What are the Faroe Islands?

Many have never heard of them, and the ones they do often think it's a country. Or part of #Denmark? This video answers this question, and many more you may have had about the #Faroe #Islands. If you enjoyed the video, be sure to subscribe and leave a like. Cheers

[@LeifurHakonarson]

Lovely islands, populated by those Norwegians who got seasick on the way to Iceland and had to be left there 🙂 Nice people who have in fact got over their seasickness to the extent that per capita they probably catch more fish than anyone else.

[@LeifurHakonarson]

Of course the Faroese will have you believe the settlers of Iceland had in fact intended to go to the Faroes but missed them due to being poor navigators. Pay no attention to such malicious rumours.

[@IShouldBeSober]

​@@LeifurHakonarsonFaroe Islands was settled first.

[@LeifurHakonarson]

@@IShouldBeSober Of course they were. Everyone knows that Vikings did not like sailing - so most of them jumped ship at the earliest opportunity.

[@sailingfishcake]

Straight to the point, no bs, very informative. Subbed. Can’t wait to visit those islands!

[@luvr381]

The weather's not too great, but the flag is a big plus!

[@markrichards6863]

From Florida, the cool weather sounds inviting.

[@AlbertaGeek]

HA! Pussies in Florida think it's the apocalypse any time the temp falls below 50 F.

[@rajr1032]

Thank you. That added to what I had seen and heard in another video on the Faroe Islands.

[@gearoiddom]

Great video - thanks. Small correction at 02:20 - Sucession should be Secession. You succeed when you achieve your aim or follow a precedessor. You secede when you leave a union.

[@eerytunic3839]

another correction, the political body he called the Kalmar union was actually Denmark-Norway, the Kalmar Union included Sweden and parts of Finland as well.

[@khoih0]

been here, it’s amazing and scenic. very developed and modern as well, even for such a small country.

[@benjamincornia7311]

I’ll be sure to visit. It looks awesome.

[@5610winston]

I'd like to visit, looks beautiful.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

One reason that they are not independent is because they have a very small population of less than 50,000. Sure, some countries, even in Europe (such as Liechtenstein), have smaller populations, but I'm sure that is a factor.

[@allian_berkgo9218]

Just no

[@Anglo_Browza]

Na it’s cause a vote

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@user-by1kj8ev7s What kind of idiotic nonsense is this!?

[@Xiongfxs]

😂@@user-by1kj8ev7s

[@bizzleogria]

They voted for independence but Denmark didn't let them

[@jjerg]

The Faroe Islands is the home of Folk Metal greats Tyr. If I were Denmark, I'd try to claim them as my own too. 🤘🏼

[@kristianpoulherkild3401]

The faroese parliament was against declaring independence in 1946. The lagtingsformand did so on his own without any legal foundation. Combined with a majority against him in local parliament and number of invalid votes outnumbering the difference between yes and no sides, the danish government correctly decided not to accept the declaration. Next time I am sure the support for independence will be much greater. They are effectively ready for all practical purposes.

[@trondurkd4201]

Just like biden won with a landslide

[@johnw2026]

Do they have any type of military of their own? If they're gonna go independent, the Danes will probably pull whatever military support they have away, and they'll be left to fend for themselves. I hope they're ready and able!

[@kristianpoulherkild3401]

@@johnw2026 They do not have a military or police of their own at this stage. That of course will have to be changed. I imagine the best solution would be some sort of swiss style militia combined with security guarantees from the nordic countries and UK. Such guarantees would come readily without any doubt. Also, NATO has some radar installations in the Faroe Islands which requires NATO protection.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

@@johnw2026 The UK and probably the US too will swoop right in.

[@monie1527]

"What are the Faroe Islands?" It's an archipelago in the north Atlantic. Beautiful, simply beautiful.

[@martinquinn9980]

It was monks from Ireland who got there first. Mykines ( one of its islands)means pig island in irish

[@Anglo_Browza]

Nice work bro, interesting

[@RELANDREL]

thanks. where did you get that US economy chart? intresting

[@FactSpark]

From Wikimedia: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:United_States_Export_Treemap.png

[@petewerner1494]

My day was not wasted again cause I learned something new!

[@bobbojones8157]

Dry good thank you

[@MajorWolfgangHochstetter]

They may earn incomes similar to that in the US but what do imports cost in comparison? How do retail prices compare?

[@xdfaxell201]

Expensive import costs. Expensive retail prices.

[@johnw2026]

Gas there is the equivalent of nearly $7 per gallon. They pay for everything in Kròna, and with exchange rate it's around 46 Kròna per gallon.

[@missharry5727]

Well, they are a collection of rocky things sticking out of the North Atlantic belonging to Denmark and good for seabirds, fish and almost certainly sheep because what else can you farm on rocky islands in the North Atlantic?

[@johnw2026]

You could try chickens. Chickens can thrive in just about any climate. 🤷🐓

[@theodorschestag6940]

Thank you for the video. A small correction: You can not take the FIFA or UEFA to account for what is a country. When "England" plays a match against "Germany" in an international football game then it is the team of the FA against the team of the DFB. The FIFA and UEFA just list accepted football associations that is why "non-countries" like the Faroe Islands but also England, Wales, Scottland, Nothern Ireland, Gibraltar, .... are independend in FIFA even though they are not otherwise. Hint: You could find your own football association and could bribe the FIFA to be accepted. Then you could particpate with your friends in the qualifiers to the World Cup. ;)

[@nielsjosefsen431]

Kalmar Union also includs Sweden, and Finland, that was part of Sweden back then

[@johnshelton1141]

It would been great if the Kalmar Union lasted to this century.

[@gregprocter765]

what are the faroe islands? first guess would be a group of islands. Am I close?

[@leighpowell1062]

They self identify as a continent

[@Blaqjaqshellaq]

Over two-thirds of the Faroes population came down with Covid, a percentage surpassed only by San Marino. But only 28 died from it, below the world average.

[@richardthomas5362]

Or they had a higher diagnosis. Given how mild it was for some people in large countries (USA) some people probably thought they had allergies rather than Covid and ignored it. I would have been one of them if my loss of smell hadn't tipped me off so I got tested. Without knowing or getting tested I would have gone about my business thinking I had allergies.

[@SCW_Fitness]

@@richardthomas5362I don’t think so, testing is shoved down our throats. They were registering Covid as a cause of death if testing positive within 30 days of death, independent of the cause of death. Also, for a period the test used was highly slanted to providing a false positive so as to avoid a false negative. This likely inflated number of cases and affiliated fatalities.

[@llwpeaches]

Yes, they did a lot of testing. Basically testing the entire population 14 times over, so they caught most of the asymptomatic, or minimally symptomatic cases. And the low mortality is also due to over 90% of the population having completed the original covid vaccine series, which minimized severity and complications.

[@nomdaploom]

@@llwpeaches Don't forget your booster.

[@pieterjan29]

No underwater roundabout mention.

[@pouggey7907]

What I want to know is: are the Faroe Islands part of the Schengen zone? As Danish territory they may be, but as an independent country they may not be? Can’t find any info anywhere…

[@TheRedBaronHP]

They are not a part of EU or Schengen.

[@pouggey7907]

@@TheRedBaronHP thank you 👍

[@NATIK001]

All of Denmark's Atlantic territories are are outside the EU, leading to interesting quirks regarding EU citizenships and EU laws and rights within the Danish Kingdom. All citizens of the Danish Kingdom are Danish citizens, but not all Danish citizens are EU citizens and not all of Denmark is in Schengen or subject to the free market rules. Interestingly enough this is actually not unusual, most EU nations still holding old colonies actually treat them as separate from the mainland like this and except them from EU membership. France is the most notable odd one out as it believes most of its old colonies are a part of France proper. Generally if you are trying to travel to any EU nation's holdings outside mainland Europe you should be really careful to examine whether there are special rules in place, more often than not there is and unless you are a citizen of the specific EU nation in question you probably need to jump through additional hoops to go to such places.

[@pouggey7907]

@NATIK001 I understand that when an (ex) colony is in Africa or the Pacific, they won’t be part of EU/Schengen. But the Faroe Islands are well within the European borders. I was asking because we’re planning a trip to Europe and can only stay in Schengen 90 days out of 180. So when we’re in Scotland (sitting out our 90 days before we can re-enter Schengen), can we pop over to the Faroes? Also considering you can only enter Schengen twice in a one year period… Looks like we can :-)

[@billyponsonby]

Windy, wet, cloudy and cold. Do their young people mostly emigrate? I think I would.

[@FactSpark]

I live in Denmark and I can say there are a lot of Faroese people here so yes they do

[@markowens6285]

I assume there's sheep/cattle/hogs?, any geothermal energy like Iceland?, fly in only?or is there ferry service?

[@xdfaxell201]

no hogs, no geothermal, fly in and ferry.

[@magnushmann]

I think you confused the Kalmar Union with Denmark-Norway. Somewhat different things historically.

[@goranfagerlund2994]

The Kalmar Union was between Sweden, Norway and Denmark. Kalmar is a town in Sweden...

[@magnushmann]

@@goranfagerlund2994 Indeed. That's where the treaty was signed. In the video he seemed to call Denmark-Norway "The Kalmar Union", despite those not being the same thing at all.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

@@magnushmann There is a note which says "also included Sweden but not relevant to the stroy (sic!)" so he is aware of Sweden belonging there too.

[@magnushmann]

@@weepingscorpion8739 It was more how he showed it on the map that was misleading.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

@@magnushmann OK, fair enough.

[@ganh222]

Is the Faroese language similar to Danish?

[@TheRedBaronHP]

no

[@joez3706]

Similar to Icelandic

[@TheFrecklish]

It’s like a mix between certain Norwegian dialects and Icelandic.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

Same language family but have developed differently for about 1,200 years. You can see similarities but the languages are not mutually intelligible.

[@JasonMomos]

What citizenship do they have?

[@FactSpark]

Faroese people carry Danish Passports

[@JasonMomos]

@@FactSpark Thanks for the video. ☺ Keep it coming.

[@tommyfred6180]

its a danish passport. but the numbers on the passport are a little different. so you can spot a faroe islander.

[@JasonMomos]

@@tommyfred6180 interesting.

[@LVZVRUS]

So like Denmark's Australia? Independent but with the Danish queen as head of state?

[@kaudsiz]

The military is Danish. The law/police is Danish to the largest extent but not completely. The Evangelical Lutheran Church is Faroese but still falls under the Danish Crown. The airspace belongs to Denmark, the underground Faroes. Foreign policy is only Faroese within certain limits

[@kristianpoulherkild3401]

Not quite. Australia is an independent country with the same monarch as UK. Faroe Islands are an autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, so the danish parliament can pass laws for Faroe Islands (though usually not done). UK cannot pass laws for Australia.

[@davidbaker1243]

More like Denmark's Isle of Man or Channel Islands.

[@Lemonz1989]

Not as independent as Australia. Denmark is the sovereign state and can, if they wish to, take full control of the Faroe Islands again. This is because the Danish constitution only allows a unitary state to exists. The way Denmark got around this constitutional hurdle with the Faroe Islands and Greenland is that they have “delegated competencies” to the respective governments. In other words, it’s not different from the Danish government, but only allowed to be different by the grace of the Danish government. The Faroese parliament makes all local laws, except for immigration laws, defense, currency, law enforcement and courts. However, Faroese/Danish law enforcement and courts follow Faroese laws locally when it comes to punishments of local crimes, but any court appeals have to be moved to Danish courts in Denmark, usually with judges and lawyers with Faroese expertise, since they too have to sentence after Faroese laws, even though the case is run in Denmark.

[@charlespierce3647]

Islands?

[@thevis5465]

It is a country, as are Greenland, Scotland, England and Wales. Constituent countries ARE countries. Country is not synonymous with independent.

[@Robbie06261995]

I think this is where Tanic landed.

[@andyf10]

It's the place where they have the annual dolphin slaughter...that place...

[@dylanryan8241]

Stong guys up there

[@SantaFe19484]

According to CGPGrey, the people of the Faroes are Danish citizens, but not EU citizens.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

Only as long as we are in the islands. As soon as we move to Denmark proper, the EU citizenship becomes active. After all, the Danish definition of a Faroese person is: A person with Danish citizenship living in the Faroe Islands. And well, that's all of us.

[@kingofrivia1248]

Remaining with denmark is the smart decision. Self governance is great, and they have it, but its better to be represented by the danish globally.

[@peterebel7899]

Simple answer: Vertical and wet

[@Raphael-pt7rx]

idk man - islands maybe?

[@charlesmorton6206]

My ancestry was traced to those islands…I as black man I was shocked Lol

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

It is in the name: They are Far øf anywhere. I'll get me coat...

[@ralfhtg1056]

Faroe? I know them as Färoer.

[@xdfaxell201]

Depends what language it's in.

[@weepingscorpion8739]

Don't you mean: Färöer?

[@ralfhtg1056]

@@weepingscorpion8739 yes, thank you.

[@brain4boy400]

I know the faroe islands because I conquered it in crusader kings 3

[@Moechtegernpilot1]

Färörör

[@y975nbh]

Isn't it the place where they kill dolphins in huge numbers by clubbing them to death!?

[@corilia9529]

Pilot whales

[@graemelliott3942]

And the Whales?

[@HuzaineHajiDaud]

Why i didn't include Wales? Wales is technically part of England. But the British government is just being too nice, to let them "act" as if Wales is a country of their own.

[@ifjchsiwocjcjs4378]

0:14 Please dont include Ireland in the “British Isles”! The term is incorrect for many reasons, some of the reasons are it’s geographically incorrect and officially out of use since 2005 😊. Maybe just “Britain and Ireland” would be better

[@oliverleonard7730]

Ireland is the British Isles though.

[@mesamies123]

​@@oliverleonard7730🤢WRONG🤮

[@LordDim1]

@@mesamies123 No, the British isles continues to be the almost universally recognised geographical term of the archipelago. The Republic of Ireland being jittery about it doesn’t change that.

[@mesamies123]

@@LordDim1 Political geography is a choice made by the powerful and the ignorant, and your name suggests that you fail to understand reality. Happy New Year, LordDim!

[@nomdaploom]

The part of the Irish island that is not part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland isn't even a sovereign country. It's just a vassal state of the European Union.

[@HuzaineHajiDaud]

British parliament be like, let the Welsh have it, as long as they pay their taxes then that's it.

[@T4N7]

Ouch, seeing that the USA has a higher GDP/capita then a place like Denmark is scary since the poverty n unemployment rates in the USA r so damn high n yet the massive wealth of its 1% still make the country as a whole seem like it can compete with European nations that have a much higher standard of living. P.S. I’m not from the USA or Europe so no bias here, just a mild surprise to add to the mountain of depressing thoughts about the world. Like while typing this comment I notice 2 globe icons show up in my iPhone word suggestions when I wrote “world” but 1 was centered on the Americas n the other on Europe n Africa but not Asia n when I came to edit my comment to add this fact I wrote “globe” n suddenly got the 3rd option of an Asia centered globe. But still no Pacific Ocean centered one but I guess a blue sphere wouldn’t get the point across 😹. But all this has me wondering if my phone was paying attention to the places I was typing about when it decided to suggest only western globe emojis when I wrote “world” or if apple is just western centric by design cuz if it was based on my location I imagine I wouldn’t have had options n just gotten the one emoji with my continent. I’m still half asleep so hopefully I have not bored u with my morning thoughts :P

[@joez3706]

You seem to think you got it all figured out, huh?

[@hewitc]

In the USA Unemployment is at a record low. GDP is at a record high. The US economy is stronger than it's been in 50 years.

[@RonaldHeck-jp9qx]

1945 Denmark. Get rid of occupation. Faroe. How dare you do not want to be occupied. These tiny countries are more vicious than the big empires

[@MJTRadio]

Gotta be honest, I clicked thinking it said, “Farore” and I thought this was a Zelda video

[@oliverleonard7730]

Despite the name, the Faroe Islands have never had anything to do with Egypt lol

[@MJTRadio]

Gotta be honest, thought the title was, “Farore” and this was a Zelda video.

[@kennethwikert2841]

The theory of millions of years was just that. A theory. There is more evidence that points toward creation than evolution. The rest of your commentary was fine. I would love to visit the islands sometime in June or July.

[@christopheklinger3217]

It’s the land where people slaughter dolphins after trapping them.

[@capt.craiglehrke4395]

No, that's Japan

[@christopheklinger3217]

@@capt.craiglehrke4395 Google Faroe islands dolphins and choose

[@nomdaploom]

@@capt.craiglehrke4395 No that's the Faroe Islands. They stabbed to death 1,500 white-sided dolphins with knives in just one day in 2021. Educate yourself.

[@capt.craiglehrke4395]

@@nomdaploom they kill them in Japan as well. So there ya go.

[@nomdaploom]

@@capt.craiglehrke4395 Indeed they do, although that is hardly relevant to what goes on in the Faroes. Unless you are suggesting that if two countries indulge in the same abominable behaviour that somehow makes it more acceptable?

[@grahamkearnon6682]

BOYCOTT if you care for Whales or Dolphins.

[@joez3706]

Don't boycott if you realize they are not killing Wales or Dolphins. Do you care about any other see animals? Don't answer unless you are a vegan.

[@UltimateDelivery]

Not a fan of either.

[@Cobra7071]

They are the Faroe Islands because they are far away

[@ayangdidi5524]

No. Faer= sheeps, øer= islands

[@Cobra7071]

I was joking because I had no clue about the islands,but I’m always happy to learn about something new to me so thank you for teaching me something I did not know. @@ayangdidi5524

[@HuzaineHajiDaud]

Faroe island status as a "country" is not much different from Scotland and Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom.

[@NATIK001]

Indeed, they have a devolved parliament but the Danish Kingdom is a unitary state and they are a part of the Kingdom together with Denmark and Greenland, the primary parliament and the center of power is in Denmark, but Greenland and the Faroe Isles have been handed certain areas they can control without interference. The UK is also a unitary state with a primary parliament and 3 devolved parliaments under it. The specifics of what each devolved parliament gets to decide and don't get to decide vary case by case, but broadly speaking they are all under similar arrangements where the central government (Westminster and Folketinget respectively) are always in total control on paper, but agreements have been made to hand out certain powers to local assemblies. And just like in the UK the central power has no devolved parliament, there is no Danish only parliament or an English only parliament. Though in the Danish Folketing there is a gentleman's agreement that the representatives from the other members of the union do not vote on matters only pertaining to the Danish mainland and its people, just like the Danes abide to not interfere in the other direction.

[@jpallen719]

That’s where the people have an age, old tradition of slaughtering pilot, whales, and dolphins every year. It’s absolutely one of the most horrific grotesque and disturbing things I have ever seen. I would not visit the Faroe Islands…..

[@NATIK001]

It only looks horrible because it's done outside in the water. Reality is that it is not any worse than what goes on inside a slaughterhouse and it has nothing on the cruelty involved in factory farming. If you honestly believe the Faroese hunt is so horrific you should go vegetarian or vegan, because all meat products involve bloody slaughter, and just like in slaughterhouses the Faroese use techniques designed to kill quickly and with the least amount of suffering, but killing is killing and slaughtering always involve lots of blood, we are just used to it being hidden inside slaughterhouses and not to see it out in the open like that.

[@garymacdonald7165]

The quicker the Faroes joins its closest neighbour, Scotland,the better!

[@herbert42069]

Sry m8 that ship's sinking

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

meanwhile in shetlands, they want to join norway and leave scotland.

[@Lemonz1989]

As a Faroese person, I say absolutely not. Denmark allows the Faroe Islands to do whatever they want, most of the time, while the same can’t be said for Scottish territories, like Shetland. On top of that, Scotland is subservient to the English government as well. All natural resources found in the Faroe Islands belong to the Faroese people, also unlike Shetland. Besides, Denmark is in a much better position economically, if the Faroese economy once again crashes and burns like it did in the early 1990’s. The UK’s economy is mediocre (per capita) at best, and the government runs consistent budget deficits.

[@wayneslater1543]

Why they are a bunch of islands,obviously.

[@SideWalkAstronomyNetherlands]

Everybody knows where and what they are. They are part of our EU.

[@TheRedBaronHP]

They are not a part of EU

[@markwoods1530]

whale slaughterers is the term i would use

[@lokvik4755]

Wow English language and linguistics just hit a new low. You guys are definetly inable to translate and pronounce names from other languages, even other germanic ones! smh "Færøyene" as the islands are named, means "sheep islands". Fær, får and so on means sheep. Øy, øe, oe means island. The english has somehow got the idea to call it "faroe islands" (so sheep islands islands..?). "Faeroys" would be more accurate.

[@grahamo22]

they are one of the last places that massacre dolphins en masse in the name of 'tradition'. Its utterly barbaric and 100% unnecessary. If you met someone from the Faroes, ask them why the massacre dolphins rather than being civilised.

[@notsaying543]

Awww poor baby.....here have a cookie

[@LordLarion489]

Ask The Orca why it kills the Seal. Or why The Lion kills The Wildebeest. I'm guessing that Food would be the answer. They choose Flesh over Plants just like some Humans do.

[@AlbertaGeek]

@@notsaying543 Calm down, Edgy McEdgelord.

[@notsaying543]

@@AlbertaGeek .......aww poor baby here you have a cookie aswell

[@StamfordBridge]

They also kill about 700 whales a year. The Faroese defend their practice in various ways, some of which involves pointing out the math and the species they hunt, which, they say, does not further endanger the species’ existence. But the fact remains that they are violating a worldwide moratorium on whaling, and it is controversial enough to have possibly earned a mention in this video.

[@andyb619]

Million years ago? BS!

[@matejsebechlebsky12]

I would add that dishonorable people inhabit them

[@ChodeMaster]

Skriker du om hvalfangst? 😂