Vælkomin til Føroyar

The Faroe Islands or Faeroe Islands or simply Faroes or Faeroes (Faroese: Føroyar, meaning "Sheep Islands", Danish: Færøerne) are a group of islands in Northern Europe, between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, about halfway from Iceland to Norway. They have been an autonomous region of the Kingdom of Denmark since 1948. The Faroese have, over the years, taken control of most matters except defence (though they have a native coast guard), foreign affairs and the legal system which are the responsibility of Denmark.

The Faroes have close traditional ties to Iceland, Shetland, Orkney, the Outer Hebrides and Greenland. The archipelago was politically detached from Norway in 1814. The Faroes are represented in the Nordic Council as a part of the Danish delegation.

Nåttin millum bjartar stjørnur
Millum alduljóð og lond
Har sum herja harðar ódnir
Har ið binda eingi bond
Har eg altíð fríur eri
Har sum havið vinur er
Har sum leysur langt eg fari
Har sum frískur byrur ber

Ferðist eg í millum landa
Síggi gleði sorg og stríð
Men ein myndin bjørt man standa
Minnir meg um bestu tíð
Ja har heima í tí dali
Har alt grønt og vakurt er
Eg í huga kátur spæli
Meðan skip um sjógvin fer

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The night in the midst of bright stars
Between sound of waves and lands
Where harsh storms blow
Where no strings tie
Where I'm always free
Where the ocean is a friend
Where I'm free to wander far
Where a fresh breeze carries me

I may travel many countries
Seeing joy, sorrow and war
But one image will remain clear
Reminds me of the best of times
Yes at home in the valley
Where everything is green and fair
In my mind I joyfully play
While a ship crosses the sea

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Tags:

• faroe
• islands
• annika
• Hoydal
• dekkinum
• føroyar
• north
• sea
• nordic

[mayamaisen]

I love the flutes in this song :) and everytime i hear it, i dream myself away to the faroes ^^ but i wonder, the woman that sings, is she really faroese? sounds to me like there's something different about the way she pronounces the "R", am I right? not that i'm an expert in faroese, i'm norwegian myself, but sounds to me like she has kinda like an... icelandic accent?

[vanefreja86]

Annika Hóydal

Hun er færøsk :)

She is faroese :)

[o8Cupcakes8o]

@ZaeroZ I don't know about Icelanders, but we on the Faroe Islands understand "Icelandish" pretty good hehe

[banana8023]

@Norskeviking001 Faroes is not that hard faroes island is like little Denmark! We just say it on a other way but the same!

[R3troguy]

@Kidorid I dunno why people would be interested in the Faroes by anything else other than the landscape. It's pretty boring here in my opinion.

[Norskeviking001]

hvor kan jeg lære dette språket ??I want to go the faroes !!

[SunnyTheRose]

vá hvað þetta er líkt íslensku!

[Kidorid]

How is life there? Do people keep moving from there to bigger places? Is there a good social life, with social gatherings? Do most people have jobs? I'm Norwegian and watched this series called "Buzz Aldrin" and most of the story was focused around Færøyene. Amazing place.

[SigHolm]

fallegur söngur

[mr4200himself]

jú takk

[ZaeroZ]

Do Icelanders understand faroese and vice versa?

[smeczable]

This sounds just like the melody of "Jag vet en dejlig rosa"