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60 relations: Admiralty, Akraberg, Amt (country subdivision), Argir, BBC, Blackout (wartime), Bradbury Wilkinson and Company, British Army, Cadbury Dairy Milk, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles), Carl Aage Hilbert, Civil ensign, Danish krone, Denmark in World War II, Eggjarnar, Eric Linklater, Faroe Islands, Faroese independence referendum, 1946, Faroese króna, First Lord of the Admiralty, Fish and chips, Flag of Denmark, Flag of the Faroe Islands, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, Frederick Mason (diplomat), HMS Suffolk (55), House of Commons of the United Kingdom, HSwMS Psilander (18), HSwMS Puke (19), HSwMS Remus (28), Iceland, Icelandic constitutional referendum, 1944, Invasion of Iceland, John F. Kurtzke, Klaus Lauer, Løgting, List of military operations in the Nordic countries during World War II, Lovat Scouts, Luftwaffe, Operation Weserübung, Overprint, Politics of the Faroe Islands, Pound sterling, Royal Air Force, Royal Engineers, Royal Marines, Royal Navy, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Shetland, Skansin, ..., Suðuroy, Swedish Navy, Tórshavn, Tórshavn Cathedral, United Kingdom, Vágar, Vágar Airport, Vágur, Winston Churchill, World War II. Expand index (10 more) »
Admiralty
The Admiralty, originally known as the Office of the Admiralty and Marine Affairs, was the government department responsible for the command of the Royal Navy firstly in the Kingdom of England, secondly in the Kingdom of Great Britain, and from 1801 to 1964, the United Kingdom and former British Empire.
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Akraberg
Akraberg is the southern tip of Suðuroy, 5 km south from the village Sumba, Faroe Islands.
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Amt (country subdivision)
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe.
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Argir
Argir (Arge) is a village in the Faroe Islands.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster.
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Blackout (wartime)
A blackout during war, or in preparation for an expected war, is the practice of collectively minimizing outdoor light, including upwardly directed (or reflected) light.
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Bradbury Wilkinson and Company
Bradbury Wilkinson & Co were an English engraver and printer of banknotes, postage stamps and share certificates.
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British Army
The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of British Armed Forces.
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Cadbury Dairy Milk
Cadbury Dairy Milk is a brand of milk chocolate manufactured by Cadbury.
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Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) was a rifle regiment of the British Army, the only regiment of rifles amongst the Scottish regiments of infantry.
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Carl Aage Hilbert
Carl Aage Hilbert (27 March 1899 – 17 October 1953), born in Copenhagen to Doretha Marie (née Barnucka) and Emil Christopher Hilbert, was the Danish Prefect of the Faroe Islands from 1936 until 1945.
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Civil ensign
A civil ensign is an ensign used by civilian vessels to denote their nationality.
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Danish krone
The krone (plural: kroner; sign: kr.; code: DKK) is the official currency of Denmark, Greenland and the Faroe Islands, introduced on 1 January 1875.
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Denmark in World War II
During most of World War II, Denmark was first a protectorate, then an occupied territory under Germany.
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Eggjarnar
Eggjarnar (also called Skúvanes, 200 metres above sea level) is a place south of the village of Vágur on Suðuroy island in the Faroe Islands, which is known for its scenic viewpoint to the sea-cliffs of the southern part of Suðuroy all the way to Beinisvørð in the south and to Vágseiði and Gjógvaráfjall in the north.
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Eric Linklater
Eric Robert Russell Linklater (8 March 1899 – 7 November 1974) was a Welsh-born Scottish writer of novels and short stories, military history, and travel books.
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Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands (Føroyar; Færøerne), sometimes called the Faeroe Islands, is an archipelago between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic, about halfway between Norway and Iceland, north-northwest of Scotland.
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Faroese independence referendum, 1946
An independence referendum was held in the Faroe Islands on 14 September 1946.
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Faroese króna
The króna (plural: krónur; sign: kr) is the currency of the Faroe Islands.
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First Lord of the Admiralty
The First Lord of the Admiralty, or formally the Office of the First Lord of the Admiralty, was the political head of the Royal Navy who was the government's senior adviser on all naval affairs and responsible for the direction and control of Admiralty Department as well as general administration of the Naval Service of the United Kingdom, that encompassed the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines and other services.
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Fish and chips
Fish and chips is a hot dish of English origin consisting of fried battered fish and hot potato chips.
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Flag of Denmark
The flag of Denmark (Dannebrog) is red with a white Scandinavian cross that extends to the edges of the flag; the vertical part of the cross is shifted to the hoist side.
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Flag of the Faroe Islands
The flag of the Faroe Islands is an offset cross, representing Christianity.
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), commonly called the Foreign Office, is a department of the Government of the United Kingdom.
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Frederick Mason (diplomat)
Sir Frederick Cecil Mason (15 May 1913 – 18 January 2008) was a British diplomat.
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HMS Suffolk (55)
HMS Suffolk, pennant number 55, was a heavy cruiser of the Royal Navy, and part of the Kent subclass.
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House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The House of Commons is the lower house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
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HSwMS Psilander (18)
HSwMS Psilander (18) was a of the Swedish Navy from 1940 to 1947.
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HSwMS Puke (19)
HSwMS Puke (19) was a of the Swedish Navy from 1940 to 1947.
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HSwMS Remus (28)
HSwMS Remus (28) was a of the Royal Swedish Navy during World War II.
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Iceland
Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.
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Icelandic constitutional referendum, 1944
A referendum was held in Iceland between 20 and 23 May 1944.
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Invasion of Iceland
The invasion of Iceland took place on 10 May 1940 during World War II.
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John F. Kurtzke
John Francis Kurtzke (September 14, 1926 – December 1, 2015) was a neuroepidemiologist and Professor of Neurology at Georgetown University who is best known for his creation of the Expanded Disability Status Scale and for his research on multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Klaus Lauer
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Løgting
Løgting (pronounced (Faroese: Føroya Løgting or just Løgtingið, Danish: Færøernes Lagting/Lagtinget, both meaning The løgting of the Faroes) is the unicameral parliament of the Faroe Islands, an autonomous country within the Danish Realm. The name literally means "Law Thing"—that is, a law assembly—and derives from Old Norse lǫgþing, which was a name given to ancient assemblies. A ting or þing has existed on the Faroe Islands for over a millennium and the Løgting was the highest authority on the islands in the Viking era. From 1274 to 1816 it functioned primarily as a judicial body, whereas the modern Løgting established in 1852 is a parliamentary assembly, which gained legislative power when home rule was introduced in 1948. The Manx Tynwald and the Icelandic Alþing are the two other modern parliaments with ties back to the old Norse assemblies of Europe. Today, the Faroe Islands compromise one constituency, and the number of MPs is fixed at 33. The first election with this new system was held on 19 January 2008, after the Election law was changed in late 2007, prior to which the membership of the Løgting varied from 27 to 32. The 7 constituencies had 27 seats and up to 5 supplementary seats. That Election Act came into force in 1978, and the eight general elections between 1978 and 2004 all resulted in 32 members. The Løgting is elected for a period of four years. Election of the Løgting can take place before the end of an election period if the Løgting agrees on dissolving itself. The Løgmaður (Prime Minister) issues a proclamation of the forthcoming election and appoints the day of election, which must take place, at the earliest, six weeks after the proclamation.
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List of military operations in the Nordic countries during World War II
The following is a list of military operations conducted in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland and Greenland during World War II.
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Lovat Scouts
The Lovat Scouts was a British Army unit first formed during the Second Boer War as a Scottish Highland yeomanry regiment of the British Army.
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Luftwaffe
The Luftwaffe was the aerial warfare branch of the combined German Wehrmacht military forces during World War II.
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Operation Weserübung
Operation Weserübung was the code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign.
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Overprint
An overprint is an additional layer of text or graphics added to the face of a postage stamp, banknote or postal stationery after it has been printed.
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Politics of the Faroe Islands
The politics of the Faroe Islands a "constituent country" (land) of the Kingdom of Denmark, function within the framework of a parliamentary representative democratic dependency, whereby the Prime Minister of the Faroe Islands is the head of government, and of a multi-party system.
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Pound sterling
The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.
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Royal Air Force
The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.
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Royal Engineers
The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army.
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Royal Marines
The Corps of Royal Marines (RM) is the amphibious light infantry of the Royal Navy.
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Royal Navy
The Royal Navy (RN) is the United Kingdom's naval warfare force.
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Royal New Zealand Air Force
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) (Maori: Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa, "New Zealand Warriors of the Sky"; previously Te Hokowhitu o Kahurangi, "War Party of the Blue") is the air force component of the New Zealand Defence Force.
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Shetland
Shetland (Old Norse: Hjaltland), also called the Shetland Islands, is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies northeast of Great Britain.
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Skansin
Skansin (literally: the jump) is a historic fortress in Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands.
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Suðuroy
Suðuroy (literally South Island, Suderø) is the southernmost of the Faroe Islands.
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Swedish Navy
The Swedish Royal Navy (Svenska marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces.
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Tórshavn
Tórshavn (lit. 'Thor's harbour'; Thorshavn) is the capital and largest town of the Faroe Islands.
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Tórshavn Cathedral
Tórshavn Cathedral (in Faroese: Havnar Kirkja, or Dómkirkjan) is the second oldest received church of the Faroe Islands, on Tinganes in the old town of Tórshavn.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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Vágar
Vágar (Vågø) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the large islands.
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Vágar Airport
Vágar Airport (Vága Floghavn) is the only airport in the Faroe Islands, and is located east of Sørvágur.
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Vágur
Vágur meaning Bay (Våg) is a town on the island of Suðuroy, part of the Faroe Islands It is situated on the east coast of the island on the Vágsfjørður fjord, and was founded in the fourteenth century.
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Winston Churchill
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British politician, army officer, and writer, who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.
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World War II
World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_occupation_of_the_Faroe_Islands
