Faroese language training
You can find available courses, educational programmes and self-learning resources if you need to improve your Faroese language skills. Read more about the possibilities for learning Faroese below.
Faroese as a Second Language for Adults (hereafter referred to as FSA – Føroyskt sum annaðmál) is offered at Glasir and provides instruction in the Faroese language as well as knowledge about Faroese culture and society. The course is for adult newcomers who do not have Faroese as their first language. Admission to FSA at Glasir is based on an admission interview.
In addition to language classes, the course also offers insight into cultural and social contexts. The education is organized according to the curriculum for Faroese as a second language (see the link below) and ends with an examination. The program consists of four levels, and after each level, there is a proficiency assessment.
The education aims to contribute to the integration of newcomers into society, enhancing their recognition in the labor market and other social aspects. In this way, the student becomes better equipped to utilize the education and skills brought from their home country or to pursue further education in the Faroe Islands, if desired.
The courses will last between 15 and 17 weeks and are free, but students must cover the cost of their own textbooks.
Contact Glasir to hear when the next classes will start and how to apply:
Glasir
Janusargøta 3
100 Tórshavn
E-mail: post@glasir.fo
Phone: 61 66 00
Petra Olsen
Teacher
E-mail: peo@glasir.fo
Some private employers organise extra Faroese language courses for their employees. You can ask your employer if this is available through your work.
If you would like to learn Faroese at beginner level from home, you can purchase »Faroese - A Language Course for Beginners« by the publisher Stiðin. This is a bundle with texts, CD and grammar and is available in bookstores. The audio part of this bundle is also available on the internet and is free of charge. The instruction language is English.
Immigrants can also learn Faroese through a free online language course, which is the result of a partnership between the University of the Faroe Islands and the University of Iceland.
The website Faroese Online offers interactive visual and listening exercises based on themes relevant to everyday life in the Faroe Islands.
The Faroese publisher Sprotin has developed the most popular free online dictionary in the Faroe Islands, which contains dictionaries between Faroese and multiple other languages, including Danish, English, German, Spanish and Chinese.
The Faroese dictionary contains pronunciation, conjugation and inflection forms of almost all nouns, verbs and personal names. Sprotin also contains a Faroese thesaurus (Samheitaorðabók) and a Faroese encyclopaedia (Alfrøði) with for example facts, pictures and sounds of mammals, fish and birds commonly found in the Faroe Islands.
Sprotin is available as a website and an app.
You can download a pictorial dictionary developed by the Faroese schoolbook publisher Nám using the link below. Please note that the service is not available for IOS computers.
