A loyal Japanese member of the postal service The strangest thing is that the writer of these words is the same age as a long-standing and loyal Japanese member of the Faroese postal service. The Japanese referred to here is a “Suzuki”. Anyone with the slightest knowledge of cars knows that Suzuki is a Japanese car manufacturer.
published May 19th, 2013
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Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
The brown rat is larger than the black rat and the male is larger than the female. An adult brown rat weighs around 200-400 g and is approx. 21-29 cm long, with a tail length of approx. 17-23 cm.
published May 3rd, 2013
A stamp is being issued by post Danmark and posta Faroe islands to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth of søren Kierkegaard.
published March 23rd, 2013
Here in the North Atlantic, spring, of obvious reasons, arrives a little later than on the European continent. So no wonder that we look forward to springtime and are quite aware of its arrival.
published March 10th, 2013
The vote for the most beautiful 2011 SEPAC stamp has been decided. The Faroese stamp “Drangurin i Sundinum” won an overwhelming victory with 50.5 per cent of the votes,. The Åland Islands placed second with 11 per cent of the votes, while Iceland and Guernsey shared the third place with 8.2 per cent of the votes.
We congratulate the Faroe Islands on their victory. For more information about the winning stamp, please visit the website of Posta Stamps or WOPA Stamps 
Three lucky winners have been selected from all the voters:
1st prize, a year pack from all participating SEPAC countries, was won by
Vincent Soubeyran from Luxembourg.
2nd prize, seven year packs to be selected freely from the (read more)
published December 20th, 2012
”It is Christmas Eve – ring, bell, ring, Bing, bang, bing – bing, bang, bing. Soon the tree is lightened, make a ring, Dance and hum and sing!” There is hardly any Faroese who does not immediately recognize the cheerful chorus of the song “Hví man tað vera so hugnaligt í kvøld?” (Why is everything so cozy tonight?).
published December 9th, 2012
”Margarinfabrikkin” – Tórshavn Youth Centre was commissioned to design postage stamps for 2012 with the theme “Street Art”. The result was these four drawings by the two young girls, Saga Kapna and Laura Edit Tórhalsdóttir, who together call themselves “Nadedita”.
published October 19th, 2012
Grani brought gold from the moor Sigurd hews his sword in anger. Sigurd slayed the serpent Grani brought gold from the moor. All cultures contain echoes of mythical cultural events – some kind of archetypal reflection of our ancestors’ imagination – their culture, ideals, beliefs and attempts to explain the coherence of the Universe, both the spiritual and the tangible level.
published October 5th, 2012
The old folklore often deals with issues on the borders between the known universe and a threatening outher world which people feared – or between right and wrong, defined by secular regulation and laws or by common tradition.
The conceptions about the ”Niðagrísur” (The Child Ghost) derive from a serious crime. The fact that the ”Grýla” (The Monster) goes for the children, derives from the need to observe ecclesiastical orders. The Beach Trolls keep the children away from the beach and thereby great danger – and the conceptions about the Mare is a symtom of physical and mental stress, which most people experience during their lifetime.
published June 24th, 2012
The roar of the surf, the screams from the sea-birds – the ever changing light which can alter the shape of a mountain. The colours, the deception of the senses – the acknowledge of inconstancy built into even the most solid rocky ground.
published May 6th, 2012
The Great Auk was a bird of the genus Alca, which also includes the Little Auk, Common Murre, Razor Bill and Atlantic Puffin. All of these species live or lived in the North Atlantic. The Great Auk was the largest of these birds and could grow up to 70 cm in height. Some of the other Alca birds had bright or whitish abdomens and dark-black backs, with a characteristic white spot on each side of the head, between the eyes and eye socket. They were flightless birds, with wings that were as small as the South Atlantic penguin. It was fast in the water when hunting fish but very clumsy on land.
published February 21st, 2012