Faeroe post issued stamps featuring Root vegetables, an old food on the Faroe Islands and much older than potatoes, which did not become common until the mid-19th century.
Posts Tagged ‘Faroe Islands’
Posted in 
Tags: 
Jens Christian Svabo
October 2nd, 2010 
srmodh 
1,239 viewsJens Christian Svabo was born in the village Miðvágur in 1746. His father, who was the village vicar, gave him lessons, until he at the age of 13 attended the so-called Latínskúli (Latin School) in Tórshavn.
The Faroese Colours
April 26th, 2010 srmodh 735 viewsNature has always occupied a special place in the heart of all-round artist Eli Smith (1955) who began painting with pigments obtained from Faroese localities in 2003. This became a series of pictures painted with pure natural materials such as iron oxide, sand, mussel shells, turf and charcoal. A great deal of experience and inspiration [...]
Europa 2010 Childrens books – Faroe Islands
April 26th, 2010 srmodh 1,001 viewsA good children’s book is not merely a children’s book, it is just as soon a book for everybody to enjoy, both to look at and to read. Each person gets something out of it, the adult as well as the young reader. There must be room for all age groups.
Long-finned Pilot Whale
February 21st, 2010 srmodh 1,081 viewsThe pilot whale (Globicephala melas) is an extremely gregarious animal that regularly swims along the Faroese coast on its migration within its habitat in the northern Atlantic Ocean. During the approximately 300 years for which we have statistics, somewhere between 800 and 1500 whales have been killed annually in the Faroes. It is estimated that [...]
Butterflies
February 20th, 2010 srmodh 2,176 viewsFaroe Islands post will issue a set of postage stamps depicting various butterflies of Faroe Islands. 154 different species of butterflies have been registered in the Faroe Islands. Most of them do not breed here, but arrive with the help of warm currents of air from the south, sometimes all the way from Southern Europe [...]
