Same-sex marriage in the Faroe Islands

In 2011, the Danish Ministry of Justice stated that it could not say whether partnerships performed in Denmark or Greenland would be legally recognized in the Faroe Islands, and that the issue was "ultimately a matter for the courts".

A set of bills to extend Denmark's same-sex marriage law to the Faroe Islands was submitted to the Løgting on 20 November 2013.

[11] Following the September 2015 election, MPs Sonja Jógvansdóttir, Bjørt Samuelsen, Kristianna Winther Poulsen and Hanna Jensen submitted a same-sex marriage bill to the Parliament Secretariat.

Despite divisions, a majority of committee members, including Katrin Kallsberg, Sonja Jógvansdóttir, Óluva Klettskarð and Djóni N. Joensen, recommended the Parliament to pass the bill.

Members of the committee in the minority, Kaj Leo Johannesen, Jenis av Rana and Jógvan á Lakjuni, recommended that the bill be rejected.

They and several other members of the Løgting raised concerns that the legislation would mandate a right to same-sex marriages in the Church of the Faroe Islands.

[22] In response to this concern, the Welfare Committee later moved an amendment stating that the proposed new marriage law in the Faroe Islands would not be implemented by the Løgting before section 14,2 had been either deleted or refrased.

[24][25] During a 90-minute break in proceedings, Mortensen engaged in high-level talks on the matter with Prime Minister Aksel V. Johannesen and other members of the Løgting.

[42][35][43] On 30 May 2017, the Løgting passed legislation exempting the Church of the Faroe Islands from the obligation to bless same-sex marriages by a vote of 18–14 with no abstentions.

[48] The first same-sex wedding in the Faroe Islands was performed on 6 September 2017 at Tórshavn City Hall between British couple Leslie Travers and Richard McBride.

[49][50] In December 2021, the Løgting passed two bills by an 18–13 vote guaranteeing equal parentage rights to married same-sex couples, including on matters relating to parental leave.

[58] A poll conducted by Gallup Føroyar in April 2016, requested by Kringvarp Føroya and Miðlahúsið, showed that 64% of respondents supported legalizing same-sex marriage.