Faroese fowk
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Faroese fowk or Faroe Islanders (Faroese: føroyingar, Dens: færinger) are a Northwastren European ethnic group an naition native tae the Faroe Islands. The Faroese are o mixt Norse an Gaelic origins.
 Faroese fowk dancers, in naitional onpits. | |
| Tot population | |
|---|---|
| c. 70,000 | |
| Regions wi signeeficant populations | |
 Faroe Islands | ≈50,000[1] |
 Denmark | 21,687[2] |
 Norawa | 1,981[3] |
 Iceland | 500 |
 Finland | 20[4] |
| Leids | |
| Faroese, Dens (Gøtudanskt accent) | |
| Releegion | |
| Lutheranism (Kirk o the Faroe Islands) Historically also the Norse releegion and Roman Catholicism (1000–1538) | |
| Relatit ethnic groups | |
| Icelanders, Norwegians, Dens, Shetlanders, Orcadians, Erse, Ingles, Scots, Swades North Germanic fowks or Celts | |
Aboot 21,000 Faroese bide in neebourin kintras, particular in Denmark, Iceland an Norawa. Maist Faroese are ceetizens of the Kinrick o Denmark, in whilk the Faroe Islands are a constituent kintra. The Faroese leid is yin o the North Germanic leids and is closely relatit tae Icelandic an tae wastren Norse varieties.
- ↑ Accordin tae a 2009 estimate, the population o the Faroe Islands wis 49,000, ~92% o that population wis Faroese born, whilk is aboot 45,000. (See demographics o the Faroe Islands)
- ↑ Politiken, 2006 (newspaper scrieved in Dens)
- ↑ "Table 5 Persons with immigrant background by immigration category, country background and sex. 1 January 2009". www.ssb.no.
- ↑ "Väestö 31.12. muuttujina Maakunta, Kieli, Ikä, Sukupuoli, Vuosi ja Tiedot". Tilastokeskuksen PX-Web tietokannat.[deid airtin]