Faroe Islanders

Faroese people
føroyingar
Faroese folk dancers, in national costumes.
Total population
c. 70,000
Regions with significant populations
 Faroe Islands≈50,000
 Denmark21,687
 Norway1,981
 Iceland500
 Finland20
Languages
Faroese, Danish (Gøtudanskt accent)
Religion
Lutheranism (Church of the Faroe Islands)
Historically also the Norse religion and Roman Catholicism (1000–1538)
Related ethnic groups
Other Germanic peoples
(especially North Germanic peoples);
Gaels

Faroe Islanders are people who inhabit the Faroe Islands.

References

  1. ↑ According to a 2009 estimate, the population of the Faroe Islands was 49,000, ~92% of that population was Faroese born, which is approximately 45,000. (See demographics of the Faroe Islands)
  2. ↑ Politiken, 2006 (newspaper written in Danish)
  3. ↑ "Table 5 Persons with immigrant background by immigration category, country background and sex. 1 January 2009". www.ssb.no.