Fráboðan um frítíðarløn

Í dag, tá eg var komin heim úr arbeiði, og komin undan brúsuni, sá eg eitt bræv liggja á skriviborðinum í kamari mínum. "Fráboðan um frítíðarløn" stóð á.. Eg hugsaði bara, jubii!.. :D

Eg havi ongantíð arbeitt so nógv áður, at eg havi fingið munandi nøgdir av peningi í frítíðarløn. Hetta er eisini fyrsta árið, at eg havi arbeitt so at siga hvønn dag (tó bert síðani aftaná summarfrítíðina).

Eitt tað fyrsta, sum eg legði til merkis, var at tekstirnir á brævinum stóðu bæði á føroyskum, og á enskum. -nokk grunda av at tað búgva alt fleiri útlendingar í Føroyum, enn tað hava gjørt. Síðst eg minnist, so stóð teksturin ikki tvímæltur á tílíkum brøvum.. :P

Frítíðarlønin í Føroyum er skipað á tann hátt, at so hvørt ein, ið er tímaløntur, tjenar pening á einhvørjum arbeiði, verða 12% lagt afturat, og skattað verður av øllum tí. Tey tólv prosentini verða síðani flutt í ein frítíðarlønargrunn, hvaðani øll fáa lønina útgoldna tann 1. mai.

Annaðleiðis er tó við teimum fastløntu. Tey fáa fimm viku frítíð - við løn, pluss umleið 1%, sum fer ígjøgnum somu áðurnevndu skipan.

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Notification about Holiday Allowance

Today, when I arrived back home from work, and had come out of the shower, I saw a letter lying on the desk in my room. "Notification about Holiday Allowance," there stood.. and I just thought, jubii!.. :D

I have never worked that much before that I have gotten a reasonable amount of money in Holiday Allowance. After all, this is the first year that I have worked like, everyday (although, only since last summer).

One of the first things that I noticed, was that the texts in the letter were in both Faroese, and in English. -probably because the fact that there are living more and more foreigners in the Faroes. Of what I can recall, the text wasn't bilingual on such letters.. :P

The Holiday Allowance is made in this way in the Faroe Islands: Whenever one person who gets hourly pay, gets paid from work, there will be added 12% to that amount, and then the taxes will be drawn off. Those twelve percent will then be moved into a "Holiday Allowance Account," wherefrom everyone get their Holiday Allowance paid out on 1st of may.

Though, there's a difference with those who get a monthly pay. They get 5 weeks vacation - with allowance(with pay), pluss around 1%, which goes through the same system as the one above.

Páskirnar í Føroyum

Eg fari her at skriva rímiliga stutt um páskirnar í Føroyum. (Og orsaka fyri ikki at skriva nakað rímiliga leingi!)

Í skúlunum í Føroyum fáa børn páskafrítið, tá páskirnar eru - ístaðin fyri at tey fáa várfrítíð sum børnini fáa í USA. Børnini fáa frí frá vikuskiftinum áðrenn páskirnar, og til týsdagin aftaná páskirnar. Vikan áðrenn páskini verður kallað "Stillavika," og tá skal eingin larma. Í stilluviku fyrr, var púra kvirt úti, eingin gekk úti og spældi, ella gjørdi eitthvørt, ið larmaði; men nú er hendan vikan júst sum allar aðrar vikur her, í Føroyum.

Øll hini, sum t.d. arbeiða og tílíkt, fáa frí hósdagin áðrenn páskirnar, og til týsdagin, tá tey fara aftur til arbeiðis. Tann hósdagurin og fríggjadagurin eru halgidagar, og eita ávíkavist skírisdagur og langi fríggjadagur. Sunnudagurin er 1. páskadagur og mánadagin er 2.

Vit fáa sjálvandi eisini páskaregg á páskum. Tey eru sjálvandi øll innflutt, frá Danmark og Onglandi. Tó er/var ein lítil sjokolátuhandil í Havn, har eg haldi at ein kann keypa føroysk páskaregg, hóðast tað er óvanligt. Í ár keypti eg eitt páskaregg, ið líkist tí størra av hesum:

Annars eru eisini onnur sløg, so sum Cadburry og Nestle.. :P

Vit rulla eisini páskaregg, sum vit kóka og mála. Her er eitt dømi av málaðum eggum, ið eg fann á netinum:

Hesi eggini plagdu vit at rulla oman gjøgnum brekkurnar, inntil tey brotnaðu; tó lótu vit nøkur vera eftir, til at eta.. ;)

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Easter in the Faroe Islands

I'm going to write rather short about easter in the Faroe Islands. (And I'm sorry for not writing anything for fairly long!)

In the schools in the Faroe Islands, the children get "easter-holidays," during easter - instead of the vecation that is in the USA, the spring holiday or something. The children don't have school from the weekend before easter, and untill the tuesday after easter. The week before easter is called "silent week," and during it, no one should make noise. In the old days, no one would make aany noise during "silent week." No one would be outside playing, or do something that would make noise; but nowadays, this week is just like every other week here, in the Faroe Islands.

Everybody else, who for example work and stuff like that, get days off, from Thursday before easter and till Tuesday after easter. That Thursday and Friday are (halgidagar), and are called "Skírisdagur" and "Langi fríggjadagur(Long Friday)". The Sunday is 1st easter day, and Monday the 2nd easter day.

Of course, we also get easter eggs on easter. They are all, of course, imported from mainly Denmark or the UK. Althought there is/was a small chocolate shop in Tórshavn, where I think one could buy Faroese easter eggs, though it is unusual. This year, I bought a easter egg, which looks like the larger one on the picture.

Well, we also have other kinds of easter eggs, like the ones on the 2nd picture.

We also roll easter eggs, which we boil and paint. On the 3rd picture, you can see a picture of painted eggs that I found online.

We used to roll those eggs down the hills, untill they fell apart; and we also kept some to eat.. ;)

1. apríl í Føroyum

Ja, 1. apríl verður "hildið" í Føroyum, og er hetta ein sera stuttligur dagur!.. :D

Útvarpið plagar oftani at senda "1. apríl." Eitt árið minnist eg, at teir søgdu í útvarpinum, at ein ísbjørn úr Grønlandi var á veg til Føroyar, á einum ísflaka. Útvarpið hótti á fólk um at vera til reiðar at skjóta bjørnina, um hon rak á land í Føroyum, soleiðis at eingin mannskaði varð av henni. So menn fóru oman til strondina við byrsu í hond, men har kom eingin bjørn.. xD

Í ár søgdu teir okkurt við at Bill Clinton hevði fingið flagtekju á summarhúsini, og høvdu kanningar longu víst, at orkusparingar vóru á 32%! Og nú varð farið undir at leggja flag frá Kirkjubø á Hvítu Húsini í Washington. haha! :D

Tú kanst lurta eftir øllum tíðindunum her! "1. apríl" er á umleið 16:05 ;)

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"April Fools" in the Faroe Islands

Yes, "April's fool" is !celebrated" in the Faroe Islands, and it really is a very funny day!.. :D

The National Radio often sends "April's fool." One year, I remember that they told people on the radio that a Polar bear was floating around on it's way to the Faroes, on an iceberg. The Radio told people to be ready to shoot the bear, if the ice pack came to the Faroese shore, so that no one would get hurt. So men went down to the shore with rifles in their hands, but the bear never came.. xD

This year, they said something about Bill Clinton had gotten grass roof on his summer cabin, and that tests had already shown that powersavings were on 32%! And now they were beginning to lay grass, from Kirkjubøur in the Faroes, on the White House in Washington D.C. haha :D

You can listen to all the news in where this article was in, here! "April Fools" is on around 16:05 ;)

A Brief History of Flight in the Faroes

Stutt um Flúgving í Føroyum

Around 650 A.D., the Vikings came to the Faroe Islands. What many people do not know is that on these islands they faced a unique problem - the rough seas and treacherous coastlines of the Faroe Islands prevented them from safely approaching with their boats. In order to solve this problem, the Vikings developed a primitive method of flying, similar in theory to berserking. Originally they had to take off from cliffs, and flew only short distances to their ships in the ocean.
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Í umleið 650 e.kr.f., komu víkingar til Føroyar. Tað sum nógv fólk ikki vita, er at teir á hesum oyggjunum komu fram á ein serstakan trupulleika - harði sjógvurin og hættisliga landsleiðin í Føroyum gjørdi sum teir ikki trygt kundu leggja at landi við bátum teirra. Fyri at loysa henda trupulleikan, útviklaðu víkingarnir eitt frumkent slag av flúgving, sum í ástøðini líkist berserkini. Upprunaliga flugu teir einans suttar teinar til teirra skip á havinum.


Have you ever wondered why puffins can fly, while penguins can't? The answer to this is obvious, once you understand that Faroese people have been flying for more than a thousand years! They taught the puffins to fly.
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Hevur tú nakrantíð ivast í, hví lundar kunnu flúgva, meðan pingvinir ikki kunnu? Svarið á hesum er týðiligt, tá tú veist at føroyingar hava flogið í yvir túsund ár! Teir lærdu lundarnir at flúgva.


In the year 1912, the Faroese developed the Umbrella Launch, a safer way to take off than the age old method of launching off a cliff. This development made flight far safer, and made it possible for all sorts of people to learn to fly.
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Í 1912, útviklaðu føroyingar Regnskjólauppsendingina, ein tryggari háttur at fara á flog, enn aldargamli hátturin, at fara á flog av einum bergi. Hendan útviklingin gjørdi flúgving nógv tryggari, og gjørdi tað eisini møguligt hjá (næstan) einhvørjum at læra at flúgva.


In the 1950's, a flight school was developed in Vágar. Nowadays young Faroese travel to the flight school with their classes to recieve safety lessons and a flight certificate.

This advertisement, published circa 1960, says, "Just as all Faroese can fly! - Vágar Flightschool"
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Í 1950'unum, varð ein flúgviskúli gjørdur í Vágunum. Nú á døgum ferðast føroyskir ungdómar til Flogskúlan við flokki sínum, fyri at fáa trygdarskeið og eitt flogprógv.

Hendan lýsingin varð lýst í umleið 1960. Rætting til tekst á mynd: "Júst sum allir føroyingar duga at flúgva! Vágar Flogskúli"



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Before you get too bent out of shape, please check the date. ;)
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Áðrenn tú gerst ov ovfarin, vinarliga hygg at dagfestingini. ;)