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Denmark approves the legalisation of same-sex marriage in the Faroe Islands
It now means same-sex marriage is legal in every Nordic country.
Denmark has approved the Faroe Islands’ vote to legalise same-sex marriage.
The country had voted to legalise it last year, excluding religious ceremonies, but it required formal approval from Denmark, which voted to legalise same-sex marriage in 2012, to be brought into law.
Eiler Fagraklett, head of LGBT Faroe Islands said: “It was an intense, exciting and unpredictable moment. When the MPs finally passed the amendment to the bill and thereby...