About the Journal

Faroese Scientific Journal is an annual journal with scientific articles from and about the Faroe Islands and Faroese issues. The journal spans all scientific fields with articles  in Faroese (mostly Humanities and Social Sciences) or English (Natural and Life Sciences).

From 1952-2021 Fróðskaparrit was published in an annual printed volume. From volume 67/2021 onwards the journal is no longer published in a printed version.  All articles are available open access on this site. 


Current Issue

View 2025: Book 71

Published: 11-04-2025

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Humanities

Bara tey, sum elska-elska at lesa, gera tað – Lesing og lesivanar hjá føroyskum børnum

Sissal Maria Rasmussen, Lydia Didriksen, Turið Kjølbro
Abstract 282 | Pdf Downloads 907
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Page 54-82

Praktikvejlederens primære opgave i læreruddannelsen. – Et Mixed-methods studie blandt lærerstuderende på Færøerne

Hans Harryson
Abstract 280 | Pdf Downloads 889
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Page 19-53

Linguistics

Ræstar hugleiðingar - upprunin til sagnorðið 'ræsa'

Bjarni Steintún
Abstract 215 | Pdf Downloads 917
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Page 5-18

Um ruðul og ruðuleika

Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen
Abstract 192 | Pdf Downloads 843
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Page 83-92

Literature

Einki hvørvur. Sundur- og samanrenningar í yrkingasavninum Korallbruni (2018) eftir Onnu Maluna Jógvansdóttur. Ein viðgerð við støði í vistgreining (“ecocriticism”) og evnisligari snaring (“new materialism”)

Bergur Djurhuus Hansen
Abstract 124 | Pdf Downloads 93
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Page 241-253

Social Sciences

Løgtingið og tingnevndirnar: stovnslig eyðkenni og politiskt virksemi

Hallbera West
Abstract 199 | Pdf Downloads 668
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Page 93-115

Am I Like My Father?

Runa Preeti Ísfeld
Abstract 87 | Pdf Downloads 272
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Page 193-218

Natural Sciences

A species inventory on the island of Koltur: Setting the baseline for long-term monitoring

Agnes-Katharina Kreiling, Jón Aldará, Kolbrún í Haraldsstovu, Hans Jørgen Andersen, Oliver Bechberger, Moritz Fahldieck, Vladimir I. Gusarov, Michael Haas, Jógvan Fróði Hansen, Jostein Kjærandsen, Thomas Kompa, Karl A. Thomsen, Birna V. Trygvadóttir Fjallstein, Mark Welch, Bjørn Patursson, Leivur Janus Hansen
Abstract 474 | Pdf Downloads 834
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Page 116-167

The drifter that came in from the cold: First record of Sthereus ptinoides (E.F.Germar, 1823) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Europe

Agnes-Katharina Kreiling, Leivur Janus Hansen, Jan Pedersen
Abstract 230 | Pdf Downloads 660
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Page 168-172

An investigation of genetic fecundity variants in Faroese sheep

Eva K. Hansen, Jens Ivan í Gerðinum, Dag Inge Våge, Svein-Ole Mikalsen
Abstract 48 | pdf Downloads 117
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Page 219-240

Health and Medicine

Hvussu uppliva avvarðandi at eldri heimabúgvandi persónum við demens tørvin á stuðli í gerandisdegnum: Ein kvalitativ kanning

Sára Skylv Reinert, Elisabeth Anthoniussen
Abstract 127 | pdf Downloads 317
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Page 173-192