2002
Shetlopedia - The Shetland Encyclopaedia
- To Whom This May Concern is released by Suppository Business.
- Thomas Frasers CD Long Gone Lonesome Blues is released.
- Gemma Donald becomes the youngest winner of the prestigious Shetland Young Fiddler of the Year aged 13.
January
- Shetland Amenity Trust is awarded £4.9m from the Heritage Lottery Fund towards the building of a new Shetland Museum and Archive.
March
- 6th
Shetland Library officially opened it's doors in the old converted St Ringan's Church.
November
- Shetland Soap Company opens on Commercial Street.
