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Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands

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When the Løgting was abolished in 1816, the coat of arms went out of use, not appearing even after the Løgting was reestablished in 1852 and the Faroe Islands were effectively outside direct Danish rule during the
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On 1 April 2004, the Prime Minister's Office announced that from then on that it would use a new version of the coat of arms. This new interpretation was based on the original found depicted on the chairs from
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In 1948, the coat of arms came into use again after the Home Rule Act came into force, not by the
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Azure, a ram argent, langued gules, armed and unguled or.
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Armorial of the Faroe Islands

Armiger
Frederik X
King of Denmark
Shield
coat of arms
Faroe Islands
Kirkjubøur
ram
Faroese
seal
Løgting
British occupation in World War II
Løgting
Landsstýri
Kirkjubøur
Merkið
Old seal from 1533.
Former government seal (or emblem)
Coat of arms at the Faroese Embassy in Copenhagen
Copenhagen


"Lógarmál"
the original
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Faroe Islands

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