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Summary
This study deals with the shipping to and from the Faeroe
Islands from 1706 to 1856, when all trade became a mo-
nopoly of the Danish crown. The sources in the National
Danish Archive in Copenhagen give a detailed picture of
the way the trade and shipping worked and the sort of ar-
tifacts imported and exported from the islands. In the first
part of this period, the trade was run by the Royal Faeroe
Company with four ships. These ships carried very com-
plex cargoes to Torshavn, where the merchandise was
stored and sold by the company's clerks and merchants.
The basic import was grain, as the production in the islands
was insufficient to feed the population, but anything else
needed was also imported, from books, paper and tools
to window glass, powder, wine, rice and spices. The ex-
ports were mainly knitted socks plus salted and dried fish
and whale oil. During the reform period in the 1780s, the
government proposed introducing free trade, but voices
in the islands objected to this. In the war with Britain, the
Royal Faeroe Company did a lot to secure supplies from
Denmark, but shipping was extremely difficult and many
ships and cargoes with grain and goods were taken by the
British and their allies. The town of Torshavn was also at-
tacked and the company's stores were sacked. Starvation
was a real threat in the remote islands. One way of supply-
ing the islands was to choose the island of Fanoe as the port
for shipments. Starvation was avoided, and the Danish con-
sul Wolf in London finally managed to secure free shipping
to the islands. After the war it took years to reestablish and
consolidate the economy, but from about 1830 the company
was doing well. New ships were bought, and the number of
yearly voyages rose from 8 to 14. The ships were schooners
and the captains were engaged by the Royal Faeroe Com-
pany and granted a pension like the clerks. Imports became
even more complex than in the preceding century – and the
ships were almost floating general shops. Grain and wood
imports were still very important. Exports were now mainly
knitted sweaters, which were much in demand among Dan-
ish seamen and fishermen. When Denmark introduced a
constitution in 1849, it was decided to introduce freedom
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