Oct 30 2024
The war between Israel and Hamas stirs many emotions among people and has, in many ways, created division among the Faroese, who have differing opinions on what is currently happening in the Gaza Strip. In online debates, it seems that people just dig into their trenches, uncompromisingly shooting at each other. The disagreement serves as …
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Aug 13 2024
Writen by Scott Santens, 3 Feb 2023. Click HERE to go to this post translated to Danish. Click HERE to go to this post translated to Faroese. If there’s one thing most people don’t seem to understand about how money works that I think would really help governments work better in the 21st century, it’s …
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Jun 27 2024
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen Let’s discuss a topic that often leads to contention in the political arena: taxation, particularly when it involves property taxes and imposing higher taxes on the wealthy. Is this advantageous or disadvantageous for society? In this article, I will argue that requiring the wealthy to pay more in taxes, such as …
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Mar 05 2024
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen Read aloud at the Sirkus bar in Tórshavn during the Femifestival on 4 March 2024 In our patriarchal society, age-old norms still dictate how men and women should be. Traditional gender perceptions lead us to expect men to be strong and stoic. Consequently, many men are afraid to talk about their …
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May 15 2023
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen Gentrification is a process of change occurring in numerous cities worldwide, where old, often rundown and neglected neighbourhoods are renovated and revitalised. But is this development always beneficial? This is the question, as gentrification often leads to conflicts between long-term residents—sometimes spanning several generations—and newer, more affluent arrivals. In this presentation, …
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Mar 13 2023
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen With approximately 93% of the Faroe Islands’ exports being fish products (2021), many have the impression that the fishing and fish farming industry is almost solely responsible for sustaining the country and enabling us to survive on the islands. But is this correct? This perception is also why some believe these …
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Mar 20 2022
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen In the past, when no one had ownership rights over natural resources, all living beings, both animals and humans, shared everything collectively. No one was prevented from taking what nature provided, just as no one stops birds from living off what they find in nature. People relied on what was immediately …
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Dec 14 2021
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen Regarding today’s verdict on Inger Støjberg, former minister for immigration, integration and housing in Denmark. Why do so many people want to turn this case into a question of whether one is for or against child brides? No sane person supports child brides or paedophilia – of course not, but that’s …
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Dec 28 2020
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen What mindset most promotes or hinders development and wellbeing in the Faroe Islands? Is it the dream of the modern, technologically advanced city life, or the belief that “everything was better in the old days”? Who is right – those who want to make the Faroe Islands a hyper-modern global IT …
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Apr 13 2020
Column in the Faroese Women’s Magazine “Kvinna” about the Corona crisis. By Elin Brimheim Heinesen From carefree to nervous worry February 3 this year I flew from the Faroe Islands to spend a long winter holiday in Cuba with seven girlfriends. Little did we know that a month later we would return home to a …
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Mar 16 2020
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen The wheels of society must keep turning. If they don’t, things will go wrong. In times of crisis like this, it is up to governments around the world to prove their value by taking responsibility and implementing systems to ensure that everything doesn’t come to a halt. No one should be …
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Mar 09 2020
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen With regard to yesterday’s International Women’s Day, how far have we come with gender equality when it comes to our attitudes? Many are still clinging to old ideas about gender that prevailed in the 60s (as the advice to women in the picture to the right illustrates). It seems more than …
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Oct 08 2019
Speech at the climate strike on Friday, September 27, 2019 By Elin Brimheim Heinesen There is currently a vigorous debate on social media about what is myth and what is fact regarding the climate. The disagreements are significant, and it is evident that many emotions are involved. Even though some insist that what climate scientists …
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Sep 05 2019
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen Whether we like it or not, homosexuality is a reality we cannot ignore. We can choose to accept this reality or not, but burying our heads in the sand is not helpful. Homosexuals have always existed and will not disappear, regardless of efforts to prevent these people from loving their own …
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Aug 29 2019
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen With an election on the horizon, I want to ask some questions to all those planning to carry out their democratic duty and cast their vote. If you’re still undecided on who to vote for, these questions might help guide you to make the right choice. And if you have already …
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Jun 10 2016
By Elin Brimheim Heinesen and Jens Pauli Heinesen In 1984, my father, the Faroese author Jens Pauli Heinesen, published a book called “Supplement to 1984”. The book was a collection of articles about “The Totalitarian State”. The year referenced the famous book by George Orwell “1984” from 1949 about a dystopian future where “Big Brother …
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Aug 14 2015
People have asked me, “Why are you so against the Grind Law ” (pilot whale law)? Isn’t it more important to consider the Faroese themselves, instead of focusing so much on tourists and foreigners? Do you have a problem with the Faroese people killing pilot whales or what?” No, I have nothing against the Grind …
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Sep 29 2012
Leadership is a difficult art. Here are some good advice for you, who have either taken on or been given the role as leader for a larger project, and maybe have never really tried it before. What should you consider? © Elin Brimheim Heinesen, 2003 THE PROJECT Understand that successful project completion requires good planning …
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Aug 20 2012
Well, this really takes the biscuit! This morning a number of Faroese websites were hacked by some people who call themselves Anonymous Australia in an attempt to harm the Faroese because of their pilot whaling practice. Now these people are threatening to do the same to a number of other Faroese people and institutions – including me! …
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May 21 2012
I was born in the late 50’ies in the Faroe Islands. At that time we pretty much had a subsistence way of life in this remote place on earth with a hostile climate and an environment that humans could never hope to survive in without eating animals. In winter, our region is stormy and dark …
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