FAROE ISLANDS · EUROPE
Is there a bone marrow registry in the Faroe Islands?
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As of , no bone marrow donor registry signs up people who live in the Faroe Islands. The Faroe Islands’ hospital service lists no stem cell donor registration, and in Denmark people sign up through the Danish health portal sundhed.dk, which records each donor’s Danish CPR number. 1 16
| Place | Faroe Islands (Føroyar) 17 |
|---|---|
| Region | Northern Europe, Europe 13 |
| Population | About 54,700 (2023) 14 |
| Registry | None found as of 11 |
| World donor search | No organization based in the Faroe Islands lists adult donors or cord blood units in WMDA’s Search & Match (). 15 |
| Transplants | People in the Faroe Islands with blood diseases are seen at the hematology clinic of Landssjúkrahúsið in Tórshavn, which works with Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen: a team of Rigshospitalet specialists comes to the clinic and is responsible for the treatment given there. 4 9 10 |
| Where we looked | 3 places, in Faroese and English |
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What we found in the Faroe Islands
The Faroe Islands’ hospitals list no stem cell donor registration. 1
| Where | Language | Finding | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| World Marrow Donor Association | English | On Oct 11, 2026, no organization based in the Faroe Islands appeared on the World Marrow Donor Association’s member map or in its organization database. 11 12 | |
| Sjúkrahúsverkið (Faroe Islands hospital service) | Faroese | On Oct 11, 2026, the website of the Faroe Islands’ hospital service, covering Landssjúkrahúsið, Klaksvík and Suðuroy hospitals, had nothing on stem cell or marrow donation. 1 | |
| Sjúkrahúsverkið (Faroe Islands hospital service) | Faroese | On Oct 16, 2026, the A to Z lists of departments and of treatments and tests on the website of the Faroe Islands’ hospital service, Sjúkrahúsverkið, had no entry for stem cell or marrow donation or for transplants. 2 3 |
Can people in the Faroe Islands join a registry abroad?
Questions about the Faroe Islands
Are bone marrow or stem cell transplants done in the Faroe Islands?
People in the Faroe Islands with blood diseases are seen at the hematology clinic of Landssjúkrahúsið in Tórshavn, which works with Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen: a team of Rigshospitalet specialists comes to the clinic and is responsible for the treatment given there. 4 9 10
Can a hospital in the Faroe Islands search abroad for a donor?
A Landssjúkrahúsið leaflet tells people from the Faroe Islands who are treated for cancer in Denmark that they belong mainly to the Danish department treating them, with a link to the hospital’s hematology or oncology clinic at home, and Aarhus University Hospital has welcome information in Faroese for Faroese patients. 5 8
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Registries
- Sjúkrahúsverkið (Faroe Islands hospital service). Homepage and sitemap.xml.
- Sjúkrahúsverkið (Faroe Islands hospital service). Deildir og ambulatoriir (A-Z). Checked
- Sjúkrahúsverkið (Faroe Islands hospital service). Viðgerðir og kanningar (A-Z). Checked
- Sjúkrahúsverkið (Faroe Islands hospital service). Hematologiska ambulatoriið. Checked
- Sjúkrahúsverkið (Faroe Islands hospital service). Kunning til sjúklingar við krabbamein, sum fáa viðgerð í Danmark (leaflet). Checked
- Aarhus Universitetshospital. Bliv stamcelledonor.
- sundhed.dk. Stamcelledonation.
- Aarhus Universitetshospital. Generel info til færøske patienter og pårørende. Checked
- Sjúkrahúsverkið (Faroe Islands hospital service). Vælkomin á Hematologiskt ambulatorium (leaflet). Checked
Official bodies
- borger.dk (Danish public information portal; text by sundhed.dk). Stamcelledonation.
Figures and lists
- World Marrow Donor Association (WMDA). Find your registry.
- WMDA. WMDA Share organisation database (public view).
- United Nations Statistics Division. Standard country or area codes for statistical use (M49): Overview (English table).
- UN DESA Population Division. World Population Prospects 2024: Total population by sex (CSV).
- WMDA. WMDA Total Number of Donors and Cord blood units.
Other sources
- Bloddonorerne i Danmark. Bliv stamcelledonor.
- Unicode CLDR. By-Type Chart: Locale Display Names:Territories (Europe). Checked