Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands | |
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Anthem: "Tú alfagra land mítt" (Faroese) (English: "Thou, fairest land of mine") | |
![]() Location of the Faroe Islands (green) in Europe (green and dark grey) | |
![]() Location of the Faroe Islands (red; circled) in the Kingdom of Denmark (beige) | |
Sovereign state | ![]() |
Unified with Norway | c. 1035 |
Cession to Denmark | 14 January 1814 |
Home rule | 1 April 1948 |
Further autonomy | 29 July 2005[1] |
Capital and largest city | Tórshavn 62°00′N 06°47′W / 62.000°N 6.783°W |
Official languages | |
Ethnic groups | Faroe Islanders |
Religion | Christianity (Church of the Faroe Islands) |
Demonym(s) |
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Government | Devolved government within a parliamentary constitutional monarchy |
• Monarch | Margrethe II |
Lene Moyell Johansen | |
Bárður á Steig Nielsen | |
Legislature | Løgting |
National representation | |
2 members | |
Area | |
• Total | 1,399 km2 (540 sq mi) (not ranked) |
• Water (%) | 0.5 |
Highest elevation | 882 m (2,894 ft) |
Population | |
• April 2022 estimate | 53,882[4] (214th) |
• 2011 census | 48,346 |
• Density | 38.5/km2 (99.7/sq mi) |
GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | US$3,126,000,000[5] (not ranked) |
• Per capita | US$58,585 (not ranked) |
Gini (2015) | ![]() low · 2 |
HDI (2008) | 0.950[7] very high |
Currency | Faroese króna (DKK) |
Time zone | UTC±00:00 (WET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+01:00 (WEST) |
Date format | dd-mm-yyyy |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +298 |
Postal codes | FO-xxx |
ISO 3166 code | FO |
Internet TLD | .fo |
Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands, or simply the Faroes or Faeroes, are a North Atlantic archipelago and island country located 320 kilometres (200 mi) north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway between Norway and Iceland. Like Greenland, it is a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark. The islands have a total area of about 1,400 square kilometres (540 sq mi) with a population of 53,882 as of April 2022.