Faroe Islands

The Faroe Islands, or simply the Faroes or Faeroes, are a North Atlantic archipelago located 320 kilometres north-northwest of Scotland, and about halfway between Norway and Iceland. Like Greenland, it is an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. The islands have a total area of about 1,400 square kilometres with a population of 53,358 as of June 2021.The terrain is rugged, and the subpolar oceanic climate is windy, wet, cloudy, and cool. Temperatures for such a northerly climate are moderated by the gulf stream, averaging above freezing throughout the year, and hovering around 12 °C in summer and 5 °C in winter. The northerly latitude also results in perpetual civil twilight during summer nights and very short winter days.

Between 1035 and 1814, the Faroe Islands were part of the Kingdom of Norway, which was in a personal union with Denmark from 1380.