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
Tour of Faroe Islands The winner of stage 1, 2 and 3 of the 2015 tour was Torkil Veyhe, the winner of stage 4 was Dávur Magnussen, who also won the mountain jersey for stage 4 which was in Suðuroy. Torkil Veyhe won the 2015 Tour of Faroe Islands, it took him 12 hours 51 minutes to race the 460 km route, Guðmundur Joensen was runner-up and Bjarke Vodder Nielsen took bronze. Dávur Magnussen won the mountain-jersey. Tour of Faroe Islands The Tour of Faroe Islands () is a road cycling race held in the Faroe Islands. The race consists of a men's, women's