Group: | Faroese Danes Faroese: Føroyskir danir |
Population: | 21,687 (2006) |
Popplace: | Copenhagen, Aalborg |
Langs: | Faroese, Danish |
Rels: | Lutheran |
Related: | Faroese Islanders, Icelanders, Norwegians, Swedes, Germans, Danes, Shetlanders, Orcadians, Irish, Scottish Other Germanic or Celtic ethnic groups |
Faroese people in Denmark (also known as Faroese Danes) are residents of Denmark with a Faroese ethnic background.
In 2006, 21,687 people of Faroese descent were recorded in Denmark, a figure almost half the population of the Faroe Islands.[1]
On average each year, not fewer than 240 Faroese move to Denmark from Faroe Islands, which is about 0.5% of the Faroese population.