On 1 June 1961, the district name was changed to the Faroe Islands Command, and on the same date, the Marine Station Thorshavn was created as an authority.
On 1 January 2001, the new Level II authority was established, which was called the Faroe Islands Command.
On 2 July 2002, there was a ceremony where the Dannebrog (Danish Flag) was hauled down for the last time at the Marine Station in Tórshavn.
[2] The NATO radar installations which had been established in 1963 in Mjørkadalur on the mountain of Sornfelli at 749 metres above sea level, were a link in the defence of the Arctic Circle.
It is permitted for civilians to travel on the mountain road up to the radar facility, which offers a panoramic view of the Faroes.