Tjóðsavnið National the Faroe Islands
– PRESENTING THE NATURAL AND CULTURAL
HERITAGE OF THE FAROE ISLANDS
The first known settlers in the Faroe Islands were Irish monks, who in the
6th century AD told of the “Islands of the Sheep and the Paradise of Birds”.
THE TEXT WAS COMPILED BY PIPSA MÖRN • PICTURES BY PIPSA MÖRN
20 SUOMEN MERENKULKU J FINLANDS SJÖFART
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