The Faroe Islands have not been part of the Hereditary Kingdom of Norway since 1814.
 From ancient times the Faroe Islands had a parliament (Lgting), which was abolished in 1816, and the Faroe Islands were to be governed as an ordinary Danish amt (county), with the Amtmand as its head of government
 Following the war, control of the islands reverted to Denmark, but Danish rule had been undermined, and Iceland's full independence served as a precedent and a model in the mind of many Faroese

