Same-sex marriage in the Faroe Islands Same-sex marriage in the Faroe Islands Same-sex marriage has been legal in the Faroe Islands, an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, since 1 July 2017. Legislation allowing civil same-sex marriage and adoption was approved by the Løgting on 29 April 2016. The Danish Parliament approved the necessary legislative adaptations on 25 April, and the law received royal assent on 3 May 2017 and went into effect on 1 July 2017. Denmark's registered partnership law was never adopted in the Faroe Islands. Same-sex marriage legislation first appeared in the Løgting after the Tórshavn gay pride parade in 2012. A
Nordic House in the Faroe Islands fittings. All the exterior materials originated from the Faroe Islands or were produced on the Islands except for the glass and anodized aluminum facades, which are Danish. "Red. Kim Dirchinck-Holmfeld "et al." 1996. Færøsk arkitektur (Architecture on the Faroe Islands). Arkitektens forlag." Nordic House in the Faroe Islands The Nordic House () is the most important cultural institution in the Faroe Islands. Its aim is to support and promote Nordic and Faroese culture, locally and in the Nordic region Erlendur Patursson (1913-1986), Faroese member of the Nordic Council, brought forward the idea of a Nordic cultural house in the Faroe