faroe

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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

• Faroes islands (Norse polity)
• Faroes islands

Establishment

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

Chronology

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1. Events

• January 1036: Sigmundur Brestisson took possession of the Faroe islands for Olaf Tryggvason, King of Norway from 995 to 1000, annexing it in 1035.
• April 1948: The Faroe Islands were in 1948 granted extended self-governance within the Danish Realm with the signing of the Home Rule Act of the Faroe Islands.