legal documents. On 11 April 1924, a regulation came into force in the Faroes which laid down that the legal language was Danish, but that Faroese-speaking judges may hold their proceedings in Faroese if the parties to the legal action speak Faroese. The legal documents could also be drawn up in Faroese, providing that a certified translation into Danish was also made, if prescribed by law, or required by the defence. These Danish documents would be important if proceedings on appeal were to take place in Denmark. In 1931 further demands were made to expand the use of Faroese in legal proceedings. These were resisted by the who said that Danish documents were indispensable for further hearings in Danish courts. On 4 January 1944, the legislated the full equality of Faroese in legal proceedings. That happened because of the special situation of the Faroe Islands in World War II, when Denmark was occupied by Germany and all connections with the government in Copenhagen were severed. However, this law remained in force after the war. Faroese in other areas The introduction of Faroese as the business language took place over a longer period of time. Starting in 1920 the Faroese telephone directory appeared in the national language. Starting in 1925 it was the secondary language in the Postverk Føroya or postal service, and starting in 1927 the minutes of the were recorded in Faroese. With the autonomy (home-rule) law of 1948, Faroese was finally the language used in all affairs, with the proviso that Danish should be taught in school. See also Norwegian language conflict References Notes Sources Jóansson, Tórður (1997). English Loanwords in Faroese. [Tórshavn, Faroe Islands]: Fannir. Nauerby, Tom (1996). No Nation is an Island: Language, Culture and National Identity in the Faroe Islands. North Atlantic monographs, 3. Århus, Denmark: SNAI-North Atlantic Publications. West, John F. (1972). Faroe: Emergence of a Nation. Petersen, Hjalmar P. (winter 2010). The Dynamics of Faroese-Danish Language. Heidelberg. Petersen, Hjalmar P. (2010). "Jakobsen’s Faroese orthography from 1889." In Turið Sigurðard. & Brian Smith (ritstj.). Jakob Jakobsen in Shetland and the Faroes. Shetland Amenity Trust/University of Tórshavn: Lerwick/Tórshavn. Conflict History of the Faroe Islands Linguistic controversies Faroese nationalism 1908 establishments in the Faroe Islands 1938 disestablishments in Denmark