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) | |
.svg) Location of the Faroe Islands (red; circled) in the Kingdom of Denmark (beige) | |
| Sovereign state | Kingdom of Denmark |
| 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 | |
• June 2022 estimate | 54,000[4] (214th) |
• 2011 census | 48,346 |
• Density | 38.6/km2 (100.0/sq mi) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
• Total | US$3.126B[5] (not ranked) |
• Per capita | US$58,585 (not ranked) |
| Gini (2015) |  23.3[6]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 code | 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 that is part of the Kingdom of Denmark. They are located 320 kilometres (200 mi) north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway between Norway and Iceland. The territory is one of three constituent countries that form the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark and Greenland. The islands have a total area of about 1,400 square kilometres (540 sq mi) with a population of 54,000 as of June 2022.