National Library of the Faroe Islands park, in a purpose-built building designed by Jákup Pauli Gregoriussen. In 2011, as a cost-saving measure, the National Library was administratively combined with the National Archives of the Faroe Islands, the National Museum of the Faroe Islands, the Natural History Museum of the Faroe Islands, and the Kaldbak Marine Biological Laboratory () to form Faroese National Heritage (). National Library of the Faroe Islands The National Library of the Faroe Islands () is the national library for the Faroe Islands, a self-governing country within the Kingdom of Denmark It is both a public and a research library. The library houses
Faroe Islands and Alaska thrive on the islands. The bird fauna of the Faroe Islands is dominated by seabirds and birds attracted to open land like heather, probably because of the lack of woodland and other suitable habitats. Many species have developed special Faroese sub-species: common eider, Common starling, Eurasian wren, common murre, and black guillemot. The pied raven was endemic to the Faroe Islands, but has now become extinct. Only a few species of wild land mammals are found in the Faroe Islands today, all introduced by humans. Three species are thriving on the islands today: mountain hare ("Lepus timidus"), brown