Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands ranks 144th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Monaco, The Bahamas, and Rwanda. Memorable people born in present day Faroe Islands include Niels Ryberg Finsen, William Heinesen, and Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb. Memorable people who died in Faroe Islands include William Heinesen, Naddodd, and Símun av Skarði. Faroe Islands has been the birth place of many soccer players, and writers and the death place of many writers, and explorers.

The Faroe Islands are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark. Located between Iceland, Norway, and the United Kingdom, the islands have a population of 54,900 as of June 2025 and a land area of 1,393 km². The official language is Faroese, which is partially mutually intelligible with Icelandic. The terrain is rugged, dominated by fjords and cliffs with sparse vegetation and few trees. As a result of their proximity to the Arctic Circle, the islands experience perpetual civil twilight during summer nights and very short winter days; nevertheless, they experience a subpolar oceanic climate and mild temperatures year-round due to the Gulf Stream. The capital, Tórshavn, receives the fewest recorded hours of sunshine of any city in the world at only 840 per year. Read more on Wikipedia