The population of the Færoes is aboiit 15,000. Politically, the 

 Islands belong to Denmark, forming a province (Amt) administered 

 by Danish officials. When the Færoes lost their independence 

 (about 1035) they were incorporated with Norway and continued 

 so even after Norway was united to Denmark, and not until 

 1814, when Norway was ceded to Sweden, did the Islands become 

 more closely united to Denmark. 



Geography. The group of islands extends from 62° 24' N. 

 Lat. to 61° 26' N. Lat and from 6« 15' W. Long. to 7° 41' W. Lons. 



l-'ig. 1. Lille Diinoii. S>dcro in the l)ackt;iuiuKl. (After a photogiaph by F. Burj;i,-.sLnj. 



and the distances from the neighbouring shores are as follows : — 

 from the Shetlands about 300 km., from Scotland about 375 km., 

 from Iceland about 450 km. and from Norway upwards of 600 km. 

 The islands are 18 in number (of which 17 are inhabited), besides 

 some small islets. Most of them are elongated in form and lie 

 from N. W. to S. E.; all those to the north lie alongside each 

 other on a line about 75 km. in length from E. N. E. to W. S. W. 

 Of these, those lying farthest east (Fiiglo, Svind, Videro, Bordo, 

 Kano og Kalso) are known as the Nordreder; west of these are 

 Ostero, Stromo with Nolsd, Hesto and Kolter, and Vaago with 

 Myggenæs adjoining it on the west. To the south of this 

 group, nearly due south from Strdmo lie Sandd, the islets Skud, 

 Store Dimon and Lille Dimon and the large and most southerly 

 island Syderd. The extent of the whole group of islands from 

 north to south is some 112 km. Lastlv, some 5 — 6 km. from the 



