On 14 March 2024, Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, travelled to the Faroe Islands together with Mette Frederiksen, Danish Prime Minister. In Tórshavn, capital of the Faroe Islands, Ursula von der Leyen met with Aksel Vilhelmson Johannesen, Faroese Prime Minister, with whom she signed a declaration on enhanced co-operation between the EU and the Faroe Islands.

The President and the two Prime Ministers also visited Ocean Rainforest, a national company aiming to grow seaweed to absorb carbon and mitigate climate change, and the facilities of the power company SEV, a major producer of renewable energy in the Faroe Islands.  They concluded their visit in the village of Gásadalur.