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WORKS IN ENGLISH FROM AND ABOUT THE FAROE ISLANDS
names indicate that there was a kind of sacred place
in this border area where the oldest Thing was held.
The discovery in this area of a flat stone with carv-
ings is discussed>
310: Guttesen, Rolf: Plant produetion on a
Faeroese farm 1813-1892, related to climatic
fluctuations
in: Geografisk Tidsskrift. Danish Journal of
Geography, Copenhagen, vol. 101, 2001, pp.
67-76, 13 figures, 2 tables, references
<A study based on journals from a farm in Norðoyri
covering the time span from 1790 to 1892>
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311: Hagstova Føroya: Árbók fyri Føroyar.
Statistical Yearbook of the Faroe Islands
Tórshavn (Hagstova Føroya/Føroya Skúla-
bókagrunnur) 2000, 342 pp., 1 map, ed. by
Hermann Oskarsson and Joan Kelduberg
2001,373 pp„ 1 map, ed. by Hermann Oskars-
son and Jastrid Bech Árting
2002, 410 pp„ 1 map, ed. by Hermann Oskars-
son and Jastrid Bech Árting
2003, 432, [1] pp„ 1 map, ed. by Hermann
Oskarsson and Jastrid Bech Árting, wilh CD-
Rom
<A major source of information about all aspects
of the Faroes. From 2000 onwards tables/notes in
Faroese and English>
312: Hagstróm, Bjórn: Research in Faroese
language history 1850-1950. An overview
in: Bandle, Oskar et al. (eds): The Nordic lan-
guages..., vol. 1, Berlin 2002, pp. 102-107
<1. Introduction. Historical and socio-cultural back-
ground. 2. From Old Norse (ON) to modern Faroese.
3. Principal sources of the history of the Faroese lan-
guage. 4. Recent contributions to Faroese language
history. 5. Literature (a selection)>
313: Hagstróm, Bjórn: Nordic language his-
tory and literary history. V. Faroe Islands
in: Bandle, Oskar et al. (eds): The Nordic lan-
guages..., vol. 1, Berlin 2002, pp. 482-486
<1. Introduction. 2. The Faroese kvæði. 3. The
period 1846-1888. A standard norm for written
Faroese is created. 4. From 1888 to 1912. 5. From
1912 to 1948. 6. Language and literature after 1948.
7. Literature (a selection)>
314: Hague, Brian: The Island of Koltur
in: ”238”. Journal of the Faroe Islands Study
Circle, [Vol. 3], No. 1, November 1999, pp. 9-
12, illustrations
<Subtitle: ”Brian Hague visits Koltur, one of the
smallest and least accessible of the Faroe Islands”.
Informative travel report>
315: Hague, Brian: The Greenland
Fisheries
in: ”238”. Journal of the Faroe Islands Study
Circle, vol. 3, no. 2, May 2000, pp. 47-48,
illustrations
<A postal history of Færingehavn, the Faroese har-
bour on Greenland>
316: Hague, Brian: The British Occupation
of the Faroe Islands in World War II. The
Royal Marines Go In
in: ”238”. Journal of the Faroe Islands Study
Circle, vol. 3, no. 4, May 2001, pp. 95-100,
illustrations
<An account of the arrival and stay of the Royal
Marines who came to the Faroes on April 13lh, 1940
as a vanguard of the British Forces in the islands
and who were replaced by the Lovat Scouts on
May 25, 1940. First part of a series of articles about
the British occupation of the Faroes from 1940 to
1945>
317: Hague, Brian: Meter Marks of the
Faroe Islands
in: ”238”. Journal of the Faroe Islands Study
Circle, vol. 3, no. 5, November 2001, pp. 125-
127, illustrations
<An outline of the history and different types of
meter marks used in the Faroes>