1953
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- The North of Scotland, Orkney & Shetland Steam Navigation Co., known as the North Company, changed its name to the North of scotland, Orkney & Shetland Shipping Co. Ltd.
- Shetland Jewellery, Weisdale started by Jack Rae.
- Peerie Willie Johnson and Ethel Johnson marry.
- Brigitte Lundblade (then Brigitte Hasselblatt) becomes the first Bahá'í in Shetland.
January
- 31st
Two brothers, surname Gear, from Nesting lost in a small boat during storm. This storm went on to cause major loss of life on the east coast of England, and in the Netherlands. - "Da Horn o Papa", on Papa Stour, collapsed during the same storm.
- The Sheldon (GY696), a steel hulled fishing trawler of Grimsby, England, presumed to have foundered or capsized at an unknown location in the general area W of Shetland/NW of Orkney.
March
- 27th
Aberdeen trawler River Lossie (A322) wrecked on Robbie Ramsie's Baa, near the north entrance to Lerwick harbour.
April
May
- 4th
Election of the Lerwick Town Council. - 26th
Official opening of the new Gremista Power Station, built at a cost of £250,000. - 28th
Shetland Tree-Planting Association formed.
June
September
- 26th
Opening of King George's Field in Lerwick (Bowling Green, Flower Park and Children's Playpark) by the Duke of Edinburgh.
November
- 16th
The Belldock, a steam fishing trawler, of Grimsby, England. grounded on Swarta Skerry at the NE end of Lunning Sound. Believed to have been later refloated and taken to Aberdeen, Scotland. but declared a total loss.
