2001
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
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- The population of Shetland was 21,988, a drop of 2.4% since 1991
- The album "A Life In The Year Of", was released by Sufferin' Aunties.
January
- 30th
Lerwick Up Helly-Aa. Michael Groat, as Guizer Jarl, portrayed Gunnar Hamundarson.
April
- 29th
UK census took place. Includes first question on religion.
June
- 7th
Alistair Carmichael was elected as the Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland. See 2001 Election Results.
July
- 23th
New light was established on Whitehill Lighthouse. - 25th
New light was established on Muckle Roe Lighthouse. - 27th
New light was established on Hillswick Lighthouse.
August
- Lone sailor Stuart Hill, dubbed "Captain Calamity" by the media after a series of earlier mishaps, rescued from the upturned hull of his vessel Maximum Exposure at a position approx 50 miles W of Shetland, by the Sumburgh Airport based Coastguard Helicopter. Marking the end of his second attempt to anti-clockwise circumnavigate the British Isles single-handedly.
September
- 12th
The Rumble Rock Lighthouse in Yell Sound was first lit.
October
- 3rd
Foghorn was discontinued on Fair Isle North Lighthouse.
