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Faroese people

Faroese
(Føroyingar) Faroese folk dancers in national costumes. Total population

80,000 - 90,000

Regions with significant populations Faroe Islands48,322 [1] Denmark21.687 [2] Norway500~1000 Iceland500

Languages Faroese, Danish Religions Lutheranism Related ethnic groups Danes, Norwegians, Icelanders, Swedes, Scottish, and Irish

The Faroese or Faroe Islanders (Føroyingar) are a small ethnic group in Northern Europe of Norse and Celtic origins.[3] They are mostly found in the Faroe Islands, Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Australia.

The Faroese language is a West Nordic language, closely related to Icelandic, and more distantly to western Norwegian dialects.

Contents

1 Famous People
- 1.1 Music
2 See also
3 References
4 Further reading

Famous People

Music

Týr is a Viking/Progressive Metal band from the Faroe Islands.
Teitur is a singer-songwriter who has done opening slots on tours with Suzanne Vega, Glen Phillips, Aimee Mann, and John Mayer.
Eivør Pálsdóttir is a singer-songwriter with a wide range of interests in many kinds of music, including: jazz; folk; country; pop; classical; and Christian music. Her roots are in the Faroese ballads.
Boys in a Band is an indie rock band from Eysturoy Faroe Islands, which recently won 1st place in Global Battle of the Bands.

See also

References

^ Statistics Faroe Islands, 2007
^ Politiken, 2006 (newspaper written in Danish)
^ Highly discrepant proportions of female and male Scandinavian and British Isles ancestry within the isolated population of the Faroe Islands, http://www.nature.com/ejhg/journal/v14/n4/full/5201578a.html, Thomas D Als, Tove H Jorgensen, Anders D Børglum, Peter A Petersen, Ole Mors and August G Wang, 25 January 2006

Further reading

Arge, Símun, Guðrun Sveinbjarnardóttir, Kevin Edwards, and Paul Buckland. 2005. "Viking and Medieval Settlement in the Faroes: People, Place and Environment". Human Ecology. 33, no. 5: 597-620.

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