Sealand News

Inspired by Sealand and other micro-nations, a resident of the Shetland Islands has taken residence on the uninhabited island of Forewick Holm and declared himself independent from the U.K.

Stuart Hill, a 65-year old sailor and former resident of the Shetland Islands, has renamed the tiny island ‘Forvik’ as a reference to its Norwegian heritage and declared it a crown dependency like the Channels Islands.

Stuart hopes to encourage Shetland residents to declare themselves independent, challenging the claim to the island by the U.K. government . The Shetlands were pawned to Scotland by the Norwegian King Christian but never officially claimed by Scotland.

Hill has been living on Forvik for five years now and is selling one-meter plots of land and taking applications for citizenship. Like Sealand, Stuart wants Forvik to have its own currency, tax, stamps and flag.

Both above and below the surface of our oceans, many unusual things exist that once were useful developments.  Take, for example, the sea forts commissioned by Great Britain to defend their coastline at various points in history. 

Most of them are rubble now, but one of them – HM Fort Roughs aka the Principality of Sealand -  is home to one of the most fascinating and complex stories ever told.

Read more here: Popfi.com