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Góða Ólavsøku to those who celebrate!

Today is Ólavsøka (Saint Olaf's wake), the day of the patron saint of the Faroe Islands, king Olaf II of Norway. It's a big celebration up there.

I don't have any ties to the islands, but I know a few from the linguistics community in Copenhagen, and I have studied the language a bit and visited a couple of times.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93lavs%C3%B8ka