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The COVID-19 pandemic has illustrated the significance of popular support for – or resistance against – scientific and political authorities in a declared state of emergency. Based on quantitative and comparative surveys, the article examines popular attitudes to COVID-19-related issues in a democratic micronation within the Danish kingdom, the Faroe Islands. Furthermore, the article examines what demographic factors can explain popular support for the way public authorities have managed the pandemic as well as the willingness to be vaccinated. The article concludes that the COVID-19 pandemic has united the Faroese population across partisan, ideological and other demographic cleavages. However, the survey also finds that public opinion is a changeable phenomenon and that well-known cleavages such as political ideology, religion and age might still explain popular disagreements on COVID-19-related issues.

Covid-19-pandemien har illustreret betydningen af folkelig støtte til – eller modstand imod – videnskabelige og politiske myndigheder i en undtagelsessituation. Med udgangspunkt i kvantitative komparative undersøgelser er formålet med denne artikel at undersøge folkelige holdninger til coronarelaterede spørgsmål i en demokratisk mikronation i rigsfællesskabet, Færøerne. Dernæst undersøger artiklen, hvilke demografiske individfaktorer kan være med til at forklare folkelig støtte til myndighedernes håndtering og villigheden at lade sig vaccinere. Artiklen konkluderer, at covid-19-pandemien overordnet har forenet den færøske befolkning på tværs af partipolitiske, ideologiske og andre demografiske skillelinjer. Men undersøgelserne viser også, at den folkelige opinion er en omskiftelig størrelse, og at velkendte konfliktlinjer så som politisk ideologi, religion og alder stadig kan forklare folkelige uenigheder om spørgsmål vedrørende covid-19.

Færøernes står midt i en værdipolitisk kulturkamp, hvor gamle normer bliver udfordret af nye krav og værdier – ofte med de homoseksuelles rettigheder som omdrejningspunkt. Denne kulturkamp handler i høj grad om kristendommens rolle og funktion i færøsk politik, kultur og samfund. Ved hjælp af kvantitative, komparative undersøgelser om folkelige holdninger til religion dokumenterer denne artikel, at Færøerne er en undtagelse i Norden. I lyset af både sekulariseringsparadigmet og dets kritikere undersøger artiklen, hvilke socio-demografiske faktorer der kan forklare religiøs vitalitet, og hvilke specifikke historiske processer der kan tænkes at have banet vejen for de protestantiske vækkelsesbevægelsers opblomstring. Det viser sig, at en periode i begyndelsen af det 20. århundrede er helt afgørende for at forstå Færøerne som en nordisk undtagelse og de polariserende kulturkampe, som kendetegner færøsk værdipolitik den dag i dag.

Publisher Copyright: © 2021 Signe Ravn-Højgaard et al., published by Sciendo 2021. ; This study compares the media systems of the West Nordic countries, namely the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. All three countries are democratic welfare states with considerable institutional transfer from the larger Nordic countries. It is argued that the West Nordic media systems fit into the "Nordic model"when it comes to the perception of media as cultural institutions as well as the central role of public service media. On the other hand, the micro-size of the media systems in the West Nordic countries makes them vulnerable, and makes editorial independence more difficult compared with their larger Nordic neighbours. In particular, media outlets within these micro-size media systems seem more susceptible to clientelism, and journalists seem more inclined towards self-censorship. This article highlights how interplay between small size and distinct local factors shape the media system in each of the West Nordic countries. ; Peer reviewed

This study compares the media systems of the West Nordic countries, namely the Faroe Islands, Greenland, and Iceland. All three countries are democratic welfare states with considerable institutional transfer from the larger Nordic countries. It is argued that the West Nordic media systems fit into the "Nordic model"when it comes to the perception of media as cultural institutions as well as the central role of public service media. On the other hand, the micro-size of the media systems in the West Nordic countries makes them vulnerable, and makes editorial independence more difficult compared with their larger Nordic neighbours. In particular, media outlets within these micro-size media systems seem more susceptible to clientelism, and journalists seem more inclined towards self-censorship. This article highlights how interplay between small size and distinct local factors shape the media system in each of the West Nordic countries.