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WORKS IN ENGLISH FROM AND ABOUT THE FAROE ISLANDS
1620: Millman, Lawrence: Last Places. A
Journey in the North, Boston/London 1990
>- Reviewed in:
Seattle Times, Febr. 13, 1990, p. F8 (Michael
Upchurch, uiuler the title "Lawrence Millman
revels in northern miscellanea") - in: San
Francisco Chronicle, Febr. 25, 1990, p. 8
(Michael Upchurch, under the title "Footloose
in a Northern Clime ’’)
The New York Times, June 10, 1990, p. BR48
(Tim Cahill)
1646: Miiller, Hfans] Cfhristopher]: Whale
fishing in the Faroe Isles
in: Herbert, Daniel (ed.): Fish and Fisheries. A selec-
tion of prize essays of the International Fisheries
Exhibition, Edinburgh 1882. Edinburgh and London
(William Blackwood and Sons) 1883, pp. 1-16, 1
table, 2 figures, 1 b/w-photograph
<An award-winning, informative essay on the his-
tory, traditions and and procedures of the Faroese
pilot-whale hunt>
-> Biographical note
Hans Christopher Miiller, * 1818, 1897. Faroese
politician, government official and natural scientist.
Among other offices Miiller was Sysselmand (slierijf
and local judge) of Southern Streymoy, the first
postmaster-general of the Faroes, member of the
Folketing (from 1858-1864) and of the Landsting
(from 1866-1886). Miiller, who travelled widely
and spoke Faroese and Danish as well as English,
German and French, took an active interest in tlie
natural history and the fauna of liis native islands
and became one of the most important and influen-
tial natural scientists of the Faroes. He published
a number of important essays on the fauna of the
Faroes, especiaily on Faroese ornithology
Reviewed in:
The New York Times, May 21, 1883, p. 9
1689: Nielsen, Tórgerð (ed.): Faroe Islands
in sport
n.pl. [Tórshavn] (Olympic Committee of the
Faroe Islands) n.y. [1991], 12 pp., illustrations,
photographs
<Cover title: Olympic Conunittee of the Faroe
Islands. Brochure containing information about
the history, society and sports achievements of
the Faroes destined to support the Faroese appli-
cation for participation in the Olympic Games
in Barcelona. Contains: Atli P. Dam: The Faroe
Islands, pp. 3-4; Arni Gregersen: The Faroese
National Football Team Shocks the World of Sport,
pp. 5-6; Bent Klinte: The Faroe Islands, pp. 7-8;
Tórgerð Nielsen: The Faroese have always taken
an interest in International Sport, pp. 9-10; Heðin
Mortensen: A request, pp. 11-12. Cf. also comment
"People in sports” in: Houston Chronicle, May 7,
1992, p. 8>
1764: Olrik, H.G.: The Faroe Islands
Excerpts reprinted in: The New York Times,
April 14, 1929, p. 58
1769: Olsen, Sjúrður Fróði/Joensen, Høgni
Debes: High liveborn birthweights in the
Faroes: a comparison between birthweights
in the Faroes and in Denmark
in: Journal of Epidemiology and Community
Health, vol. 39, 1985, pp. 27-32,4 tables, refer-
ences. Reprinted as appendix I in Olsen, S.F.:
Dietary marine ri-3 fatty acids in pregnancy
as a possible determinant of birth weight: A
review of the current epidemiologic evidence,
Aarhus 1993
<A survey of data on liveborn infants from tlie
Faroes and Denmark in the period 1969-81. Olsen
states, that the average birth weight of liveborn
infants in the Faroes was the highest reported by 33
countries which he was able to obtain information
from>
1770: Olsen, Sjúrður Fróði/Hansen, Harald
S./Sørensen, Thorkild I.A./Jensen, Benny/
Secher, Niels J./Sommer, Steffen/Knudsen,
Lisbeth B.: Intake of marine fat, rich in (n-
3)-polyunsaturated fatty acids, may increase
birthweight by prolonging gestation
in: The Lancet, London, vol. II, Aug. 16, 1986,
pp. 367-369, 3 tables, references. Reprinted as
appendix II in Olsen, S.F.: Dietary marine n-3
fatty acids in pregnancy as a possible determi-
nant of birth weight: A review of the current
epidemiologic evidence, Aarhus 1993