page_title: Culture of the Faroe Islands
section_title: Handcrafts
hierarchical_section_title: Culture of the Faroe Islands / Handcrafts
caption_attribution_description: English: This photo is from the first football round of Effodeildin in the Faroe Island, from the match between TB Tvøroyri and Víkingur Gøta. Víkingur won the match 2-0. The match was played in Vágur, because the now football stadium of TB Tvøroyri was not ready. Føroyskt: Fótbóltsdystur vesturi á Eiðinum í Vági í Effodeildini millum TB og Víking. Víkingur vann dystin 2-0.
context_page_description: The culture of the Faroe Islands has its roots in the Nordic culture. The Faroe Islands were long isolated from the main cultural phases and movements that swept across parts of Europe. This means that they have maintained a great part of their traditional culture. The language spoken is Faroese. It is one of three insular Scandinavian languages descended from the Old Norse language spoken in Scandinavia in the Viking Age, the others being Icelandic and the extinct Norn, which is thought to have been mutually intelligible with Faroese. Until the 15th century, Faroese had a similar orthography to Icelandic and Norwegian, but after the Reformation in 1538, the ruling Danes outlawed its use in schools, churches and official documents. This maintained a rich spoken tradition, but for 300 years the language was not written down. This means that all poems and stories were handed down orally. These works were split into the following divisions: sagnir, ævintyr and kvæði. These were eventually written down in the 19th century mostly by Danish scholars.
context_section_description: Lace knitting is a traditional handcraft of peoples of the Faroe Islands. The most distinguishing characteristic of Faroese lace shawls is the center back gusset shaping.  Each shawl consists of two triangular side panels, a trapezoid-shaped back gusset, an edge treatment, and usually shoulder shaping.
caption: TB Tvøroyri is the oldest football club of the Faroe Islands, it was founded in 1892. Óli Johannesen (in black/white) holds the record for most capped player of the Faroe Islands national football team. Here TB plays against Víkingur Gøta.
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