Rúsdrekkasøla Landsins, or simply Rúsan, is the national alcoholic beverage retailing monopoly of the

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, following the model of neighbouring Nordic alcohol monopolies Vinmonopolet,

Systembolaget (, "the System Company"), colloquially known as ("the system") or ("the company"), is a government-owned chain of liquor stores in Sweden. It is the only retail store allowed to sell alcoholic beverages that contain more than 3.5% alcohol by ...

Vínbúð The State Alcohol and Tobacco Company of Iceland (ÁTVR) is a state owned company that is the sole legal retail vendor of alcohol in Iceland. It runs a chain of 51 retail stores named Vínbúðin ''(the wine shop),'' known colloquially as Ríki ...

and Alko. The company was founded in 1992 after a long period of rationing and shipping such goods from

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. The company has outlets in

Tórshavn Tórshavn (; ; Danish language, Danish: ''Thorshavn''), usually locally referred to as simply Havn, is the capital and largest city of the Faroe Islands. It is located in the southern part on the east coast of Streymoy. To the northwest of th ...

, Hoyvík,

Klaksvík Klaksvík () is the second largest town of the Faroe Islands behind Tórshavn. The town is located on Borðoy, which is one of the northernmost islands (the Norðoyar). It is the administrative centre of Klaksvík municipality. History The fir ...

, Saltangará, Miðvágur, Sandur and

Trongisvágur Trongisvágur () is a village on the island of Suduroy in the Faroe Islands. Trongisvágur is the village in the bottom of Trongisvágsfjørður ( fjord) on the east coast of Suduroy. Trongisvágur and the neighbouring villages of Tvøroyri an ...

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Rúsdrekkasøla Landsins
Alcohol monopolies Drink companies of the Faroe Islands Food and drink companies established in 1992 Danish companies established in 1992 Retail companies established in 1992 1992 establishments in the Faroe Islands Alcohol in Denmark Government-owned companies of Denmark {{faroes-stub de:Prohibition auf den Färöern#Rúsdrekkasøla Landsins

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