Fróðskaparrit - Faroese Scientific Journal
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description: 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.
publisher: Fróðskapur - Faroese University Press
language: en
publication name: Fróðskaparrit - Faroese Scientific Journal
issn: 0367-1704
items: Am I Like My Father?
items: Hvussu uppliva avvarðandi at eldri heimabúgvandi persónum við demens tørvin á stuðli í gerandisdegnum: Ein kvalitativ kanning
items: An investigation of genetic fecundity variants in Faroese sheep
items: The drifter that came in from the cold: First record of Sthereus ptinoides (E.F.Germar, 1823) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Europe
items: Um ruðul og ruðuleika
items: A species inventory on the island of Koltur: Setting the baseline for long-term monitoring
items: Praktikvejlederens primære opgave i læreruddannelsen. – Et Mixed-methods studie blandt lærerstuderende på Færøerne
items: Bara tey, sum elska-elska at lesa, gera tað – Lesing og lesivanar hjá føroyskum børnum
items: Løgtingið og tingnevndirnar: stovnslig eyðkenni og politiskt virksemi
items: Fororð
items: Editorial
items: Inclusive education as human rights for immigrant students in Faroese compulsory schools – a desktop study of Faroese policy documents and current Faroese research in the field
items: Pro-life, Pro-Choice and everything in between: A quantitative study of popular attitudes on abortion in the Faroe Islands
items: "The Faroe Islands handle this themselves”: The convergence of bodily and national autonomy in abortion rights discussions
items: The emergence of gender equality legislation in the Faroe Islands: A discursive study
items: An account of the conditions of Faroese individuals with a mental illness from the early 1800s to the late 1960s
items: Ræstar hugleiðingar - upprunin til sagnorðið 'ræsa'
items: The Teaching of Faroese as a Second Language in Compulsory Schools in the Faroe Islands through the Critical Perspectives of School Leaders and Teachers
items: Gríslatindur
items: Arvurin eftir Guðruna Sjúrðardóttur og rættarstøðan í Føroyum 1403-1407
items: Um savnskvinnuna Petru Djurhuus og fjøltáttaða arbeiði hennara á savnsøkinum frá síðst í 1920-árunum og fram til 1960-árini
items: Orðini selur k. og sel h. í føroyskum staðarnøvnum/The words selur k. and sel h. in Faroese place names
items: “Eg havi væl loyvi at liva”. Náttúrufatanir og vistkritikkur í føroyskum og norðurlendskum barna- og ungdómsbókmentum
items: Mannarættindi: frá teksti til læru
items: Skynsemi, nøgdsemi, takksemi. Náttúrufatanin hjá Mikkjali á Ryggi
items: ...simpulthen barastani so ótrúuliiiiga fitt...
items: Relationships between campus experiences, practice experiences, long-term motivation and turnover intentions among Faroese student teachers
items: Um at hava tomur/tømur á tamarhaldinum
items: Viðmerking: Mannarættindi og heimspekiligar avbjóðingar
items: Havnará, fólk og fæ gjøgnum tvær øldir (1830-2024)

Am I Like My Father?
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description: This article explores fatherhood in the Faroe Islands based on empirical research consisting of interviews with Faroese men in their fifties who are married and have children. It addresses two primary questions: Firstly, how do my respondents describe their childhoods and relationships with their own fathers, and what are the transmissions, continuities, and discontinuities of fatherhood between their generation and their fathers’ generation? Secondly, how do my respondents describe themselves as fathers, and how involved were they when they had young children? My objective is to identify familial attitudes and behaviours that are repeated, transmitted, or modified between two generations of Faroese men who were fathers during two different social periods. The article contributes to discussions about family and gender in the Faroe Islands, and challenges prevailing stereotypes about “older” Faroese fathers. Úrtak Henda greinin kannar faðirskap í Føroyum við støði í empiriskari gransking av samrøðum við føroyskar menn í fimtiárunum, ið vóru giftir og áttu børn. Greinin viðger tveir spurningar: Í tí fyrra vórðu menninir bidnir um at lýsa síni egnu barnaár, viðurskiftini við pápan, hvat teir hava tikið við sær yvir í sín egna pápaleiklut og greiða frá framhaldi og sliti millum millum ættarliðini. Seinni spurningurin bað menninar at lýsa seg sjálvar sum pápar, og hvussu teir tóku lut, tá teir høvdu børn. Endamálið er at skjalfesta hugsanir um endurtiknar, arvaðar ella tillagaðar hugburðir um familjuna í tveimum ættarliðum í tveimum sosialum tíðarskeiðum. Greinin er íkast í orðaskiftið um familju og kyn (gender) í Føroyum og roynir at nýhugsa nakrar ráðandi stereotypar fatanir av føroyskum pápum av “tí gamla slagnum”.
subject: Social Sciences
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subject: fatherhood
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subject: intergenerational changes
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subject: continuities
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subject: discontinuities
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subject: fathers' involvement
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subject: faðirskapur
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subject: broyting millum ættarlið
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subject: framhald og slit
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subject: pápaluttøka
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creator: Runa Preeti Ísfeld
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Runa Preeti Ísfeld https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-09-09
publication date: 2025-09-09
starting page: 193
ending page: 218
doi: 10.18602/d32xev24

Hvussu uppliva avvarðandi at eldri heimabúgvandi persónum við demens tørvin á stuðli í gerandisdegnum: Ein kvalitativ kanning
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description: Supporting the growing number of individuals with dementia living at home poses challenges for informal caregivers, healthcare professionals, and service providers. Informal caregivers play a crucial role in enabling these individuals to remain at home, but this responsibility places significant demands on them, emphasizing the need for greater support. This qualitative interview study was conducted in the summer of 2021, inspired by the 2020 Alzheimer’s Association survey. The aim was to explore informal caregivers' daily experiences, with a focus on their support needs and perceptions of available services. Three key themes emerged: (1) the need for more knowledge, (2) improved access to services, and (3) support from social networks. Findings highlighted a strong need for understanding the disease, its progression, and managing behavioural issues. While caregivers’ needs for information, education, and counselling were partially met, peer support groups were notably absent. Caregivers also found services too standardized and not sufficiently tailored to their specific needs, stressing the importance of social networks in providing essential day-to-day support. Úrtak Tað er ein avbjóðing fyri avvarðandi, heilsustarvsfólk og tænastuveitarar at veita stuðul til vaksandi talið av heimabúgvandi persónum við demens. Leikluturin sum avvarðandi kann vera avgerandi fyri, at eldri við demens kunnu halda fram at búgva í egnum heimi. Hetta kann merkja, at avvarðandi koma at kenna øktan tørv á stuðli fyri at kunna liva upp til henda leiklut. Ein spurnablaðskanning gjørd fyri Alzheimerfelagið í 2020 kveikti hesa samrøðukanning, ið varð gjørd á sumri 2021. Endamálið við samrøðunum var at kanna upplivingarnar hjá avvarðandi í mun til mettan tørv á stuðli í gerandisdegnum og hvussu hesin tørvur varð nøktaður við verandi tænastum. Greiningin av samrøðunum vísti á trý høvuðstema: (1) tørvur á meiri vitan, (2) tørvur á atgongd til tilboð og tænastur, og (3) at finna stuðul í sosialu…
subject: Health and Medicine
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subject: Dementia
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subject: informal caregiver
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subject: experience
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subject: support needs
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subject: support services
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subject: upplivingar
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subject: avvarðandi
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subject: demens
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subject: stuðul
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subject: tænastur
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creator: Sára Skylv Reinert
creator: Elisabeth Anthoniussen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Sára Skylv Reinert, Elisabeth Anthoniussen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-08-25
publication date: 2025-08-25
starting page: 173
ending page: 192
doi: 10.18602/7r6kyx98

An investigation of genetic fecundity variants in Faroese sheep
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description: Several genes have variants that impact fecundity in mammals. We sequenced parts of some genes with internationally known high-fecundity variants in sheep from the northern Faroese islands. No known variant was found. Other variants were found, but none could be linked to twin/multiple births. This was further investigated using 362 ewes from four flocks and a genotyping array containing 51,646 ovine SNPs. We previously used these data to show that the genetic distance among the animals were clearly related to geography (as islands). When analysing genetic variations against fertility (measured as present and historical single or multiple births), only a single SNP showed statistical significance, and this was located outside any known coding region. When the four flocks were individually analysed, a few SNPs showed statistical significance in one flock, but not in other flocks. This strongly indicated that the hits were random and not functionally linked to high fertility. Thus, we were not able to find any gene or genome region that could be linked to high fertility or fecundity in Faroese sheep. Úrtak Fleiri ílegur hava avbrigdir, ið hava ávirkan á fruktabærið hjá súgdjórum. Vit sekvenseraðu nakrar ílegur, sum í øðrum londum eru kendar fyri at hava avbrigdir, ið kunnu setast í samband við høgt fruktabæri, fyri at vita, um tær eisini vóru í seyði í norðara parti av Føroyum. Ongar av hesum frukta-bærisavbrigdum vórðu funnar í føroyska seyðinum. Onnur avbrigdir vóru tó funnin, men eingi av teimum kundu knýtast at fleirlembum. Vit kannaðu eisini 362 ær úr fýra høgum í Føroyum, har vit nýttu eitt íleguúrval (genotyping array) við 51.646 seyðavbrigdum (Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, SNPs). Vit hava áður brúkt hesar dátur til at vísa, at arvafrøðiliga fjarstøðan ímillum seyðin er týðiliga knýttur at, hvørjari oyggj seyðurin kemur úr. Tá arvaligi munurin varð samanborin við fruktabæri (núverandi og søguligar ein- og fleirlembur), var tað bert eitt avbrigdi, sum var hag…
subject: Natural Sciences
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subject: Sheep
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subject: Fertility
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subject: Fecundity
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subject: Genetic variants
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subject: QTL analysis
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subject: Fruktbari
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subject: fruktabæri
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subject: arvalig avbrigdir
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subject: avbrigdiskanning
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subject: QTL kanning
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subject: seyður
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creator: Eva K. Hansen
creator: Jens Ivan í Gerðinum
creator: Dag Inge Våge
creator: Svein-Ole Mikalsen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Eva K. Hansen, Jens Ivan í Gerðinum, Dag Inge Våge, Svein-Ole Mikalsen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-10-30
publication date: 2025-10-30
starting page: 219
ending page: 240
doi: 10.18602/jjvf5h28

The drifter that came in from the cold: First record of Sthereus ptinoides (E.F.Germar, 1823) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) in Europe
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description: The weevil Sthereus ptinoides is reported as a new record for the Faroe Islands as well as Europe. The species develops in sea-water soaked driftwood and is apparently distributed from far-east Russia to Europe in logs drifting in the ocean currents. Úrtak Í hesi greinini verður boðað frá fyrstu skráseting av rekatrantinum Sthereus ptinoides, bæði í Føroyum og í Evropa. Hetta klukkuslagið mennist í vatndruknaðum rekaviði, sum helst er komið til Føroya úr eystara parti av Russlandi.
subject: Natural Sciences
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subject: Weevil
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subject: Faroe Islands
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subject: Beetle
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subject: Driftwood
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subject: Trantklukka
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subject: Klukka
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subject: Rekaviður
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subject: Føroyar
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creator: Agnes-Katharina Kreiling
creator: Leivur Janus Hansen
creator: Jan Pedersen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Agnes-Katharina Kreiling, Leivur Janus Hansen, Jan Pedersen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-08-12
publication date: 2025-08-12
starting page: 168
ending page: 172
doi: 10.18602/rcc2x767

Um ruðul og ruðuleika
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description: This article is about the origin and meaning of the word ruðul. The word is only known from the song Sildavalsurin, which is a well-known Faroese party song written by Poul Arni Joensen (1920˗2011) and Oskar Hermannsen (1920˗1995) in the 1950s. The meaning is ‘chaos’. Here the view is put forward that the authors have made the word for the occasion. The first part of the composition ruðuleiki will also be discussed, and the conclusion is that ruðuleiki is probably composed of ruðul+leiki and should therefore have two ls. The verbs ryðja and hrynja will also be briefly discussed. Úrtak Henda grein snýr seg um uppruna og merking av orðinum ruðul. Orðið er bara kent úr Sildavalsinum, sum er ein vælkendur føroyskur veitslusangur eftir Poul Arna Joensen (1920-2011) og Oskar Hermannsen (1920-1995) frá 1950’unum. Merkingin er ‘ruðuleiki, hurlivasi’. Her verður tann áskoðan sett fram, at høvundarnir hava gjørt orðið til høvið. Eisini verður fyrri liður í samansetingini ruðuleiki umrøddur, og niðurstøðan er, at ruðuleiki helst er sett saman av ruðul+leiki og skal tí hava tvey l. Eisini verða sagnorðini ryðja og hrynja stutt umrødd.
subject: Linguistics
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subject: Linguistics
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subject: Faroese
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subject: etymology
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subject: spelling
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subject: málfrøði
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subject: føroyskt
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subject: upprunafrøði
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subject: stavseting
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creator: Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-22
publication date: 2025-04-22
starting page: 83
ending page: 92
doi: 10.18602/smxf3967

A species inventory on the island of Koltur: Setting the baseline for long-term monitoring
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description: A species inventory was conducted on the island of Koltur (Faroe Islands) between 2019 and 2024, serving as a baseline for future monitoring of the terrestrial ecosystem of the island. The resulting species checklist is presented here. The inventory focussed on terrestrial species of birds, plants and invertebrates and resulted in a total of 519 species recorded from the island since 2019. Among those, 56 were birds, 146 plants, and 316 invertebrates, mainly insects. A high number of invertebrates were new records for Koltur (242) as well as for the Faroe Islands in general (49). Úrtak Margfeldið í Koltri var kannað árini 2019 til 2024. Kanningin er grundarlagið fyri framtíðar kanningum, sum fara at vísa, hvussu vistskipanin á oynni fer at broytast. Høvuðsdentur var lagdur á fugl, plantur og ryggleys dýr á landi. Tilsamans vóru 520 sløg skrásett í oynni hesi árini; 56 fuglasløg , 146 plantusløg og 318 sløg av ryggleysum dýrum. 242 av hesum ryggleysu dýrunum eru ongantíð fyrr skrásett í Koltri, og 49 eru nýggj fyri Føroyar.
subject: Natural Sciences
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subject: Terrestrial ecology
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subject: species diversity
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subject: birds
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subject: plants
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subject: invertebrates
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subject: Faroe Islands
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subject: Vistfrøði
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subject: Lívfrøðiligt margfeldi
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subject: Ryggleys dýr
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subject: Føroyar
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subject: Fuglar
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subject: Plantur
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creator: Agnes-Katharina Kreiling
creator: Jón Aldará
creator: Kolbrún í Haraldsstovu
creator: Hans Jørgen Andersen
creator: Oliver Bechberger
creator: Moritz Fahldieck
creator: Vladimir I. Gusarov
creator: Michael Haas
creator: Jógvan Fróði Hansen
creator: Jostein Kjærandsen
creator: Thomas Kompa
creator: Karl A. Thomsen
creator: Birna V. Trygvadóttir Fjallstein
creator: Mark Welch
creator: Bjørn Patursson
creator: Leivur Janus Hansen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 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 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-08-12
publication date: 2025-08-12
starting page: 116
ending page: 167
doi: 10.18602/ydr0xk51

Praktikvejlederens primære opgave i læreruddannelsen. – Et Mixed-methods studie blandt lærerstuderende på Færøerne
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description: This study focuses on the role of the internship supervisor in Faroese teacher education. On paper, the supervisor is both a primary school teacher and a teacher educator making this dual task problematic. In order to get a nuanced insight into the supervisor's primary contribution to teacher training, we supplemented an extensive questionnaire survey (n=2823) among Nordic student teachers in 2019/2020 and 2021/2022 with in-depth interviews with five Faroese student teachers in their final year of study. The mixed method study shows that the internship supervisor task is not well defined, but that most Faroese supervisors position themselves as primary school teachers, who use most of the supervision time to observe, evaluate and guide the students in relation to their teaching and classroom management competence. The task of building a bridge between the university discourse/primary school discourse and theory/practice is far less visible. The study also showed that Faroese student teachers do not expect theory/practice linkages to be part of internship supervisors' area of ​​responsibility and expertise. ÚRDRAG: Kanningin varpar ljós á tann leiklut, ið starvslæruvegleiðarin hevur í føroysku læraraútbúgvingini. Á pappírinum er starvslæruvegleiðarin bæði ein fólkaskúlalærari og ein læraraskúlalærari, og henda dupult-uppgáva er ikki einføld at útinna. Fyri at fáa neyvt innlit í ta uppgávu, ið starvslæruvegleiðarin loysir í samlaðu læraraútbúgvingini, hava vit tvinnað eina stóra spurnablaðakanning (n=2823), ið var framd millum læraralesandi í øllum norðurlondum í 2019/2020 og 2021/2022, saman við eini viðtalskanning, har fimm føroysk læraralesandi á fjórða árgangi tóku lut. Kanningin vísti, at starvslæruvegleiðarauppgávan er ikki neyvt lýst, men at ein meiriluti av vegleiðarunum fata seg sum fólkaskúlalærarar, hvørs uppgáva er at eygleiða og eftirmeta tann læraralesandi, og at geva honum ráð í mun til undirvísing og floksleiðslu. Kanningin vísti harumframt, at starvsl…
subject: Humanities
  topic: section
subject: Teacher education
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subject: internship
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subject: internship supervision
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subject: internship supervisors
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subject: student teachers
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subject: theory/practice
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subject: university discourse
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subject: primary school discourse
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subject: Læreruddannelse
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subject: praktik
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subject: praktikvejledning
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subject: praktikvejledere
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subject: lærerstuderende
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subject: teori/praksis
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subject: universitetsdiskursen
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subject: folkeskolediskursen
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creator: Hans Harryson
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 PhD in educational sciences https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-11
publication date: 2025-04-11
starting page: 19
ending page: 53
doi: 10.18602/8dpm2190

Bara tey, sum elska-elska at lesa, gera tað – Lesing og lesivanar hjá føroyskum børnum
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description: The article describes the reading habits of Faroese children in 4th, 6th, and 9th grades during their leisure time. The results are based on two studies, a qualitative interview study and a quantitative survey on the same subject. The main findings of the studies show that only one-quarter of Faroese children read regularly in their free time, while approximately 65 % read rarely or never. Reading decreases with age, as more children in 4th grade read compared to those in 6th and 9th grades. The qualitative study, which provides insights into the quantitative results, reveals that Faroese children’s reading habits vary greatly and are influenced by several factors. Teachers, particularly teachers in Faroese, and parents, especially mothers, have a significant impact on whether children read. Additionally, the study shows that children have a positive attitude towards other children who read, but reading is not a topic that children frequently discuss among themselves. It is important that books are interesting and age-appropriate. The children expressed a preference for reading printed books over digital media. Regarding language, they read most in Faroese, followed by English, and least often in Danish. Úrtak Greinin lýsir lesivanar í frítíðini hjá føroyskum børnum í 4., 6., og 9. flokki. Úrslitini byggja á tvær kanningar, eina kvalitativa samrøðukanning og eina kvantitativa spurnakanning um sama evni. Høvuðsniðurstøður í kanningunum eru, at bara ein fjórðingur av føroyskum børnum lesa javnan í frítíðini, meðan umleið 65 % lesa sjáldan ella ongantíð. Lesingin minkar við aldrinum, tí tað sæst, at fleiri børn lesa í 4. flokki enn í 6. og 9. flokki. Úrslitini vísa, at lesivanar hjá børnum eru sera ymiskir, og at ymsir faktorar ávirka lesingina. Lærarar, serliga føroysklærarin, og foreldur, serliga mammurnar, hava stóra ávirkan á, um børnini lesa. Somuleiðis vísir kanningin á, at børn hava jaligan hugburð til onnur børn, sum lesa, men lesing er ikki nakað børn tosa nóg…
subject: Humanities
  topic: section
subject: Børn, lesing, lesivanar, frítíð, tilfar, mál, føroysk(t).
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subject: Children
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subject: reading
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subject: reading habits
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subject: leisure
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subject: material
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subject: language
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subject: Faroese
  topic: keywords
subject: børn
  topic: keywords
subject: lesing
  topic: keywords
subject: lesivanar
  topic: keywords
subject: frítíð
  topic: keywords
subject: tilfar
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subject: mál
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subject: føroyskt
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creator: Sissal Maria Rasmussen
creator: Lydia Didriksen
creator: Turið Kjølbro
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Sissal Maria Rasmussen, Lydia Didriksen, Turið Kjølbro https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-11
publication date: 2025-04-11
starting page: 54
ending page: 82
doi: 10.18602/3dntpp58

Løgtingið og tingnevndirnar: stovnslig eyðkenni og politiskt virksemi
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description: A typical distinction for parliaments in parliamentary systems is between a “working” or “debating” parliament. In a “working parliament” the parlia-mentary committees play a vital role. Nevertheless, there still might be differences in the ways committees work. Committees can function as tools for parliament to strengthen the position towards government, function as arenas for partisan competition, or as options for individual MPs to make agreements on allocations of distributional benefits. The expectation is that especially the institutional and partisan explanations apply. Based on information about institutional settings and a selection of activity data, the article investigates the committee system in the Løgting, including when institutional, partisan, and/or distributional characteristics apply. The investigation shows that the committee system in the Løgting adheres to characteristics for a “working parliament” and that a substantial part of the meetings take place in committees but unevenly divided between the committees. Although, the committees have institutional and partisan characteristics, the conditions for partisan behaviour seem stronger. Yet, the oversight committees have stronger institutional charac-teristics but conditioned by limited administrative support in general. For some committees, additional influence from the distributional model is worth considering. Úrtak Ting í skipan við tingræði kunnu virka sum mest “arbeiðandi” ella mest “kjakandi” ting. Í einum “arbeiðandi tingi” hava tingnevndirnar ein týðandi leiklut, men kunnu virka á ymiskan hátt. Tær kunnu virka sum amboð hjá tinginum at styrkja sær støðuna mótvegis stjórnarvaldinum, virka sum pallar fyri flokspolitiska kapping og/ella sum amboð hjá einstøkum tingfólkum til at gera avtalur um býtisfyrimunir. Væntanin er, at serliga stovnsfrágreiðingin og flokspolitiska frágreiðingin hava týdning. Við støði í stovnsligum eyðkennum og einum úrvali av politiskum virksemi verður tingnevndarski…
subject: Social Sciences
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subject: Løgtingið
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subject: Tingnevndir
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subject: Politiskir flokkar
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subject: The Faroese Parliament
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subject: parliamentary committees
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subject: political parties
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creator: Hallbera West
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Hallbera West https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-06-06
publication date: 2025-06-06
starting page: 93
ending page: 115
doi: 10.18602/wttczb32

Fororð
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description: Fororð Tað, sum kveikti tankan til hetta serritið, er tann týdningur, sum menniskjarættindi hava sum grundarlag undir rættvísi, rættlæti, trivnað hjá borgarum og hvussu skipanir virka í føroyska samfelagnum. Serstakliga hava kanningar av menniskjarættindum við sær verju av viðkvæmum bólkum í samfelagnum. Okkara endamál við hesum serriti er at greina menniskjarættindi og útvega vitan, sum kann fremja tilvitsku og lærdóm, rættvísi og samfelagsábyrgd, og hava við sær neyðugan politikk ella lógarbroytingar. Men allar hugsanir um menniskjarættindi, sum áseta reglur ella fyrimyndir, eru umstríddar og skapa av sonnum ósemju, tí royndin at verkseta menniskja-rættindi hevur við grundleggjandi etisk, mentanarlig og religiøs viðurskifti at gera, sum ikki almenn semja er um: Hvat er eitt rættvíst samfelag? Hvat er eitt tignarligt lív? Hvørja ábyrgd hevur staturin mótvegis tí einstaka? Og hvørji eru mørkini millum menniskjarættindi og skyldurnar hjá menniskjanum?
subject: Special Issue Human Rights
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creator: Erika Anne Hayfield
creator: Heini í Skorini
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Erika Anne Hayfield, Heini í Skorini https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-12-04
publication date: 2024-12-04
starting page: 12
ending page: 18
doi: 10.18602/gemg2a51

Editorial
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description: Editorial Our inspiration for this special issue relates to the significance of human rights as fundamental to justice, fairness, the wellbeing of citizens and the functioning of systems in Faroese society. In particular, the implication of studying human rights involves the protection of vulnerable groups in society. Our aim with this special issue is to analyse human rights and generate knowledge which can help promote awareness and education, justice, accountability and lead to necessary policies or legal reforms. However, all normative deliberations on human rights are contested and bound to trigger disagreement, because the struggle to realise human rights relates to fundamental ethical, cultural and religious questions without universal agreement: What is a just society? What is a good life in dignity? What is the responsibility of the state vis-à-vis the individual? And what are the boundaries between human rights and human obligations?
subject: Special Issue Human Rights
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creator: Erika Anne Hayfield
creator: Heini í Skorini
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Erika Anne Hayfield, Heini í Skorini https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-12-04
publication date: 2024-12-04
starting page: 5
ending page: 11
doi: 10.18602/zbfym421

Inclusive education as human rights for immigrant students in Faroese compulsory schools – a desktop study of Faroese policy documents and current Faroese research in the field
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description: The desktop article studies the status quo regarding the inclusion of immigrant children in Faroese compulsory schools as a human rights issue through analysis of policy documents, relevant official documents and Faroese research in the field of inclusive education for the target demographic. Using content analysis, an attempt is made to study whether the policies are socially just, equitable and fall within the human rights of immigrant children to equitable access to education. The policies are evaluated using the language orientation framework (Ruiz, 1984) to elicit the policy stance towards immigrant children. Existing research on Faroese educational policies for inclusion in education is used to determine if fit-for-purpose educational measures exist for immigrant children to learn Faroese, fulfil learning outcomes and integrate into the society while retaining their own first language and culture. It appears that language-as-problem dominates policy stance, and its implementation without consideration for the human rights of these children has potential implications for their integration and their becoming meaningful, full-fledged members of Faroese society. Úrtak Í greinini verður inklusjón sum mannarættindi hjá tilflytarabørnum í føroyska fólkaskúlanum kannað. Kanningin umfatar greining av útbúgvingarpolitiksskjølum, viðkomandi almennum skjølum og føroyskari gransking um inkluderandi útbúgving fyri hesar tilflytaranæmingar. Við støði í innihaldsgreiningum verður roynt at kanna, hvørt politikkurin er sosialt grundaður, rættvísur og lýkur mannarættindakravinum hjá tilflytarabørnum um rættvísa atgongd til útbúgving. Politikkurin er eftirmettur við støði í karminum um málstøðu (language orientation) (Ruiz, 1984) til tess at fáa støðuna hjá tilflytarabørnum fram í ljósmála. Gransking, sum fevnir um føroyskan útbúgvingarpolitikk og inklusjón í útbúgving, er nýtt til at gera av, hvørt hóskandi útbúgvingarmál eru til taks hjá tilflytarabørnum at læra føroyskt, lúka …
subject: Special Issue Human Rights
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subject: Educational policy
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subject: education as human rights
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subject: immigrant children
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subject: social justice
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subject: inclusion
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subject: Útbúgvingarpolitikkur
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subject: útbúgving sum mannarættindi
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subject: tilflytarabørn
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subject: inklusjón
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creator: Kalpana Vijayavarathan-R.
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Kalpana Vijayavarathan-R. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-12-04
publication date: 2024-12-04
starting page: 60
ending page: 89
doi: 10.18602/tssk1696

Pro-life, Pro-Choice and everything in between: A quantitative study of popular attitudes on abortion in the Faroe Islands
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description: Having debated the rights of sexual minorities for two decades, the question of abortion is increasingly emerging as a new fault line in Faroese politics. In spring of 2024, the Faroese Parliament rejected the legalisation of free abortion by the slimmest margin possible, and civil society NGOs are spearheading “pro-choice” and “pro-life” campaigns. But how does the Faroese voter relate to the question? Who supports and who opposes the legalisation of free abortion before week twelve? On the basis of a quantitative survey conducted in November 2022, this article examines public opinion on abortion legislation and what demographic and personal factors predict abortion attitudes. While it is not possible to present conclusive evidence on the basis of one single study, the findings indicate that the Faroese public is divided on the issue. Furthermore, there is a positive correlation between pro-life attitudes and the importance of religion as well as right-wing attitudes, while centre-periphery tensions are also visible. However, and in contrast with international surveys in the cross-national literature on abortion and public opinion, the survey finds no difference between men and women, and educational level does not predict abortion attitudes either. Finally, when examining the role of age, the generation between 30-44 years proves most likely to oppose the legalisation of abortion on demand. Úrtak Eftir at hava kjakast um rættindi hjá seksuellum minnilutum í tvey áratíggju er ósemjan um abort ella fosturtøku vorðin alsamt sjónligari í føroyskum politikki. Á vári í 2024 atkvøddi ein tepur meiriluti ímóti nýggjari lóg, sum loyvir fríari fosturtøku, samstundis sum felagsskapir stríðast bæði fyri og ímóti rættinum til abort. Men hvat hugsar føroyski veljarin um hendan spurning? Hvør er fyri og hvør er ímóti fríari abort áðrenn 12. viku? Við støði í kvantitativari kanning frá november 2022 kannar hendan greinin almennan hugburð til abort og hvørji demografisk og persónl…
subject: Special Issue Human Rights
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subject: Abortion
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subject: public opinion
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subject: demography
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subject: ideology
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subject: religion
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subject: secularisation
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subject: Fosturtøka
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subject: almennur hugburður
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subject: demografi
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subject: ideologi
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subject: átrúni
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subject: sekularisering
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creator: Heini í Skorini
creator: Herit Albinus
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Heini í Skorini, Herit Albinus https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-12-04
publication date: 2024-12-04
starting page: 151
ending page: 177
doi: 10.18602/b4vzgk76

"The Faroe Islands handle this themselves”: The convergence of bodily and national autonomy in abortion rights discussions
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description: Faroese abortion legislation is subject to CEDAW’s (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) regular reports and has in the last two decades faced criticism for its failure to secure sufficient abortion rights. In this article we analyse international deliberation of the Faroese abortion legislation, where national autonomy as an ideal seemingly outweighs the right to bodily autonomy as a human right. Conducting a concept-oriented critique of how abortion rights are discussed in the convergence of these discourses of autonomy, we emphasise the limitations of arguing for bodily autonomy in relation to abortion rights as a human right. But we also argue that the rhetorical performance of statehood should be scrutinised when it reflects a problematic conception of the right to self-government where national statehood trumps reproductive citizenship. Rather than deliberating the circumstances under which reproductive rights are managed in the Faroe Islands, international attention to the Faroese case becomes an opportunity to underscore that “the Faroe Islands handle this themselves". This article sheds light on both the foundation underpinning a human rights perspective on abortion rights and on the Faroese situation. Úrtak Viðkomandi føroysk viðurskifti vera viðgjørd í frágreiðingunum hjá CEDAW (Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) um danska kongaríkið og føroyska abortlóggávan hevur sostatt seinastu tvey áratíggjuni fingið ábreiðslu fyri ikki at tryggja abortrættindi í nøktandi mun. Í hesi grein greina vit altjóða viðgerðina av føroysku abortlóggávuni og hvussu tjóðskaparligt sjálvræði sum ideal verður sett hægri enn kropsligt sjálvræði sum menniskjarættindi. Gjøgnum eina hugtakslýsing av hvussu abort verður viðgjørt í hesi samanrenning av sjálvræðisdiskursum, leggja vit dent á hvørjar avmarkingar eru í samband við at grundgeva fyri nær abortrættindi eru menniskjarættindi. Men grundgivið verður…
subject: Special Issue Human Rights
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subject: Abortion rights
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subject: reproductive governance
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subject: postcolonial discourse
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subject: the right to life
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subject: the right to autonomy
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subject: Abortrættindi
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subject: reproduktiv stýring
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subject: postkolonialur diskursur
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subject: rætturin til lív
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creator: Turið Nolsøe
creator: Turið Hermannsdóttir
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Turið Nolsøe, Turið Hermannsdóttir https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-12-04
publication date: 2024-12-04
starting page: 19
ending page: 41
doi: 10.18602/v77s2p84

The emergence of gender equality legislation in the Faroe Islands: A discursive study
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description: This article concerns the emergence of gender equality legislation and public discourse on gender equality in the Faroe Islands. The article examines which gender equality discourses and underlying gender ideologies are evident in the Faroe Islands. We commence our study in 1980, when public debate on gender equality legislation intensified. Methodologically, we apply critical discourse analysis in our analysis of newspaper articles, interviews, public documents, and parliamentary debates. Taking an island perspective, we examine tensions between being an island context, on the one hand, and being Nordic on the other. Three discourses emerged from our inductive analysis, which relate to certain time-periods: 1) navigating the concept of gender equality in a religious small-island society, 2) gender equality in the context of (Faroese) identity and 3) the (ir)relevance of gender equality in the Faroe Islands. In the discussion, we argue that gender equality ideologies have evolved and transformed over time in constant interaction with Faroese identity, islandness, and the outside world. We identify gender equality ideologies of traditionalism, religious essentialism, and egalitarianism in our early time period. Subsequently, more recent ideologies of liberal egalitarianism, feminist egalitarianism, neotraditionalism and flexible egalitarianism are identified. Úrtak Greinin snýr seg um, hvussu javnstøðulógin varð til, og um almenna diskursin um kynjajavnstøðu í Føroyum. Greinin viðger hvørjir kynjajavnstøðudiskursar og undirliggjandi kynjahugsjónir eru sjónligar í Føroyum. Viðgerðin strekkir seg fra 1980, tá ið almenni diskursurin viðvíkjandi javnstøðulóggávu øktist. Vit nýta kritiska diskursanalysu til at greina tíðindablaðgreinar, samrøður, almenn skjøl og kjak á tingi. Frá einum oyggjasjónarmiði greina vit spenningin millum oyggjakontekstin øðrumegin og tann norðurlendska kontekstin hinumegin. Í tí induktivu viðgerðini eyðmerkkja vit tríggjar diskursar, ið hvør sær…
subject: Special Issue Human Rights
  topic: section
subject: Gender equality
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subject: gender ideologies
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subject: critical discourse analysis
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subject: politicising gender
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subject: island studies
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subject: Nordic
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subject: kritisk diskurs greining
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subject: politisering av kyni
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subject: oyggjagransking
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subject: kynjajavnstøða
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subject: kynjaideologiir
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creator: Erika Anne Hayfield
creator: Jórun Vágsheyg
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Erika Anne Hayfield, Jórun Vágsheyg https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-12-04
publication date: 2024-12-04
starting page: 90
ending page: 123
doi: 10.18602/5p51ad05

An account of the conditions of Faroese individuals with a mental illness from the early 1800s to the late 1960s
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description: This paper provides a historic narrative of conditions for Faroese individuals with a mental illness from the early 1800s to 1969. The year 1969 was a landmark, as the Faroe Islands, an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean, finally established its own psychiatric ward led by a psychiatrist in collaboration with nurses and other healthcare providers. The narrative presents accounts of life in the Faroe Islands, as well as transportation to and life in asylums abroad. It is contextualised within international conventions on human rights and discussed through the lenses of ethical, nursing and mental healthcare theories. The conclusion emphasises the importance of recognising the unique history of mental health care in the Faroe Island underscoring the continued need to respect the human rights of individuals suffering from mental illnesses. Úrtak Hendan grein er ein søguliga frásøgn um støðuna hjá sinnisjúkum í Føroym frá tíðliga í 1800-talinum og fram til 1969. Hetta árið var ein marknasteinur í Føroyum, tí tá bleiv fyrsta sinnissjúkrahúsið tikið í brúk undir leiðslu av einum psykiatara, og við sjúkrarøktarfrøðingum og øðrum heilsustarvsfólki í starvi. Frásøgnin lýsir støðuna hjá sinnissjúkum, meðan tey vóru í Føroyum, hvussu tey vórðu flutt av landinum, og lívið hjá teimum uttanlands. Teirra støða verður greinað við støði í altjóða menniskjarættindasáttmálum, ástøði um siðfrøði, líðing, sosial viðurskifti og sjúkrarøkt til sinnissjúk. Í niðurstøðuni verður áherðsla løgd á týdningin av at viðurkenna serligu søguna hjá sinnissjúkum í Føroyum. Dentur verður eisini lagdur á týdningin av áhaldandi virðing fyri menniskjarættindunum hjá teimum, sum hava sálarsjúku.
subject: Special Issue Human Rights
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subject: Historical narrative
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subject: Human rights
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subject: Faroe Islands
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subject: Mental health
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subject: Mental illness
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subject: Nursing history
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subject: Psychiatry
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subject: Transfer
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subject: Ævisøga
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subject: menniskjarættindi
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subject: Føroyar
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subject: sálarheilsa
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subject: sinnissjúk
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subject: sjúkrarøktarsøga
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subject: psykiatri
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subject: flutningur
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creator: Elisabeth O.C. Hall
creator: Jana Mortensen
creator: Annemi Lund Joensen
creator: Susanne Malchau Dietz
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Elisabeth O.C. Hall, Jana Mortensen, Annemi Lund Joensen, Susanne Malchau Dietz https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-12-04
publication date: 2024-12-04
starting page: 42
ending page: 59
doi: 10.18602/nc53e873

Ræstar hugleiðingar - upprunin til sagnorðið 'ræsa'
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description: In this article the verb ræsa with the meaning ‘let (something) ferment’ is examined. The Faroese word is examined in its Nordic linguistic context and an attempt is made to analyze its linguistic origin. Two possibilities are then discussed: one with the origin in the noun rás, and the other with the origin in the Old Norse hrár (raw) or hræ (cadaver). In addition, the question of homonymy or polysemy will be addressed, i.e. it is assessed whether the three ræsa verbs found in Føroysk orðabók (the Faroese Dictionary) should be listed as a single verb. The work was carried out by examining what the various etymological dictionaries of the neighbouring languages ​​tell us about ræsa and its cognates, and by assessing the phonological and morphological relationships between them. It was concluded that ræsa can be said with reasonable certainty to be a single polysemous word, which at some point in history was derived from the noun rás. The word originates from Proto-Norse, as it appears to have been formed according to Proto-Norse patterns. Úrtak Í hesi grein verður hugt eftir sagnorðinum ‘ræsa’ við merkingini ‘lata ræstna’. Føroyska orðið verður sett í norðurlendskt málsligt høpi, og ein roynd verður gjørd at greina málsøguliga uppruna tess. Tveir møguleikar verða tá viðgjørdir: annar við uppruna í navnorðinum rás, og hin við uppruna í fornnorrønu hrár (ráur) ella hræ (ræ). Haraftrat verður spurningurin um homonymi ella polysemi viðgjørdur, t.e., mett verður um, hvørt tey trý ræsa-sagnorðini, ið eru at finna í Føroyskari orðabók, áttu at verið førd upp undir einum. Arbeiðið varð framt við at kanna eftir, hvat tær ymsu upprunafrøðiligu orðabøkurnar yvir grannamál okkara upplýsa um ræsa og kognatar tess, og við at meta um ljóð- og bendingarviðurskiftini teirra millum. Nátt var fram til, at ræsa við rímiligari trygd kann sigast at vera einstakt polysemt orð, ið einaferð í tíðini er avleitt av navnorðinum rás. Orðið gongur aftur til frumnorrønt, tí tað tykist vera gjørt …
subject: Linguistics
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subject: Linguistics
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subject: language history
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subject: etymology
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subject: Faroese
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subject: Málvísindi
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subject: málsøga
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subject: upprunafrøði
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subject: føroyskt
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creator: Bjarni Steintún
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Bjarni Steintún https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-01-14
publication date: 2025-01-14
starting page: 5
ending page: 18
doi: 10.18602/pqncx587

The Teaching of Faroese as a Second Language in Compulsory Schools in the Faroe Islands through the Critical Perspectives of School Leaders and Teachers
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description: Abstract The aim of this qualitative study is to elicit the perspectives of teachers and school leaders on the implementation and enactment of Faroese as a second language (FSL). Data from reports and semi-structured interviews with teachers and school leaders reveal how they have implemented and enacted FSL in Faroes compulsory schools. Their perspectives are analysed using the lens of optimal second language acquisition to describe and critically study the FSL status quo in the Faroe Islands. Findings highlight that first and foremost, the duration and intensity of student exposure to learning FSL appear to pose barriers to language learning. Teachers point out their lack of efficacy in the field and the sparse supply of FSL materials. Teachers with the Master’s diploma in FSL are clear that they have acquired valuable competences to teach FSL and recommend a focused approach to building competence in FSL for their colleagues and the pre-service teachers in teacher education. These results show that a significant challenge lies also in the language learning environment, e.g., the presence of Danish and English in upper secondary schools. Úrtak Endamálið við hesi kvalitativu kanningini er at varpa ljós á sjónarmið hjá lærarum og skúlaleiðarum um, hvussu undirvísing í føroyskum sum annaðmál (FSA) verður framd. Dátur frá frágreiðingum og semi-struktureraðum samrøðum við lærarar og skúlaleiðarar vísa, hvussu FSA er sett í verk í fólkaskúlanum, og hvussu tað hevur hepnast. Fyri at lýsa og granska støðuna hjá FSA í Føroyum kritiskt verða teirra sjónarmið greinað við støði í, hvussu annaðmálsmáltøka á bestan hátt verður framd. Niðurstøðurnar vísa, at forðingarnar hjá næmingum at læra FSA fyrst og fremst eru tíð og intensiteturin í undirvísingini. Lærarar vísa á væntandi førleikar og at ógvuliga lítið FSA-tilfar er tøkt. Lærarar við diplomútbúgvingini í FSA halda seg hava fingið týðandi førleikar í frálæru av FSA, og mæla til at arbeitt verður miðvíst við at byggja upp FS…
subject: Humanities
  topic: section
subject: Faroese as a Second Language (FSL)
  topic: keywords
subject: Second Language Acquisition
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subject: Perspectives of teachers and school leaders on implementation and enactment of FSL
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creator: Sissal Maria Rasmussen
creator: Kalpana Vijayavarathan-R
creator: Helena Kannuberg
creator: Laufey H. Blaasvær
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Sissal M. Rasmussen, Kalpana Vijayavarathan-R, Helena Kannuberg, Laufey H. Blaasvær https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-11-28
publication date: 2024-11-28
starting page: 68
ending page: 87
doi: 10.18602/mzwz9c03

Gríslatindur
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description: Abstract In the article, the author suggests interpreting the mountain name *Gríslatindur as an original *Grýtingslíðartindur. In this lies also implicitly that the pass at the top of the mountain has been called *Grýtingslíð, and that the name may contain a vanished mountain name *Grýtingur, norr. Grýtingr. Úrtak Í greinini skjýtur høvundurin upp at tolka fjallanavnið Gríslatindur sum eitt upprunaligt *Grýtingslíðartindur. Harí liggur tískil eisini at líðin ovast í fjallinum hevur verið nevnd *Grýtingslíð, og at tað navnið kann innihalda eitt horvið fjallanavn *Grýtingur, norr. Grýtingr.
subject: Linguistics
  topic: section
subject: Language
  topic: keywords
subject: Place-names
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subject: Linguistics
  topic: keywords
creator: Eivind Weyhe
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Eivind Weyhe https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-11-28
publication date: 2024-11-28
starting page: 60
ending page: 62
doi: 10.18602/7w1qvq93

Arvurin eftir Guðruna Sjúrðardóttur og rættarstøðan í Føroyum 1403-1407
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description: Abstract In the article, the proceedings in a legal document from 1407 are compared with the provisions of the Land Law of king Magnus Lawmender from 1274. Furthermore, it is examined to what extent the document supports a hypothesis, which was based on the fragmentary source material from the time before, that the Faroe Islands and Shetland in the time after the establishment of the monarchical form of government in approx. 1280 and up to approx. 1360 was arranged as a special judicial district under Gulathing with traveling lawmen from Norway. It is shown that the letters from 1403-1405, which are reproduced in the document from 1407, are reproduced in thematic order, and that this was done to prepare the case for consideration in another judicial district, after the case had been completed in the Faroese circuit of the judicial district. Together with other hints in the content, the thematic arrangement of the document shows that in the early 15th century both the Faroe Islands and the Shetland Islands were separate circuits in the jurisdiction of the Norwegian Gulathing. Name material in the document provides indirect support for the hypothesis that lawmen from Gulathing also served in Shetland and the Faroe Islands in the 14th century. The document also shows that in 1403 a Shetlander held a high royal office in the Faroe Islands. Úrtak Í greinini verður málsgongdin í einum transskriptabrævi frá 1407 um arv samanborin við ásetingarnar í Landslógini frá 1274. Eisini verður kannað, í hvønn mun brævið stuðlar eini tilgiting, sum er grundað á tað ósamanhangandi keldutilfarið, sum finst úr tíðini frammanundan um, at Føroyar og Hetland í tíðini eftir at kongsstýrisskipan varð sett í verk umleið 1280 og fram til umleið 1360 vóru skipað sum eitt serstakt rættardømi undir Gulatingi við ferðandi løgmonnum haðani. Víst verður á, at brøvini, sum verða endurgivin í transskriptabrævinum og eru frá 1403-1405, verða endurgivin í evnislýsandi raðfylgju, og at hetta er gjørt fyr…
subject: History
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subject: Faroe Islands
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subject: Shetland
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subject: Land Law of king Magnus Lawmender
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subject: right of inheritance
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subject: lawthing
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subject: jurisdiction
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subject: judical district
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subject: circuit
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subject: Føroyar
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subject: Hetland
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subject: Landslóg Magnusar Lógbøtara
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subject: Húsavíkar góðs
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subject: arvarættur
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subject: løgting
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subject: rættardømi
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creator: Andras Mortensen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Andras Mortensen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-11-28
publication date: 2024-11-28
starting page: 19
ending page: 35
doi: 10.18602/bb5q0s24

Um savnskvinnuna Petru Djurhuus og fjøltáttaða arbeiði hennara á savnsøkinum frá síðst í 1920-árunum og fram til 1960-árini
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description: Úrtak Petra Djurhuus er fyrsti føroyingur, sum hevur nomið sær lærdóm innan konservering og savnsarbeiði. Hon varð partur av Føroya forngripagoymslu, tá goymslan varð endurstovnað í 1928, og fekk ein virknan leiklut í nýskipanini og menningini av Forngripagoymsluni. Kortini er hon kám í føroysku savnssøguni. Í hesi grein verður hugt nærri at fjøltáttaða virksemi hennara á savnsøkinum og hugleitt verður um støðu hennara sum kvinna í savnsheiminum hetta tíðarskeiðið. Petra lærdi í Danmark og hevði nógv samstarv og sambond við donsk savnsfólk. Søga hennara verður tí eisini sett í ein størri samanhang, ið snýr seg um kvinnur á donskum søvnum tíðliga í 1900-árunum. Abstract Petra Djurhuus is the first person from the Faroe Islands who gained education within conservation and museum work. She became part of Føroya forngripagoymsla (the Faroese museum) when it was re-established in 1928 og soon became a leading force in the reorganization and development of the museum. Yet Petra Djurhuus is quite absent in the Faroese museum history. The aim of this paper is to examine her diverse work within the field and to reflect on her position as a woman in the museum world at that time. Petra Djurhuus studied in Denmark and had strong ties with colleagues form Danish museums. It therefore offers relevant context to view her story in a larger museal framework focusing on women working at Danish museums in the early 20th century.
subject: History
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subject: Føroya forngripagoymsla
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subject: gender studies
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subject: kvinnusøga
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subject: kynssøga
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subject: Museum history
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subject: Petra Djurhuus
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subject: savnssøga
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subject: women's history
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subject: kynjasøga
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creator: Margretha Nónklett
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Margretha Nónklett https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-11-28
publication date: 2024-11-28
starting page: 88
ending page: 121
doi: 10.18602/m2fnmr60

Orðini selur k. og sel h. í føroyskum staðarnøvnum/The words selur k. and sel h. in Faroese place names
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description: Úrtak Í greinini viðger høvundurin navnliðið sel- í føroyskum staðarnøvnum og vísir á at tey kunnu tolkast á tvinnanda hátt: Í nógv flestum førum sipar tað til dýraheitið selur k. ‘kópur/kobbi’, men eitt nú í navninum Selvík kann tað sipa til sel h. ‘summarbeiti til neyt’. Síðan verður navnið Selheyggjur tikið við inn í viðgerðina og tolkað sum ‘heyggjurin á mjólkingarplássinum’. Staðfest verður at sel h. man hava verið nógv minni brúkt enn ærgi h. í eldri føroyskum, tó at bæði mugu hava verið til. Abstract In the article, the author discusses the primary word sel- in Faroese place names and shows that it may be interporeted in two different ways. Most oftenit refers to the animal term selur k. ‘seal’, but in for example the name Selvík it may refer to sel h. ‘summerpasture for cows’. The place name Selheyggjur is discussed and interpreted as the ‘hill of the milking place’. It is determined thatt sel h. most likley has been used less the ærgi h. in older Faroese, evne though both terms must have existed.
subject: Linguistics
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subject: Place-names
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subject: Language History
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creator: Eivind Weyhe
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Eivind Weyhe https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-11-28
publication date: 2024-11-28
starting page: 63
ending page: 67
doi: 10.18602/p9r3eh65

“Eg havi væl loyvi at liva”. Náttúrufatanir og vistkritikkur í føroyskum og norðurlendskum barna- og ungdómsbókmentum
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description: The article discusses the conception of nature in Faroese and Nordic children's and young adult literature. Considering the claim that ecocritical literature has taken its permanent place in the literary landscape, reflecting a new identity, that permeates what children and young people read, the article examines how environmental problems, climate change, environmental activism, and the relationship between nature and culture are addressed in a selection of Faroese and Nordic children's and young adult literature. Úrtak Greinin viðger náttúrufatanir í føroyskum og norðurlendskum barna- og ungdómsbókmentum. Við støði í uppáhaldinum, at vistkritiskar bókmentir hava fingið fast pláss í bókmentaliga landslagnum og endurspegla ein nýggjan samleika, ið gjøgnumseyrar tað, sum børn og ung lesa, verður kannað, hvussu umhvørvistrupulleikar, veðurlagsbroytingar, umhvørvisaktivisma og sambandið millum náttúru og mentan verða viðgjørd í einum úrvali av føroyskum og norðurlendskum barna- og ungdómsbókmentum.
subject: Special Issue Náttúrufatan
  topic: section
subject: Perceptions of nature
  topic: keywords
subject: ecocriticism
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subject: climate changes
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subject: nature conservation
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subject: children’s literature
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subject: YA-literature
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subject: environmental activism
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subject: ecocitizenship
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subject: Náttúrufatanir
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subject: vistkritikkur
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subject: veðurlagsbroytingar
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subject: náttúruvernd
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subject: barnabókmentir
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subject: ungdómsbókmentir
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subject: umhvørvisaktivisma
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subject: vistmedborgaraskapur
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creator: Paula Gaard
creator: Sanna Andrassardóttir Dahl
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Paula Gaard, Sanna Andrassardóttir Dahl https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-01-28
publication date: 2025-01-28
starting page: 14
ending page: 42
doi: 10.18602/cv42sx96

Mannarættindi: frá teksti til læru
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description: In political discussions, it is often argued that a certain policy proposal needs to be implemented because human rights demand it. But what does that mean? In most cases attention is not paid to the fact that normally there is no central authority to interpret human rights instruments, as the interpretive authority is dispersed among all the treaty parties according to the principle of sovereign equality. Exceptions to this state of affairs is if, as in the case of the European Convention on Human Rights, the parties have consented to give a court authority to adjudicate conflicts between citizens and the respective state parties. In any case, a legal text needs to be elucidated to decide if some potential policy proposal is in accord with “human rights” or not. The question then becomes, how do you decide concrete cases under these texts? This process of going from authoritative legal texts to practice can be divided into two stages: interpretation and construction. Interpretation is a process that uncovers the linguistic or semantic meaning of a legal text, whereas construction is the process that uncovers the legal meaning or effect of a text. Construction is, thus, very essential for explaining the process of going from an authoritative text to a judicial decision. Unfortunately, the interpretation-construction distinction is given little notice in our legal tradition. Analysis of concrete court cases suffers from this. The article illustrates some of the points regarding this distinction with the recent Faroese case Føroya Reiðarafelag v. Fiskimálaráðið as an example. Úrtak Í politiskum orðaskiftum verður javnan ført fram, at eitt ávíst politiskt uppskot má verða sett í gildi, tí at mannarættindi krevja tað. Men hvat merkir tað? Í flestu førum geva vit okkum ikki far um, at eingin sentralur myndugleiki er at tulka mannarættindaskjøl, tí tulkingarmyndugleikin er spjaddur millum allar sáttmálapartarnar sambært meginregluni um javnstøðu millum luttakandi statirna…
subject: Special Issue Human Rights
  topic: section
subject: Human rights
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subject: ECHR
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subject: ECtHR
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subject: interpretation
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subject: construction
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subject: legal methodology
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subject: Mannarættindi
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subject: EMRS
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subject: EMRD
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subject: tulking
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subject: konstruktión
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subject: løgfrøðiligt háttalag
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creator: Kristian Joensen
creator: Jóhan Lamhauge
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Kristian Joensen, Jóhan Lamhauge https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-12-04
publication date: 2024-12-04
starting page: 124
ending page: 150
doi: 10.18602/gxys6s83

Skynsemi, nøgdsemi, takksemi. Náttúrufatanin hjá Mikkjali á Ryggi
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description: Searching for Mikkjal á Ryggi’s conception of nature, this paper analyses four poems from his mature years. It can thus be expected that these poems reflect on a whole life’s observations and experiences, and that mere descriptions have given way for a genuine conception. Mikkjal á Ryggi (1879-1956) was employed as a teacher in the villages of Bøur and Gásadalur 1919-1945. He authored several schoolbooks on geography and biology and wrote nearly 300 poems, including songs, hymns, and ballads. A keen observer and a diligent writer with a clear Christian view of life, his descriptions are always centred around the human beings, the good stories being as important as the biological facts. He warns against greed, overconsumption, and extermination in contrast to prudence, contentment, generosity, and gratitude. The analysed poems show how a Lutheran conception of nature has been applied in a Faroese context. Úrtak Henda grein viðger fýra yrkingar hjá Mikkjali á Ryggi við tí í hyggju at eyðmerkja hansara náttúrufatan. Tær eru allar skrivaðar í búnum árum, tá ið væntast kann, at eygleiðingar og lívsroyndir hava givið grundarlag fyri refleksión, og náttúrulýsing og náttúrufatan ganga hond í hond. Mikkjal á Ryggi, sum var lærari í Bø og Gásadali 1919-1945, skrivaði fleiri skúlabøkur, bæði um landalæru og dýralæru og út við 300 yrkingar, sangir, sálmar og kvæði. Hann var ein gløggur eygleiðari og ein dugnaligur rithøvundur. Menniskjað er altíð í miðdepli í hansara frágreiðingum. Tær góðu søgurnar hava eins nógv at týða og tær lívfrøðiligu sannroyndirnar. Mikkjal dylur ongantíð fyri síni kristnu lívssáskoðan. Hann ávarar móti grammleika, ovnýtslu og avoyðing og tekur heldur fram dygdir sum skynsemi, nøgdsemi, gávumildni og takksemi. Yrkingarnar eru gott dømi um lutherska náttúrufatan í føroyskum jørðildi.
subject: Literature
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subject: Lutheran Christianity
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subject: creation
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subject: evolution
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subject: greed
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subject: prudence
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subject: lutherskur kristindómur
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subject: skapanarlæra
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subject: menningarlæra
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subject: grammleiki
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subject: skynsemi
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creator: Jákup Reinert Hansen
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Jákup Reinert Hansen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-14
publication date: 2025-04-14
starting page: 43
ending page: 62
doi: 10.18602/bwynna03

...simpulthen barastani so ótrúuliiiiga fitt...
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description: Abstract The topic of this article is the new adverb-suffixes: -ni, -(i)na(r), -nani, -isni, -isna and -sta(ni). Their origin is investigated and their use as augmentatives. Samandráttur Umrødd verða tey nýggju hjáorðaeftirfesti -ni, -(i)na(r), -nani, -isni, -isna og -sta(ni). Víst verður, hvussu tey eru íkomin, og nakað verður sagt um nýtslu teirra, t.e., at tey eru augmentativar.
subject: Linguistics
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subject: Lyklaorð: virðismetandi orðmyndan, styrking, grammatikalisering, málbroyting. Keywords: evaluative word-formation, augmentative, grammaticalization, language change.
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creator: Hjalmar Páll Petersen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Hjalmar P. Petersen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-11-28
publication date: 2024-11-28
starting page: 5
ending page: 18
doi: 10.18602/arzgv096

Relationships between campus experiences, practice experiences, long-term motivation and turnover intentions among Faroese student teachers
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description: Teacher education comprises subject education, pedagogical studies and training in schools. This complexity is demanding for all teacher training institutions. The present study examines empirical relationships in teacher education in the Faroe Islands. It explores the associations between the relevance of campus pedagogy studies, the integration of theory and practice during field experiences and the provision of personalised support by school practice supervisors. Structural equation modelling is employed to analyse the results of a survey of 105 student teachers and reveals positive links between both the relevance of campus teaching and practice mentors’ integration of theory and student teachers’ long-term motivation. However, no relationship is observed between personalised support from practice mentors and student teachers’ long-term motivation. As anticipated, the relevance of campus teaching, integration of theory by practice mentors, and the level of personalised support are negatively associated with intentions to discontinue teacher education.
subject: Social Sciences
  topic: section
subject: Teacher education
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subject: Faroe Islands
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subject: campus experiences
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subject: field experiences
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creator: Eyvind Elstad
creator: Hans Harryson
creator: Knut-Andreas Abben Christophersen
creator: Are Turmo
rights: Copyright (c) 2023 Eyvind Elstad, Hans Harryson, Knut-Andreas Abben Christophersen, Are Turmo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-11-28
publication date: 2024-11-28
starting page: 17
ending page: 37
doi: 10.18602/msrj7r23

Um at hava tomur/tømur á tamarhaldinum
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description: The subject of this article is a linguistic analysis of the origin of the Faroese word tamarhald ‘control’ and its relation to Faroese teymahald and the Icelandic counterpart taumhald. Dispite their similarities in form and meaning, they have different etymological origin. The first part of the composition of tamarhald has its root in an old Faroese partly unknown word tomur and tømur, while the first part of teymahald and taumhald is the Faroese word teymur, Icelandic taumur ‘rein’. The Faroese word teymahald and the Icelandic taumhald are mostly used figuratively with the same meaning as tamarhald ‘control’. Neither tomur/tømur nor tamarhald is to be found in Old Norse prose and must be viewed as specific Faroese words, although its root goes back to the Indo-European language in words like temja ‘tame’ and tamur ‘tame, domesticated’. Tomur and tømur are doubtless old forms in Faroese, while tamarhald on the other hand most probably is a young word in Faroese, because it is not recorded in the old Faroese dictionaries.
subject: Linguistics
  topic: section
creator: Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen
rights: Copyright (c) 2023 Jógvan í Lon Jacobsen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-11-28
publication date: 2024-11-28
starting page: 5
ending page: 16
doi: 10.18602/eeeg3910

Viðmerking: Mannarættindi og heimspekiligar avbjóðingar
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description: The idea that human beings have some fundamental rights goes back a long way in the history of philosophy. But the justifications for these rights have been quite different. The question has also been raised whether these rights are inherent or to be regarded as consensus among men. There can be no final agreement on these questions. At the same time, however, it is a proven fact that the concept of human rights plays an important role in both domestic and international legal understanding. The article describes some of these issues. Úrtak Hugsanin um, at menniskjað hevur nøkur grundleggjandi rættini, gongur langt aftur í heimspekisøguna. Men grundgevingarnar fyri hesum rættindum hava verið rættiliga ymiskar. Spurningur hevur eisini verið settur við, um hesi rættindi eru íborin ella at meta sum samtykt manna millum. Ikki kann sigast, at nøkur endalig semja er um hesar spurningar. Men samstundis er tað ein royndur lutur, at mannarættindahugtakið hevur ein týðandi leiklut bæði í heimligari og altjóða rættarfatan. Greinin lýsir nøkur av hesum viðurskiftum.
subject: Special Issue Human Rights
  topic: section
subject: Heimspeki
  topic: keywords
subject: hugmyndasøga
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subject: mannarættindi
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subject: náttúrurættur
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creator: Jógvan Dalbø Hansen
rights: Copyright (c) 2024 Jógvan Dalbø Hansen https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2024-12-04
publication date: 2024-12-04
starting page: 178
ending page: 188
doi: 10.18602/nfrh4k92

Havnará, fólk og fæ gjøgnum tvær øldir (1830-2024)
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description: In this article I examine the interaction between the Stream of Tórshavn (“Havnará”), humans and animals from approximately 1830-2024, drawing on the field of environmental history. The Stream of Tórshavn was used for drinking water and washing until 1898. A new water system was established in the late 19th century since the stream was perceived as polluted. Subsequently, the stream was mainly used as a sewage system. When cars arrived in Tórshavn in the 1920s it was considered necessary to establish new roads. Due to pollution and the new traffic, sections of the stream were concealed from the 1920s and forward. In time, people began discussing reopening parts of the stream. In 1984 an architectural proposal was presented with the aim to reconstruct a part of the stream for aesthetic and recreational purposes. While this proposal was not implemented, a similar project was successfully executed in 2023. This article illustrates and discusses how the use and perceptions of a natural phenomenon – in this case a stream – changes and adjusts to different needs and wishes. Úrtak Í greinini lýsi eg samspælið millum Havnará, fólk og fæ í Havn frá áleið ár 1830 til 2024. Greinin tekur støði í umhvørvissøgu, har dentur verður lagdur á at kanna samanhangir millum menniskju og umhvørvi í søguligum sjónarhorni. Havnará var bæði matará og tváttá fram til 1898. Seinast í 1800-árunum varð hildið, at áin var dálkað og býurin fekk tí nýggja vatnveiting. Áin varð ikki longur brúkt sum matará, men í alt størri mun sum kloakk. Tá bilar komu til Havnar í 1920-árunum varð hildið, at neyðugt var við nýggjum vegum. Dálking og nýggja ferðslan høvdu við sær, at partar av ánni vóru lokaðir frá seinast í 1920-árunum og fram. Við tíðini fóru fólk at kjakast um at lata ánna upp aftur. Í 1984 kom eitt arkitektuppskot um at endurskapa ein part av ánni við fagurfrøðiligum og trivnaðarligum endamáli. Uppskotið bleiv ikki framt í verki, men í 2023 varð ein líknandi verkætlan framd. Greinin lýsir og v…
subject: History
  topic: section
subject: Havnará
  topic: keywords
subject: Tórshavn
  topic: keywords
subject: environmental history
  topic: keywords
subject: perceptions of nature
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subject: stream
  topic: keywords
subject: traffic
  topic: keywords
subject: matará
  topic: keywords
subject: tváttá
  topic: keywords
subject: inscription
  topic: keywords
subject: umhvørvissøga
  topic: keywords
subject: náttúrufatanir
  topic: keywords
subject: ferðsla
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subject: innskrift
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creator: Tráin Petursson Nónklett
rights: Copyright (c) 2025 Tráin Petursson Nónklett https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
date: 2025-04-13
publication date: 2025-04-13
starting page: 63
ending page: 95
doi: 10.18602/dcht0h10