2002
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- To Whom This May Concern is released by Suppository Business.
- Thomas Fraser's CD Long Gone Lonesome Blues is released.
- Gemma Donald becomes the youngest winner of the prestigious Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year aged 13.
- Foundation of Dogs Against Drugs charity.
January
- Shetland Amenity Trust is awarded £4.9m from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards the building of a new Shetland Museum and Archives.
- 29th
Lerwick Up Helly-Aa. Bruce Leask, as Guizer Jarl, portrayed Harald Gilli Magnusson.
March
- 6th
Shetland Library officially opened its doors in the old converted St. Ringan's Church. - 14th
Whalsay & Skerries by-election for the Lerwick Town Council.
August
- 28th
Last scheduled sailing of St Sunniva (III) for P&O.
November
- Shetland Soap Company opens on Commercial Street.
