MAPPING PUBLIC OPINION IN THE FAROE ISLANDS ON SECURITY AND FOREIGN AFFAIRS

The main motive behind the survey presented in this working paper is to examine how people in the Faroe Islands relate to pressing foreign policy, defence and security issues. This is a follow-up survey to another survey carried out in November 2021 before the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Both surveys are financed by the German think tank Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, and we would like to express our gratitude to the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung for enabling yet another survey. Some tentative results show that Faroese respondents in general • support the government’s official condemnation of the Russian invasion of Ukraine • support the acceptance of Ukrainian refugees • support restricting the access for Russian ships in Faroese harbours • have become more pro-western and pro-NATO after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 • consider NATO a positive organization • think that the Faroes should be part of NATO • think that the Faroes should allow American ships to use Faroese harbours • are divided on NATO military activities in Faroese territory • are divided on the annual bilateral fishery agreement with Russia • are worried that war can also hit the Faroes in the future