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English map of the Faroe Islands in 1806 The Faroe Islands as seen by the French navigator Yves-Joseph de Kerguelen-Trémarec in 1767. The Danish king tried to solve the problem by giving the Faroes to the courtier Christoffer Gabel (and later on his son, Frederick) as a personal feudal estate. However, the Gabel rule was harsh and repressive ...
1709 – The Danish Royal Trade Monopoly in the Faroe Islands is founded. 1720 – The Faroe Islands becomes a county of Denmark as part of Sjælland province. 1724 – The Faroe Islands is combined with Iceland into a single province. [2] 1775 – The Faroe Islands are administratively split from Iceland.
Map including the Faroe Islands (from Geography of the Faroe Islands) Image 19 Johanna TG 326 was built in Sussex, England in 1884, but was sold to the village Vágur in the Faroe Islands in 1894, where it was a fishing vessel until around 1972.
in Europe (green and dark grey) Location of the Faroe Islands (red; circled) in the Kingdom of Denmark (light white) Sovereign state Kingdom of Denmark Settlement early 9th century Union with Norway c. 1035 Kalmar Union 1397–1523 Denmark-Norway 1523–1814 Unification with Denmark 14 January 1814 Independence referendum 14 September 1946 Home rule 30 March 1948 Further autonomy 29 July 2005 ...
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Faroe Islands: Faroe Islands – autonomous province of the Kingdom of Denmark comprising the Faroe archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean. [1] The Faroe Islands are located between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, roughly equidistant between Iceland ...
Faroe Islands portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of the Faroe Islands . The main article for this category is History of the Faroe Islands .
At this time, the Faroe Islands may have been uninhabited for 30 years, as Scandinavians had not yet settled on the Faroe Islands. [12] According to this hypothesis, which is based on the account in the book Liber de Mensura Orbis Terræ by the Irish chronicler Dicuil (825), Grímur Kamban entered a land around 825 where there were only the ...
In the status quo, the Faroe Islands is an autonomous area of the Kingdom of Denmark, [16] sharing this distinction with Greenland. [17] In response to growing calls for autonomy, the Home Rule Act of the Faroe Islands was passed on March 23, 1948, cementing the latter's status as a self-governing country within The Unity of the Realm.