Ljóðbókatænastan - The National Library's Audio Book Service

The Audio Books Service publishes audio books and other audio material in Faroese to people, who for some reason do not have the opportunity to read or acquire printed text in other ways. Furthermore, the Audio Book Service must ensure that material of the above kind is available to users of the libraries in the country.

The purpose of the Audio Book Service is to ensure that the public, but first and foremost those with special needs, have as much access as possible to reading material published in Faroese, also on media other than printed media. It is important that the material has the best possible literary, linguistic and technical quality.

The work of the Audio Book Service is carried out in collaboration with an advisory board with representatives of users, various associations and libraries.

In the advisory board there are representatives from:

• Schoolbook publisher "NÁM"
• House for the blind "Sjóndepilin"
• Landsbókasavnið - The National Library
• Býarbókasavnið - The City's Library in Tórshavn
• The Association for the Reading and Writing Impaired
• The Dyslexia Association

Elin Brimheim Heinesen is the manager of the Audio Book Service. Contact info: elinh(at)landsbokasavnid.fo, tel. (+298)790527.

List of Faroese audio books

An overview of available audio books in Faroese can be found on this page (only in Faroese): http://ljodbokur.fo 

Later, this overview will be transferred to this page.

New audiobooks (2018-2019).

Ljóðbókatænastan - The National Library's Audio Books Service - is situated in J.C. Svabos gøta 17, just opposite the National Library.