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WORKS IN ENGLISH FROM AND ABOUT THE FAROEISLANDS
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of information with a plethora of beautiful photo-
graphs. Contents: Flag and Prime Minister, pp. 10-
11; Parliament and Government, pp. 16-21; Faroese
literature (by Vár í Olavstovu); The History of the
Faroese Church (by Hans J. Joensen), pp. 32-41;
The Faroe Islands History - an outline (by Hans
J. Debes), pp. 42-55; The Faroese language, pp.
56-61; Culture, pp. 62-71; Pilot whale hunting,
pp. 72-75; The Faroese Sports Association (by
Heðin Mortensen), pp. 76-77; Music in the Faroe
Islands, pp. 78-79; The Faroese Economy (by Sigurd
Poulsen), pp. 80-83; Energy Supply in the Faroe
Islands (by Klæmint Weihe), pp. 84-87; Shipping
and Fishing Industry (by Olaf Olsen), pp. 88-95;
Tourism, pp. 96-99; The Faroese Municipalities (by
Jógvan K. Mørkøre), pp. 100-219. This last portion
of the book is of particular value as it portrays all
municipalities of the Faroe Islands in detail. The
volume also came out in a Faroese edition. The
colour photographs are by Absalon Hansen, Henrik
Solberg, Jákup Andreas Arge, Per á Hædd, Høgni
Thomsen, Árni Conradsson, Haldin Joensen, Steffan
Simonsen and by several unnamed photographers>
753: Ross, Ian: Faeroes allowed to spring
surprise
in: The Times, May 2, 1991, p. 39
<Report of a football match between the national
teams of Northern Ireland and the Faroes in Belfast,
which ended 1: 1>
754: Roth, Myron: The availability and use
of chemotherapeutic sea lice control prod-
ucts
in: Contributions to Zoology. Amslerdam, vol.
69, 2000, nos. 1-2, pp. 109-118, 2 tables, refer-
ences
<Results of a survey in several countries (including
Ihe Faroes) of the availability and use of pesticide
types being used in commercial salmon farms for
sea lice control>
755: Rough island story
in: The Times, April 27, 1955, p. 13
<Background information concerning the
"Halvorsen-affair”, cf. bibliography no. 0072>
756: Royal Danish Tour
in: The Times, June 25, 1921, p. 9
<Subtitle: ”Visit to Faro Islands”. Report of a visit
of the king and queen. of Denmark to the Faroe
lslands>
757: The Royal Marines. The Admiralty
Account of their Achievement 1939-1943
London (HMSO) 1944, 80+16 pp., 3 maps, 21
b/w photographs
<An account of the actions in the Faroes and Iceland,
Norway, Crete, Singapore, Burma, Mađagascar,
and Dieppe. Chapt. 3, ”The Enemy Forstalled: The
Faeroes and Iceland” on pp. 15-19>
758: Ruthin, Margaret: Katrina of the
Lonely Isles
London (Dennis Dobson) 1964. 175 pp., illus-
trations by Gwen Gibson. American edition
New York (Ariel Books/Farrar, Straus, Giroux
& Co.) 1965
<A children’s book. The story of a 16 years old
Faroese girl, her twin brother and the rescued crew
of a stranded Russian vessel. Margaret Ruthin is
a pseudonym of Arthur Catherall, cf. bibliography
no. 0313>
Reviewed in:
TLS, Nov. 26, 1964, p. 805 ([Mary Crozier], as
part of a review of several titles under the title
”Sporting the field”)
759: Ryder, M.L.: Sheep & Man
London (Duckworth) 1983, 846 pp., numerous
illustrations, references
<In chapter 9.2.6. (pp. 540-545, 2 figures) Ryder
deals with sheep-breeding in the Faroes>
>■ Reviewed in:
TLS, Jan. 20, 1984, p. 69 (Juliet Clutton-
Brook, under the litle "Returning to our mut-
tons”)