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Name: Faroes islands (Norse polity)

Type: Polity

Start: 801 AD

End: 1035 AD

Nation: faroe

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This article is about the specific polity Faroes islands (Norse polity) and therefore only includes events related to its territory and not to its possessions or colonies. If you are interested in the possession, this is the link to the article about the nation which includes all possessions as well as all the different incarnations of the nation.

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The Faroe Islands were colonized by the Norsemen that established an independent polity from ca. 800 AD.

Establishment

  • January 801: Norsemen settled the Faroes islands c. 800, bringing the Old West Norse language, which evolved into the modern Faroese language.

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    Disestablishment

  • January 1036: Sigmundur Brestisson took possession of the Faroe islands for Olaf Tryggvason, King of Norway from 995 to 1000, annexing it in 1035.

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