Culture
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143Hamferð has been nominated for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2018
The Adjudication Committee has nominated 13 works, including Hamferð, for the Nordic Council Music Prize 2018. The nominated works were announced during...
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151Kópakonan – the seal woman
Throughout centuries, people in the Faroe Islands have told stories. Some about kings and battles, other about elfish people, creatures and treasures....
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132Faroese art exhibited at Nordic Museum in Seattle
Twenty-five glass birds by Faroese painter, sculptor and glass artist, Tróndur Patursson, were on display as the new Nordic Museum opened in...
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82Mike and the Whales – How did it go out there?
How has the international audience reacted to and received the documentary The Islands and The Whales? The director Mike Day will screen...
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94Tórshavn’s famous Culture Night to be held in three weeks’ time
The event, which has been held annually since 2001, has grown in popularity over the years and is referred to by some...
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113Local.fo and Norðlýsið to release new magazine for tourists
”This is a golden opportunity for Faroese advertisers to reach tourists from abroad. The plan as for now is to release two...
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161Faroe Islanders hold their breath: Will tourists bring their own food to save money?
Faroese shop-owners and supermarkets do not have much to look forward to with regards to making money from tourists if the Icelandic...
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126Bárður Oskarsson nominated for the Nordic Council Children and Young People’s Literature Prize 2018
Bárður Oskarsson is a Faroese children's writer, illustrator and artist, who has won several literary awards. His books have been translated into...
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160Konni Kass to perform at Denmark’s Roskilde Festival
The Roskilde Festival talent programme has been completed with 27 new acts, representing the best new Nordic music. Today’s additions include Miriam...
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97Nielsen’s “Gudahøvd” nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize 2018
64-year-old Jóanes Nielsen, who has been nominated for the Nordic Council Literature Prize on six previous occasions – in 1988, 1994, 1999,...
