1954
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- Visit to Lerwick by the First MTB Squadron of the Norwegian Navy, comprising a depot ship and six MTBs.
The wheel and bell from the senior boat operating from Lerwick during 1942 to 1944, MTB 618, was presented to Lerwick Town Council and put on display in Lerwick Town Hall.
May
- 3rd
Election of the Lerwick Town Council.
August
- 25th
Jim Wallace, MP for Orkney and Shetland from 1983 to 2001, was born.
September
- 3rd
National Trust buys Fair Isle. The island was previously owned by George Waterston, who set up the bird observatory.
