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Main article: Culture of the Faroe Islands

The phrase "Faroe Islands" is tautological, since øerne or oyar means islands in Danish and Faroese respectively.

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Nordic Council
Denmark \| Finland \| Iceland \| Norway \| Sweden
Associate members
Åland \| Faroe Islands \| Greenland

Countries in Europe
Albania \| Andorra \| Austria \| Azerbaijan \| Belarus \| Belgium \| Bosnia and Herzegovina \| Bulgaria \| Croatia \| Cyprus \| Czech Republic \| Denmark \| Estonia \| Finland \| France \| Germany \| Greece \| Hungary \| Iceland \| Ireland \| Italy \| Latvia \| Liechtenstein \| Lithuania \| Luxembourg \| Republic of Macedonia \| Malta \| Moldova \| Monaco \| Netherlands \| Norway \| Poland \| Portugal \| Romania \| Russia \| San Marino \| Serbia and Montenegro \| Slovakia \| Slovenia \| Spain \| Sweden \| Switzerland \| Turkey \| Ukraine \| United Kingdom \| Vatican City ( Holy See)
Dependencies: Faroe Islands \| Gibraltar \| Guernsey \| Jan Mayen \| Jersey \| Isle of Man \| Svalbard

Politics	Business	Finance

Faroe IslandsThe Faroe Islands ( Faroese: Foroyar meaning "Sheep Islands") are a group of islands in the north Atlantic Ocean between Scotland and Iceland. They are an autonomous region of the kingdom of Denmark. Since 1948 they have had self-government in almost all	Faroese languageFaroese is a West Nordic or West Scandinavian language spoken by about 48,000 people in the Faroe Islands and about 25,000 in Denmark. In total, about 80,000 people speak it. It is one of two insular Scandinavian languages which have their origins in the	Faroese Securities MarketVirdisbraevamarknadur Foroya (the Faroese Securities Market) was founded March 30, 2004. Technical operator for the market is Kaupholl Islands. External link .
Faroese alphabetThe Faroese alphabet consists of 29 letters: : A, A, B, D, D, E, F, G, H, I, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, O, P, R, S, T, U, U, V, Y, Y, AE, O.	Faroese Communist PartyForoya Kommunistiski Flokkur (Faroese Communist Party) was founded at a conference in Torshavn 14th-15th of June 1975. In 1974 a communist group had started organizaing in the Faroe Islands which preceded the foundation conference. The chairmain of FKF us	Faroese SocialistsOyggjaframi (Advancement for the Islands) was a group operating to the political left founded by Faroese students in Denmark in 1962. Later a local section was organized in Torshavn. In 1969 Oyggjaframi changed name to Oyggjaframi Foroyskir Sosialistar (O
Faroe Islands national football team