I have to say, that’s the coolest origin story for a lighthouse, that I’ve ever heard. Imagine exposing that you need a lighthouse, for the soul purpose of making sure illegal trading ships, don’t run into each other.

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Just a pity that it's not there anymore :(

@Crystalized.

Жыл бұрын

im danish

@goodguyguy5022

Жыл бұрын

@@Crystalized. hej

@itzsecure5452

Жыл бұрын

@@Crystalized. And I'm Faroese

@joseelrat723

Жыл бұрын

@@itzsecure5452 Same

During my years of education, I've had some Faroese classmates, their Danish language is impeccable, even less dialect than you find at the west coast of Jutland. If it wasn't for letters like ð in their names, you'd not notice that they were from the Faroe Islands. Sharing kingdom with these tough but friendly people is an honour. I'm happy that an agreement was reached that was acceptable to both.

@foke449

Жыл бұрын

Fuck hvor arrogant at kalde vestjysk for en dialekt som om dit dansk er mere "rigtigt" end deres.

@BenjaminVestergaard

Жыл бұрын

@@foke449 pænt arrogant af dig at formode at jeg er af reserve-svensk afstamning... Er fra Midtjylland har boet omkring 20% af mit liv i det nordvestjyske og 20% på djævleøen. Det er da helt korrekt at kalde det dialekter, de fleste af os jyder er da stolte af vores hjemstavns dialekt, det ville da være endnu mere provokerende hvis nogen påstod at vi alle snakkede rigsdansk...

@akyhne

Жыл бұрын

Where ever you come from in Denmark, you have a dialect too.

@FrederikJolle

Жыл бұрын

West coast isn't even the most unintelligible Danish dialect

@sauschwaenzleklan

10 ай бұрын

@@akyhne As a German I often think our languages are so similar. Not so long I spoke with a Dane from Frederikshavn and I understood Friedrichshafen for a second, which is very close to where I live. But then I hear how it is pronounced. :D

Hi Im a Faroese person! It makes me glad that our history and culture becoming more wide spread and accurately told. :) I saw you mention Nólsoyar Páll. Fun fact, he has a statue in centrum of Tórshavn by the harbor! Our currency has the exact same value and name as the danish krone. You can use danish and faroese currency in Faroe Islands, however in Denmark you cannot use faroese currency (really sucks). Our coins are still the exact same as the danish.

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

The Faroes have a history that deserves to be told :) thanks for all the infos!

@samalpeturskorastein6401

Жыл бұрын

and there isn't a real picture of Nólsoyar Páll it's just a picture of his sister with a drawn on beard

@iidrbubbles

Жыл бұрын

@@samalpeturskorastein6401 I didn't know that, thats really freaking funny

@faroerides7851

Жыл бұрын

Hallov goda hvat, sindur lort at hann ikki nevndi nakad um grind..

@iidrbubbles

Жыл бұрын

@@faroerides7851 Hetta videoi er um danska kolonisering gódi slappa av

I really like the subjects you pick for your videos. They're not too known and sometimes even obscure

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! In a youtube world flooded with WW2 videos, something different can't hurt ;D

i want to get Färöarna to 500.000 people and a high tech modern society with nature as a core!

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

If you can dream it, you're already half way there

@EmilReiko

Жыл бұрын

With 500.000 people there wouldn't be much nature left

@R3troguy

6 ай бұрын

not me, i want us to stay poor

@okyuhluhs

15 күн бұрын

54.000k

@LordChlCha

2 күн бұрын

Only sheep 🐑 fuckers outside Arab countries😂

You pronounce Danish names In such a way, makes them sound so exotic

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

They are exotic to me lol

@Frankhorrigan69

Жыл бұрын

@@SirManateee I guess they are, never thought about it like that. Very cool

Øhh, hvor er jeg glad for det. Danish rule outside of Denmark is such an underrated subject, can't wait for another great videos on Greenland and Iceland

@einarbolstad8150

Жыл бұрын

Yes, more attention on Danish theft of Norwegian land is needed. ;-)

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Ask and you shall receive ;)

@magnush.jensen2036

Жыл бұрын

Yeah if only you danes weren't dicks... Us faroese people just want one thing and it is to not be in your kingdom anymore lmfao

@GlobDaSon

Жыл бұрын

@@einarbolstad8150 You're never getting it back, Denmark number 1 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰

@Vestegnenforlife

Жыл бұрын

@@einarbolstad8150cry harder

This was a very interesting video! I’m Danish myself, but for some reason I never received any education about the Faroese Islands, which is a damn shame. I’m glad to have learnt a good deal, even if it’s through a little bite size video. Thanks!

@elskimusik

Жыл бұрын

I am a Faroese resident in Denmark. And it makes me wonder how little the Danish people actually know about the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands are part of the Danish kingdom after all that makes it more strange

@Munchausenification

Жыл бұрын

At our school we had two weeks or maybe it was a little bit more, about the Faroese Island, Iceland, Greenland and Bornholm and their history. As far as i remember it was around the time we had to choose between going on a school trip to either the Faroe Islands or Bornholm in 7th grade.

@delinquentis9971

Жыл бұрын

Same. All we learned about in History class was World War 2 and Americas Colonization.

@EmilReiko

Жыл бұрын

@@elskimusik I know quite alot but im from Vendsyssel and there is a significant Faeroese diaspora here (as well as a Greenlandic), and i grew up with Faeroese and Greenlanders. But there is a problem with Danish history, and its not just in relation to the other countries in the Kingdom, but Denmark internally... Danish history, as Danish history is told is basically the History of Copenhagen especially in regards history from the end of the middle ages and upwards.

@haveanicedayiguess

Жыл бұрын

@@elskimusik That’s very fair, I definitely think Danish education has a big blind spot when it comes to history with Greenland and the Faroe Islands

The "War of American Treachery" cracked me up.

I’m delighted that this showed up in my recommended feed. You earned by subscription and I look forward to watching here at the house in the future. Great video!

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, happy to have you around!

Glad u cover topics that I don't see many other channels talking about. It's nice to see new stuff

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

I think it's nice to learn something new every once in a while

And the British soldiers brought Cadbury chocolate, the custom of afternoon tea (currently drinking Typhoo tea) and the replacement word for farvæl (goodbye) with bye.

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

I love that :D

The Faroese are an independent and proud people who stand guard over the Nordic heritage. As a Dane, I am proud of them

Just found your channel today and I've already watched all of your videos lmao. Keep up the great work^^

Very well made settup. and accurat. Thank you

Danish guy here Im the Faroe Islands fan #1 I love them so much I Just NEED a vacation there I just find the subject of the Danish colonies so interesting and the extreme marine hunting is impressive and awesome

Thanks for the content!!!

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Glad you like it! :D

Underated channel. Love the content

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks for the video, I didn’t know that much about Faroese history.

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Me neither two weeks ago lol

Amazing as always. Such an underrated channel and to be honest I am very glad that there finally exists a non Anglophone amazing history channel.

Pretty cool to watch since i am faroese and i can read everything that is in faroese, good video👍🏽

Thank you! Very interesting twist you made. Not exactly what I had in mind when I wanted a Dansh colonitation video but still very wel recieved my friend. Can you make a meme video about the Tyttebærkrigen 1788 or in Swedish Teaterkriget and English Theatre War. It's pretty funny reading and a completely redicules part of the much greater Russo-Swedish War (1788-1790)

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I initially tried to cover all of the Danish colonies but it was simply too much for me to cover all of them in detail. But don't worry, it will not be the last video about this topic ;) and thanks for the idea, I will consider it!

"War of American Treachery" nice 😎

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

hehe

I see a video about Faeroe islands, I click. Wonderful video!

10:48 we have one of the coolest currencies

Great video my friend

Hello um from the Faroe islands. Thanks for explaining our culture and history accurately. 😀

You pronunciation of Tórshavn is quite close to how we say it in the Faroes, but as with all English-speaking people you pronounce the _sh_ sound, which is wrong. You separate the _s_ from the _h_ so that it's Tórs havn, _towrs hown,_ as in Thor's harbour/haven. Excellent video, nonetheless. I love that our little archipelago is getting some recognition. Just the fact that our islands appear on maps is a huge thing for me. We used to not be on most maps, so we were invisible to people who weren't knowledgeable about the region.

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

I tried my hardest but it was just never going to be perfect ;)

More videos on danish history please ! Would love to see a video explaining Denmarks place in the world after the viking ages and how it evolved over time. The colonial past of Denmark, it’s relations with the rest of the world, it’s military strength throughout the ages, other countries view of Denmark as a power, it’s complicated history with other scandinavian countries, and how it evolved into Social Democracy.

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

There will be more, don't worry ;)

@EmilReiko

Жыл бұрын

@@SirManateee The wildest Danish Medieval king, Valdemar Atterdag, is very badly covered in the anglosphere of content, just saying. He is to Danish history what Gustav Vasa is to Swedish.... Piracy in medieval Scandinavia and the baltics are one hell of a topic and is intimately tied up with Margarethe I

Very interesting

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Though the name comming from the sheep that moved there by farmers is probable. it is also important to note that the name of the island in the north germanic languages can also be translated as "Fair Islands" as the word fær or fär is also a word that means fair of beautiful.

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

That's quite romantic, I like it

@martinandreaskruse4446

Жыл бұрын

@@SirManateee And basically, before the Vikings arrived here with their sheep, goats and swine, the islands were supposedly mostly all covered in low vegetation like bushes and scrubs, and COVERED in birds everywhere. That's basically where "all" (the thin layer that is) the soil is from; birds shit...😅It's believed that Irish/Celtic munks might have lived here from around 600, and maybe earlier, maybe some 200 years before the Vikings ever set foot here :) As what genetis tell, then the faroese male's genetic pool is some 82% (IIRC) of Norwegian/Swedish heretage, while some 84% (IIRC) of faroese female's genetics are of Irish/Scottish heretage :)

Nólsoyar Pall seems like a true Chad. 😄 And the Feroes are so pretty it ought to be illegal. BTW the Feroes are actually called _Wyspy Owcze_ in Polish, which is literally means "sheep islands". I wondered if it's the case in some other languages.

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

After researching this video, I really want to travel there lol That's why I love Polish, it's always straight to the point ;)

@herbert42069

Жыл бұрын

It's that in every language, since they're more sheep than people

@mathildafollend9358

Жыл бұрын

@@herbert42069 They are (they're)? Or there are? A tiny difference there, you know 😅

@blondesocialist6498

Жыл бұрын

Actually Faroe Islands or Føroyar comes from old Norse and is literally translates to sheep islands in english

great video about my home country! Just to correct some facts; we don't have our own currency, we use the danish kroner, and DKK; but have our own banknotes in Danish currency. And not all of the løgting is for independence, just some of the political parties. Once again, great video!

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

I seem to have misunderstood the currency thing a bit, thanks for clearing that up! :D

I am from the Faroe Islands and it’s great to see this video

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Glad to have your approval :)

@dixerson7498

Жыл бұрын

Tað var so lítil ( directly translated meaning “it was so small” but it just means “no problem” )

Great video! My mother is a native from the Faroes, so while I don't know much history about the Faroes, I am fluent in the language. I would love to learn more about the history of the islands. Do you have any book recommendations in Faroese?

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

I can't really recommend any Faroese books because I don't speak the language but John West's book „Faroes: The Emergence of a Nation" is fantastic

@TheNotoriusA

Жыл бұрын

Føroya krønika is a book about føroyar. And Rannvá is also a nice one

@siljamaria

Жыл бұрын

Nóatún from 1938 by faroese author William Heinesen is a great read. It's about a small group of settlers and their struggles to survive the harsh conditions of the islands. It's fiction, but it's said to be quite accurate to real life a few centuries ago.

A great video. I knew almost none of the things taught in this video. As a Dane, i feel embarrassed about that. It's such a nice, and beautiful little spot on the planet. Wish more videos would be made of this little gem in the Atlantic ocean...

Holy shit. You actually pronounced Tórshavn correctly. Well done, truly

Sum ein føroyskur maður er hetta er ein góð video! (Translated: as a faroese man this is a good video!) i meant to say føroyskur whoops im dumb

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Good to have your approval ;D

@iidrbubbles

Жыл бұрын

Tú burdi dupult kjekka hvussu tú stavar :' )/hj

@halfbiskuit6730

Жыл бұрын

@@iidrbubbles eg sokki enn at stava XD

@real0slim0shady

Жыл бұрын

Lati meg stórliga ivast í, um tú ert ein "føriskur maður"...

@halfbiskuit6730

Жыл бұрын

@@real0slim0shady hvussu skal eg prógva at eg eri føroyskur?

One small correction: I don't think it's correct to say that the home rule deal in 1948 was seen as acceptable to both sides. The population in the Faroes was very split on the matter, and tensions between separatists and unionists even resulted in the rebellion in Klaksvík 1953-1955.

Interesting learning this as an Icelander living in Denmark. We have a lot in common unsurprisingly. Still forced to learn 2 years of Danish in school lol although most of us can't speak much Danish

@Weird_Interest

Жыл бұрын

It’s a shame that everyone in Scandinavia+islands understand each other exept the icelandic. I understand icelandic, but noone understands faroese😂

@sn7469

Жыл бұрын

Thats the only good thing with knowing danish as a faroese person😅 You can understand all scandinavians, even Icelanders since faroese and icelandic are the most related

Where interested video that even covers some of the newer researches that we try to shift over here on Faroe island. This video has the basics and little more (some things even Faroese people don’t think about/know) down. It keeps it distance from the complex things which would have take. Hours to talk about (which you can research for your own if interested). Only slight thing is that the vote of independence did have a favor of succeeding from Denmark but didn’t happen because some complex issue (true), but far from everyone where happy of “Heimastýrislógin” which was what Denmark answered with. The issue was so big that it became an part of the issue of “Læknastríði” or “Klaksvíkstríði” which almost led to a civil war (even bombs exploded and Denmark took control with police/slight military force for a short time) because of a German doctor that had a complex legal issue with the Danish parliament and doctor institucion (or what it’s called) again very good simple video, just thought this side note was interesting to bring up. Keep up the good work:)

now i know more about faroes than i do my own country’s important historical leaders. and im a history buff too.

2:27 **HEY!** 😂

i'm Faroese and no idea that the islands were called sheep islands but it makes a lot of sense

Nice video, from denmark but only knew 30% of the info about the Faroe Islands :)

@Freya-010

Жыл бұрын

Agreed a very nice video. And what you said definitely rings true for me as well I didn’t know anything about this before watching the video… It’s nearly criminal how little we Danes know about the places we used to abuse- I mean occupy. 🫣😅

Another great video 👍

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Cheers, Mate!

There have been archeological discoveries that hint at habitation for up to 200 years earlier than thought!!

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Like, even earlier than the 4th century?

its amazing seeing our country getting more and more known to the world.

@GiddyGidion

Жыл бұрын

Lucas?

@LilyGazou

Жыл бұрын

Tourists can ruin a place, though.

@lucaslaksafoss8185

Жыл бұрын

@@GiddyGidion mofo zenaida! lmao

where are you from? Your pronunciation is almost perfect

2:26 YOU DIDNT HAVE TO CALL ME STUPID

First setters were monks. And then viking house are found dating back to the years 800

Hi im a Faroe island man and i love this Video 5:19

Treaty of Funyuns? Yo man, that's a delicious snack!

It could be noted, that Niels Ryberg is a very controversial person. He was one of the biggest danish colonizers and slavetraders as well.

The Faroe Islands do not have their own currency, it is a variant of the Danish kroner printed for use in the Faroe Islands.

I'm really happy we never managed to suffocate any cultures we conquered. Sure, that means we lost close to every bit of land we ever had outside mainland Denmark, but it's also left us with a generally pretty good reputation globally. The only real downside is the fact I can't travel anywhere with my Danish, even within the kingdom lol.

Helsning frå Noreg til Færøyom

@Crumpell

Жыл бұрын

Heilsan frá Føroyum til Noreg!

@boass

Жыл бұрын

@@Crumpell Kveðjur frá Íslandi til Færeyjar!

A lot of the more or less original immigrants of the Faroes came from the western coast of norway about a thousand years ago. So their language is, not dissimilar to iceland's story, much like the dialects of western norway, which in norway developed into the written language form of nynorsk. So for norwegians, perhaps western norwegians more prominantly, it is very easy to read and understand faroese.

Btw it was still recognised as a norwegian possession during Denmark-Norway

Never knew a goat would call me dumb 🐐

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Goats are vile and heartless creatures

@TheFrecklish

Жыл бұрын

That’s a sheep

"He got lost at sea some time in 18-oh-nein"

So the Faroe Islands are currently de facto independent from Denmark?

6:25 *it was not a personal union it was a Real union

What are the odds that I was born here out of all the places on the earth

Fun Fact the guy that brought christianity to The Faroe Islands was a Viking called Sigmundur Brestirson who when he was only 9 years old watched along with his 12 year old cousin his and his cousins Fathers be murder by another Viking called Tróndur úr Gøtu who was said to know dark magic

@LilyGazou

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Very interesting.

@joseelrat723

Жыл бұрын

@@LilyGazou No Problem

Omg finaly 🥲 faroe ilands im from there takk fyri hann sjálvur

As a Swede I support the independence of the islands. Mainly out of principle.

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Fair enough haha

@hagsmunamadurinn

Жыл бұрын

Really? Not out of a sense of rivalry and spite towards the danes?

@GlobDaSon

Жыл бұрын

Cry more 🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰🇩🇰

@CommissarMitch

Жыл бұрын

@@hagsmunamadurinn Spite, yes. But also the principle of "Fuck Denmark."

@CommissarMitch

Жыл бұрын

@@GlobDaSon To be fair Sweden has lost more and Denmark do technically still own overseas colonies. So you have a part win.

2:28 Hvad har jeg gjort dig? :(

@maxelkjaernersting

Жыл бұрын

Rædsomme gerninger

2:26 this hurts ;(

av bror

I mean they aren't quasi-independent. They are still heavily dependent on Denmark. A comparative is Denmark and Greenland

Thank you for saying Scottish mainland. :)

soo when Can we go back to the viking time. The power we denmark had was great >:D (And yes i am from denmark)

"Alle, der læser dette, er dumme" EXCUSE ME, THAT IS COMPLETELY CORRECT

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

Happens to the best of us

you forgot that they were under the Norwegian kingdom. together with Shetland and Greenland. but was taken from Norway when Norway was given to Sweden after the Napoleonic Wars

@se6369

Жыл бұрын

He does barely mention it. Technically it was under the Norwegian crown until 1814, I think

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

I did mention that the Faroes only became a part of Denmark after the treaty of Kiel. While the islands were still technically a part of Norway, the Danes were the ones controlling them.

You forgot the dispute about the doctor in the northern isles😅

Im from faroe islands

10:32 😭😭

Hvar eru mínir Færeysku bræður?

2:27 - (Drops Herring) Well, I never ... ! (The sheep says "All, who read this, are stupid".)

Turkish pirates where in particular a problem in the southern parts if i remember correctly.

@meibing4912

Жыл бұрын

Corsair pirates.

@24jh42

Жыл бұрын

More than just pirates. It was slave traders and faroese people got abducted

@EmilReiko

Жыл бұрын

Are you sure its not Algerian, sure they came from the Ottoman sphere of influence... But these Corsair city states of North Africa existed on a "kinda independent to fully independtent" spectrum

@boass

Жыл бұрын

@@EmilReiko In Iceland we had similar “Ottoman” pirate raids that were conducted by North African pirates, not Turks. So I assume the same is true for the Faroese…

If the people living there want their independence, they should get it.

2:26 that hurt me. I am not stupid, why the sheep gotta say that!

[0:48] "...[findings] suggest that Färöarna had been inhabited by _humans_ before..." Yes, humans - as in HUMANS - and NOT as in Danes... (this is an esoteric issue between SE and DK and maybe some other counties in that area - don't try to understand this if you don't already)

I have to say, the text at 2:27 is very disrespectfull. /s

People from the Faroe islands are like Vestjyder (people from vest Denmark). They hate new stuff, especially if it touches their traditions. They are super friendly, like really friendly, but at the same time ,super subspecies often rude. They du not like Copenhagen og Sjælland in general. And then they are just super familie minded. (Im from Jutland but have familie ind the Faroe islands)

2:28 excuse me insulting

Why call u’s stupid 2:27

i am from faroe islands

2:32 - So Copenhagen treated the Faroes no differently than it did most of Denmark for the majority of the Kingdoms existence 😆

2:27 hey :( …… jk great video

You have forgotten the drama with the Nazi Doctor!

02:26 DET KAN DU SELV VÆRE! >:c

@SirManateee

Жыл бұрын

The sheep knows no bounds

@timer.-.6148

Жыл бұрын

Ja den der sæl er bare dum!!!

Separatist God damn clankers

2:26 🥲😭

i am also a faroese og eg eiri Rói

Pretty important to add that the islands can become independent from one day to the next. All it takes is a letter from the Chair of the ting to the Danish Government. Done deal. Their call.

2:28 D:

For those wondering: 2:26 means "everybody who reads this is stupid"

IM NOT STUPID, YOU ARE!😤😅