 2010, Bardot addressed a letter to the Queen of Denmark, Margrethe II of Denmark, appealing for the sovereign to halt the killing of dolphins in the Faroe Islands.

In the letter, Bardot describes the activity as a " macabre spectacle " that " is a shame for Denmark and the Faroe Islands ...

The Faroe Islands, a territory of Denmark, is also treated as a non-Party to CITES.

The territory of Denmark includes the island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea and the rest of metropolitan Denmark, but excludes the Faroe Islands and Greenland.

Denmark proper, the Faroe Islands and Greenland ) normally hold Danish citizenship, unless they inherit or otherwise receive a foreign citizenship.

The airports of Copenhagen and Billund provide a variety of domestic and international connections while ferries provide services to the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Germany, Sweden, Norway and the United Kingdom as well as routes to the Danish islands.

The armed forces of the Kingdom of Denmark, known as the Danish Defence () is charged with the defence of Denmark and its overseas territories, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.

Its primary tasks are ; NATO participation in accordance with the strategy of the alliance, detect and repel any sovereignty violation of Danish territory ( including Greenland and the Faroe Islands ), defence cooperation with non-NATO members, especially Central and East European countries, international missions in the area of conflict prevention, crises-control, humanitarian, peacemaking, peacekeeping, participate in Total Defence in cooperation with civilian resources and finally maintain a sizable force to execute these tasks at all times.

In recent years, Greenland and The Faroe Islands have been guaranteed a say in foreign policy issues, such as fishing, whaling and geopolitical concerns.

Danish is a mandatory subject in school in the Danish crown territories of the Faroe Islands ( where it is also an official language after Faroese ) and Greenland ( where, however, the only official language since 2009 is Kalaallisut ), as well as the former crown holding of Iceland.

* 1896 – Jens Oliver Lisberg, Faroese law student, designer of the Flag of the Faroe Islands ( d. 1920 )

* 1908 – Hákun Djurhuus, Faroese politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands ( d. 1987 )

On the Danish flag, the cross design, which represents Christianity, was subsequently adopted by the other Nordic countries ; Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Åland Islands and the Faroe Islands, as well as the Scottish archipelagos of Shetland and Orkney.

It was also used in Scandinavia during the Middle Ages, but was subsequently replaced with dh and later d. Its use has survived in Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

Faroese stamp depicting Saint Brendan discovering the Faroe Islands

The earliest text which is believed to include a description of the Faroe Islands, was written by an Irish monk in the Frankish Kingdom named Dicuil, who wrote about the countries in the north.

Dicuil had met a " man worthy of trust " who related to his master, the abbot Sweeney ( Suibhne ), how he had landed on the Faroe Islands after having navigated " two days and a summer night in a little vessel of two banks of oars.

The physical description of these islands and the travel time described, fits the Faroe Islands, and the name Faeroe is thought to mean Sheep Islands.

The Faroe Islands are notable for having the highest sea cliffs in Europe, and some of the highest in the world otherwise.

Of the approximately 48, 000 inhabitants of the Faroe Islands ( 16, 921 private households ( 2004 )), 98 % are Danish realm citizens, meaning Faroese, Danish, or Greenlandic.

Altogether, on the Faroe Islands there are people from 77 different nationalities.

The Faroe Islands are politically associated with the Kingdom of Denmark, but have been self-governing since 1948.

There are no railways on the Faroe Islands due to the difficult landscape, small population and the relatively short distances.

, FAO has 191 member states along with the European Union, Faroe Islands and Tokelau which are associate members.

They are considered " common " ( 0. 20 – 0. 40 individuals per 100 km² ) in the eastern Pacific along the coasts of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon, in the North Atlantic Ocean around Iceland and the Faroe Islands.

* Whales and dolphins are hunted, partly for their flesh, by aboriginal communities in Japan, Alaska, Siberia, Canada, by the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and by two small communities in Indonesia.

These settlers are believed to have arrived in very substantial numbers and like those who migrated to Iceland and the Faroe Islands it is probable that most came from the west coast of Norway.

There are also significant numbers of Polish speakers among Polish emigrants and their descendants in many other countries, including Argentina, Andorra, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Israel, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, South Africa, Sweden, Peru, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey, Ukraine, the UAE, the UK, Uruguay and the United States.

There are government monopolies in place for selling spirits, wine and stronger beers in Norway ( Vinmonopolet ), Sweden ( Systembolaget ), Iceland ( Vínbúðin ), the Faroe Islands ( Rúsdrekkasøla landsins ) and Finland ( Alko ).

Regions in the world with similar climates to southern Tierra del Fuego are: Aleutian islands, Iceland, Alaska Peninsula, Faroe Islands, Macquarie Island and Heard and McDonald Islands.

The imported trees are used ornamentally, as curtains against wind, and for fighting erosion caused by storms and grazing in the Faroe Islands.

** The Faroe Islands are occupied by British troops, following the taking over of Denmark by Nazi Germany.

In the European Atlantic, the numerous separate stocks are on the shelves of Iceland, the coast of Norway, the Barents Sea, the Faroe Islands, off western Scotland, the North Sea, the Irish Sea, the Celtic Sea and in the Baltic Sea.

The city's handball teams are Kyndil, Neistin and Ítróttafelagið H71 and the Faroe Island's national handball team practice in the city.

Recent basaltic tuffs are found in Iceland, the Faroe Islands, Jan Mayen, Sicily, Sandwich Islands, Samoa, etc.

They established states and settlements in areas which today are part of the Faroe Islands, England, Scotland, Wales, Iceland, Finland, Ireland, Russia, Canada, Greenland, France, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Germany.

It can also refer to the similar system under which Greenland and the Faroe Islands are associated with Denmark.

On the Faroe Islands, for example, the birds may be hunted for local consumption after the breeding season, when excess birds are available.

In the Faroe Islands, there are also four kinds of gymnasiums, which are equivalents to the Danish educations: Studentaskúli ( equivalent to stx ), Handilsskúli ( hhx ), Tekniski skúli ( htx ) and HF ( hf ).

Greenland and the Faroe Islands are also part of the Danish Realm, but both enjoy internal autonomy.