Coat of arms of the Faroe Islands |This article does not cite
any references or sources. (December 2009)| The coat of arms of
the Faroe Islands first appears in one of the medieval chairs in
Kirkjubøur from around the 15th century. It depicts a Ram
(Faroese: Veðrur) on a shield. In blazon, Azure, a ram passant
Argent armed and unguled Or. Later uses show a Ram in a seal
used by the Løgrættumenn, members of the Old Faroese law Court,
the Løgting. The coat of arms went out of use when the Løgting
was abolished in 1816. After the Løgting was reestablished in
1852 and even when the Faroe Islands were effectively outside
direct Danish rule during the British occupation in World War II
the coat of arms was not used. After the Home Rule Act came into
force in 1948 the coat of arms came into use again. Not by the
Løgting (Parliament) but by the Landsstýri (Government). The old
title Løgmaður had been reestablished, but this time as the
leader of the government. The coat of arms followed him. On 1
April 2004, the Prim