of it. For the young men, the kil­ling is a to­ken of strength and selfaffir­ma­t­i­on...« Søgan hevur jú sagt okk­um, at eitt nú kend­ir sjón­leik­ar­ar og tón­leik­ar­ar nýta um­hvørv­is­fel­ags­skap­ir [...] í Hús­a­vík høvdu bund­ið grind­a­hval­ir fast­ar í bát­ar­nar, tí náttin kom á teir, áðr­enn grind­in kundi haldast til. Men onkur fíggjar slíkt virksemi - og vit kunnu ikki lata vera við at mis­teinkja [...] áðrenn tey leggj­ast á smá­tjóð­ir, í hesum føri eina grind­a­hval­a­veið­u­tjóð, sum fólk­ini á meg­in­land­i­num als ikki skilja. Sjálvt lond sum Dan­mark senda ung­ar menn í kríggj, og bara með­an st

felagið. Tað er órógvandi, at ein lands­stýr­is­m­að­ur ber seg soleiðis at. Ser­liga ó­rógv­andi er tað, at Johan Dahl eis­ini hevur ábrygd av ætlanini »In­vest in the Faroes«, sum gongur út upp á at fáa útlendskar [...] lumpa fleiri ferðir – hetta er ein spurningur um álit – um eitt álit, sum ikki er til. Æt­lan­in við Invest in the Far­o­es er tí deyðadømd, tí landsstýrið styggir íleggjarar frá sær. [...] lyftið, sum Jo­han Dahl hevur brotið. Sos­i­al­ur­in hevur roynt at fáa Jo­han Dahl til at greina hetta nærri, men tað hevur hann ikki viljað. Í­stað­in sendi Vinnumálaráðið í gjár út eina almenna fráboðan

heingir hann síðan á høvdalagsgalvin. Mamma eymkar seg, meðan Goldspot ótolin mælir: Bring me in, bring me in! Babba skiftir síðu, og mamma liggur og hyggur. - Eg orki ikki meir! Babba er ógvuliga árvakin [...] um hálsin á babba. Nú ljóma døgurðatónarnir hjá gamla enska beatbólkinum, Hollies: He aint heavy, he is my brother. Ha! Lítið vita tit; eg eri bæði tung og systir! Babba fer eftir meiri vatni, og Samson [...] við steinum, Karl Martin Samuelsen, ikki kemur henni í nánd, tá ið hann syngur: Fascinating times the people had inside. Mamma summar seg: – Orki ikki meira, orki ikki meira, higstrar hon, áðrenn stutt

n success has eluded the explorers in the southeast corner of the island?s offshore waters, it is likely that attention will turn to the northeast. The west of Shetlands region is vying for petroleum [...] between the UK and Norway is now better than at any previous point in the history of the North Sea industry. It is particularly important that we should find ways of working together in the median areas [...] licence rounds is an important weapon in the explorer?s armoury. The UK will open its 21st licence round next year but it is unlikely to include any acreage near the Faeroes. The 21st round is likely to be

found your way to the Faroes, and it is a great pleasure to welcome you in our country. The programme of this conference is highly topical, and it will be interesting to learn about the various issues of [...] of homosexuality that will be dealt with in the week to come. Hopefully your stay will be enjoyable and inspiring for you, as it most certainly is for us. Í Føroyum hava vit mangan lyndi til at lata eyguni

have more women participate in politics. Even if female representation in the Faroese Parliament is just 9%, 0% in local government and 23% in town councils we believe that it is possible to reverse this [...] if she is successful in her endeavour to become the first female President of the United States or not, she has already become an inspiration and role model for women all over the world. It is women like [...] inspire and show us the way out of the unequal situation dominant in our society. We do hope that such a visit may become possible in the future! Yours sincerely Demokratia Demokratia is a committee appointed

whales in the Northern hemisphere are heavily polluted by the industrial nations. Deficient statistics cause uncertainty of the population of pilot whales. Nevertheless, no matter what we, the people of [...] Dear Mr. Watson, In these media-years it is understandable that you’ve fallen for the temptation to become known worldwide. You’re a tough guy, all right, and apparantly you’re doing what you like to do [...] of The Faroes, think or do it has no impact on the pilot whale population. There are so many other far more serious matters on this exhausted planet. Instead of fooling about the globe, squandering the

To taste a flavour of the mood in the islands, look no further than the film Local Hero, a huge hit in Britain when it opened in cinemas across the country in 1983. One scene in particular struck a chord [...] 30,000 in 1901 to just 17,000 in 1971. »One of the most important benefits of the oil era, and one often overlooked, is the way it restored confidence in the people of Orkney,« he said. »Until the 1970s [...] glow for the past 25 years - a sight as familiar to residents as the stars that fill the clear skies above the islands. Islanders treasure the winter spectacle of the aurora borealis. But the source of

Territory to Explore What advantages do the Faroe Islands have as a travel destination? The fact that our country is a small archipelago in the middle of the big ocean in the periphery of western society makes [...] of a new political strategy the Faroese Government decided to merge the Trade Council and Tourist Board in the beginning of this year. This was done in the realisation of the fact that development of trade [...] a great increase in bed capacity in hotels and B&Bs, and tourist numbers started rocketing. The fact that people could get in contact with the local people in this way, along with the slightly primitive

nýggjar bøkur um føroyska mentan, so sum bókin hjá Tom Nauerby: "No Nation is an Island ? Language, Culture and national Identity in the Faroe Islands", frá 1996, so finna vit hjá hesum heldur ikki nakað um [...] Carl Julian: Tagebuch gefürt auf einer Reise nach Färö im Jahre 1828 von Carl Julian Graba. Advokaten in Kiel, mehrerer naturhistorischen Gesellschaften correspondirendem Mitglide. Hamburg, 1830. Hammershaimb [...] reserata. Torshavn, 1963. Nicoll, James: An historical and descriptive account of Island, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands, with illustrations of their natural history. Edinburg, 1860. Niels Winther: Færøernes